Two women activists in mid-40s enter Sabarimala temple
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 2 (IBNS): In a first since the Supreme Court gave its verdict last year, two women activists, who seem to be in their mid-40s, entered the Sabarimala temple in Kerala on Wednesday, media reports said.
Video footage of the incident, where two women could be seen entering the temple, has gone viral on social media.
The women reportedly reached the temple around 3.45 am.
According to some media reports, these two women have been identified as activists Bindhu and Kanakadurga.
As per India Today report, the two women were accompanied by a small group of policemen in civil uniform.
On Sept 28, a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court 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 Oct 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.
For centuries, menstruating women had been banned from entering the temple.
Image: TV grab
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