Kundapura : A Ayyappa devotee in Sabarimala died of cardiac arrest late at night on Sunday, January 14. The deceased person is Nagaraja Kodi, a resident of Kodi, Kundapura. Nagaraj and his group who had taken a vow of Swami Ayyappa had gone to watch the Makara Jyothi on January 15. However, Nagaraj experienced chest […]

Sabarimala : A 12-year-old girl from Puducherry, who had come for darshan to Lord Ayyappa temple here along with her father, was not allowed to proceed to the shrine from Pamba on Tuesday morning. The age of the girl, with “irrumudikettu” (offerings to Lord Ayyappa) had been shown as 10 in the virutal Q booking. […]

Thiruvananthapuram : Amid tight security, hundreds of devotees started their trek to the Sabarimala temple in Kerala on Saturday. Today marks the first day of the 41-day annual holy pilgrimage. A 40-member group of woman pilgrims were reportedly stopped by the police at Sabarimala on Saturday noon. Police personnel sought proof of age as the […]

Sabarimala : Days after the Supreme Court referred the Sabarimala temple case to a larger bench, the Lord Ayyappa shrine is all set to reopen today for pilgrimage season, even as the government said women who want to visit the hill temple should get a “court order”. The top court has decided to set up […]

Thiruvananthapuram : Sabarimala is not a place for activism and the LDF government would not support those who make announcements about entering the hill shrine for the sake of publicity, Kerala Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran said on Friday. Dismissing reports that police would provide security to women activists who attempt to enter the Lord Ayyappa […]

New Dehli : The Supreme Court on Thursday said restrictions on women in religious places were not limited to Sabarimala alone and was prevalent in other religions as well as it referred all review pleas to a larger seven-judge bench. Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, reading the verdict on behalf of himself and Justices […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday asserted that there was no change in the CPI(M)-LDF government’s stance on Sabarimala and lashed out at the BJP saying the saffron party had “cheated” devotees in the name of new legislation. “There is no change in the state government’s stand on Sabarimala. Our stand was to […]

Kasargod : The very next day of two women of menstruating age entering to the Sabarimala Ayyappa shrine on Wednesday, the bundh call given by the Sabarimala Samrakshana Samithi, BJP and Sangh Parivar on Thursday has evoked good response in Kasargod. The hartal, which began at 6 am, by various pro-Hindutva groups, spearheading protests against […]

Mangaluru: Expressing dismay over the “open defiance” by the Bharatiya Janata Party at the Centre of the apex court’s order on the Sabarimala issue, former Additional Solicitor General of India Indira Jaising on Monday said this will be a matter of discussion in the Supreme Court shortly. Delivering the B.V. Kakkilaya-Inspired Oration on ‘Gender Justice […]

Kundapur: A Maruti Omni van claimed the life of a Ayyappa devotee in an accident that took place between the van and the pedestrian at Trasi beach in the taluk on Friday morning November 16th. The deceased is identified as Ganesh Kotwal (48), residing near Mahakali Math at Gangolli. He is survived by wife and […]