A dalit woman of the barred age group on Monday made a futile attempt to reach Sabarimala as she was forced to retreat by agitated protesters.바카라 웹사이트
Bindu, a Dalit activist, who was proceeding to Pamba at the foothills of Sabarimala temple from where devotees바카라 웹사이트undertake an arduous 5 km trek to the shrine, was given police protection at her request, officials said.
However, when the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation bus she was travelling on with police personnel바카라 웹사이트was about to reach Pamba, a group of BJP workers and those opposing the entry of girls and women aged between 10 and 50바카라 웹사이트years into the temple, blocked the road and forced her to alight.
She was then escorted to safety in a police jeep, officials said.
Nearly a dozen women have been turned back by angry protesters while attempting to visit the shrine of Lord바카라 웹사이트Ayyappa, the presiding deity of Sabarimala temple considered "naishtika brahmachari" (eternally celibate), since its door바카라 웹사이트opened for a five-day pooja on October 17.
No pooja was performed on the first day of the opening of the temple. The doors to the shrine will close at 10 pm바카라 웹사이트Monday.
Hundreds of devotees are camping at the Sabarimala Sannidhanam temple complex to prevent women of menstruating바카라 웹사이트age group from reaching the shrine situated in a dense forest.
Despite clamping of section 144 CrPC at Sabarimala Sannidhanam, Pamba, Nilackal and Elavumkal, hundreds of바카라 웹사이트Ayyappa devotees have prevented women of the "barred" age group from visiting the shrine.
Police have tightened the security at Sannidhanam and other areas following reports that some women could try to바카라 웹사이트visit the temple.
Inspector General of Police S Sreejith, deputed to ensure security of women devotees, offered prayers at the바카라 웹사이트temple Monday morning.
Visuals of the officer offering prayers with tearful eyes before the deity were telecast by the local media.
Sreejith had faced the ire of the devotees for taking activist Rehana Fathima to the temple under police security.
However, police could not facilitate her entry into the main temple because of strong protests by Ayyappa바카라 웹사이트devotees.
Six women were prevented from entering the Sabarimala temple Sunday alone.
Amid high drama, the devotees, up in arms against the Kerala government's decision to enforce the Supreme Court바카라 웹사이트order lifting the ban on the entry of women in the 10-50 age group blocked the six -- all Telugu-speaking women -- from바카라 웹사이트reaching the famed shrine.
(PTI)
