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Sabarimala's lord Ayyappa temple closes after 41-day long pilgrim season
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Sabarimala (Kerala) [India], December 27 (ANI): Mandala puja was held at the Sabarimala's Lord Ayyappa temple on Sunday, marking the conclusion of the 41-day pilgrim season.
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Sabarimala Ayyappa temple to reopen on Saturday, devotees allowed from Sun
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], October 15 (ANI): The Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple will reopen on October 16 (Saturday) at 5 pm for 'Thula Masam' pooja, a press release issued by The Travancore Devaswom Board said on Thursday.
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Kerala: 5-day monthly puja to begin at Sabarimala temple today
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Aug 17 (ANI): The puja at the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala will start on Monday morning after the shrine reopened on Sunday for five-day monthly prayers in the Malayalam month Chingam.
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12-year-old girl barred from entering Sabarimala Temple
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Sabarimala (Kerala) [India], Nov 19 (ANI): Kerala police on Tuesday barred a 12-year-old girl from trekking to the Sabarimala Temple after checking her proof of age.
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MP to move Private Member Bill in LS to ban entry of 10-50-yr old women in
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Kollam (Kerala) [India], June 21 (ANI): Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) MP N K Premachandran will move a Private Member's Bill in the Lok Sabha on Friday, seeking a ban on the entry of women aged 10-50 years in the Ayyappa temple, also known as Sabarimala temple.
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Country-made bomb hurled at CPI(M) lawmaker's Kannur residence
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kannur (Kerala) [India], Jan 5 (ANI): A country-made bomb was hurled at the residence of Communist Party of India (Marxist) MLA A.N. Shamseer here on Friday night.
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Why purification ritual was held after entry of two women: TDB to Sabarima
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), [India] Jan 4 (ANI): The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) has sought an explanation from the Tantri (chief priest) of the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala for the "purification" ritual, held after two women of menstruating age entered the hilltop shrine.
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Sabarimala temple shut for an hour for 'purification'
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Sabarimala (Kerala) [India], Jan 2 (ANI): Hours after two women visited Sabarimala Ayyappa temple and offered prayers earlier in the day, authorities on Wednesday shut down the temple for an hour for 'purification' rituals.
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In a first, 2 women enter Sabarimala temple after SC verdict
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Sabarimala (Kerala) [India], Jan 2 (ANI): Two women devotees, below the age of 50 years, have entered the renowned Sabarimala Ayyappa temple in Kerala for the first time, months after the Supreme Court overturned a ban on the entry of females of menstrual age (10-50 years) from visiting t
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4 transgenders barred from entering Sabarimala
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kottayam (Kerala) [India], Dec 16 (ANI): The Kerala Police on Sunday allegedly stopped a group of four transgenders heading towards the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala.
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Trupti Desai lands in Mumbai, protests staged at airport
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov 17 (ANI): Agitated protesters gathered outside the Mumbai airport where Pune-based activist Trupti Desai arrived after she called off her plan to visit the Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala over concerns of law and order in Kerala.
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'Save Sabarimala' Rath Yatra flagged off by Yeddyurappa
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Muttur (Kerala) [India], Nov 8 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader BS Yeddyurappa on Thursday flagged off the party's Save Sabarimala Rath Yatra here. The march from Muttur to Sabarimala is in protest against the CPM-led LDF government's to implement the Supreme Court order on Lord Ay
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