Disagreement over emergency shutdown of Sabarimala shrine

Sabarimala (Kerala): Travancore Devasom Board (TDB) member K.P.Shankara Das on Saturday disagreed with the Sabarimala Tantri family’s threat to close the temple doors if any woman within the barred age group arrive for darshan. “It’s the Supreme Court that has directed that women within the age group of 10 to 50 will be allowed within the shrine’s sanctum sanctorum.

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Hence all are duty bound to adhere to it,” the former legislator told the media here: “It is not fair to say that the temple will be locked. Moreover the protest staged on Friday by temple staff and the Tantri (chief priest) was wrong and an explanation will be demanded,” he said. (IANS)