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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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Audio row: Sabarimala chief priest refutes Kerala BJP president's claim
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Nov 5 (ANI): Chief priest of the Sabarimala Temple, Kandararu Rajeevaru on Monday denied consulting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kerala unit chief P S Sreedharan Pillai before taking a call on shutting the doors of the Lord Ayyappa's shrine if women in the
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Sabarimala Temple reopens for rituals amid heavy security
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Nov 5 (ANI): Amid tight security, the doors of the Sabarimala Temple were reopened around 5 pm on Monday for devotees of Lord Ayyappa.
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Sabarimala: Amid tight security, devotees begin trek towards hill shrine
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Nilakkal (Kerala) [India], Nov 5 (ANI): Amid tight security, devotees of Lord Ayyappa on Monday began the trek from Nilakkal base camp to the hill shrine of Sabarimala ahead of the temple's opening this evening.
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Sabarimala: Security tightened, Sec 144 imposed ahead of temple opening
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Nov 4 (ANI): In an attempt to avoid violence and unrest in Sabarimala temple, which is slated to open for a special religious ceremony on November 5, the state administration has deployed scores of police personnel in Pamba and surrounding areas.
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Sabarimala protest: Over 3500 people arrested
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala) [India], Oct 29 (ANI): The Kerala Police has arrested at least 3505 protesters till now in connection with violence that broke out in the state earlier this month over Supreme Court’s verdict on Sabarimala Temple.
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Chennai: Angry protestors take to streets against entry of women
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Oct 21 (ANI): Members of Hindu Makkal Katchi on Sunday protested in front of the Chennai's Anna Ayyappa temple against the entry of women inside Sabarimala temple in Kerala.
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Sabarimala row: Unidentified miscreants vandalise activist's house
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Oct 19 (ANI): Unidentified miscreants on Friday allegedly vandalised the house of woman activist Rehana Fatima who had unsuccessfully attempted to enter Sabarimala Temple in the state.
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Sabarimala row: 2 women return as head priest threatens to close temple
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Oct 19 (ANI): Two women who were en route to the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala agreed to return after the temple head priest (Tantri) Kandararu Rajeevaru threatened to shut down the temple if they attempted to force their way in.
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Sanctity of Sabarimala temple should be preserved: Devotees
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Oct 19 (ANI): A day after protests and violence against the entry of women of menstruating age at the Sabarimala temple was witnessed, devotees visiting the shrine reiterated that the sanctity of the temple and Lord Ayyappa "must be preserved at any cost".
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12-hour strike in Kerala over Sabarimala row
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Oct 18 (ANI): The Sabarimala Protection Committee has called for a 12-hour statewide strike on Thursday in Kerala.
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Sabarimala temple row: Section 144 imposed in 4 places of Kerala
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], Oct 18 (ANI): Amid intensifying protest in the region against the entry of women in the menstrual age group in the Sabarimala temple, the state administration on Wednesday imposed Section 144 in four places-- Sannidhanam, Pamba, Nilakkal, and Elavungal.
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