Amid ongoing row over allowing women of all age groups into Sabarimala temple, the special commission of the shrine has submitted a report in the Kerala High Court and said that the protest during the festive season may lead to a stampede.
Amid ongoing row over allowing women of all age groups into Sabarimala temple, the special commission of the shrine has submitted a report in the Kerala High Court and said that the protest during the festive season may lead to a stampede.
The report was submitted by commissions N Manoj.
During festival season next month, there will be large crowds and these types of protests by frenzied devotees and protesters may lead to stampede which may lead to injuries and loss of life of pilgrims, police and others," the report stated.
The temple will now open on November 17 for the three-month-long Mandalam Makaravilakku celebrations, during which the hill shrine witnesses lakhs of devotees converging from and outside the country.
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Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has said that it would hear on November 13 petitions challenging its Sabarimala verdict allowing women of all age groups entry into the temple.
The petition filed by Shylaja Vijayan, president, National Ayyappa Devotees Association through Nedumpara, had submitted that, "Faith cannot be judged by scientific or rationale reasons or logic".
The temple has been witnessing a stand-off over the issue with angry devotees preventing at least a dozen women in the 'barred' age group from entering the shrine.
Women have been stopped by Ayyappa devotees from climbing up to the Sabarimala temple as protests against the Supreme Court order opening the hilltop shrine to women of all ages continued across Kerala.
On September 28, a five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court, headed by then chief justice Dipak Misra, lifted the ban on entry of women of menstrual age into the shrine.
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