Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 1 (IBNS): Two women intending to reach the Sabarimala temple on Saturday were forced to return from a few kilometres away by right-wing protesters, media reports said.
Both the women - one 42 and the other in her late 20s - were on their way to Lord Ayappa shrine without any protection from police.
A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court on September 28 had lifted the ban on women's entry into the Sabarimala temple declaring the relevant rules as unconstitutional.
Following the top court's verdict, the shrine opened on October 18 for the first time allowing menstruating women, belonging to the age group of 10 to 50, to enter the temple.
However, several men and women had protested outside the temple, and tried to prevent the entry of women in the shrine.
Menstruating women were earlier banned from entering the temple for centuries.
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