Women protest against Sabarimala temple verdict Photo Credit: Times Now Women protest against Sabarimala temple verdict

New Delhi: Over 4000 women held protests in Kerala against the Supreme Court's verdict allowing entry of women at the Sabarimala Temple in the state. The women have been demanding that the apex court should be reviewing its decision allowing entry of women in the Sabarimala temple. In a historic verdict on September 27, the apex court had scrapped the age-old practice of not allowing women between the age group of 10-50 in the Sabarimala temple.

The women raised slogans and demanded that the state and the central government should review the SC decision citing that it was against the rituals of the 800-year-old temple. The activists demanded that the state government should file a review petition challenging the Supreme Court's verdict taking into account the faith of those who believe in the tradition.

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"We are asking the democratic system to listen to us. We stay away from the Sabarimala temple out of our devotion and respect and not because of patriarcal compulsions," said one of the acivists. Meanwhile, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, on Monday held a meeting and discussed the requirement to increase facilities along the route leading to the temple.

Meanwhile, political parties such as CPI-M, BJP state unit as well as the Pandalam Royal Family, which has an integral role in the affairs of the Sabarimala temple, have expressed their disappointment with the SC verdict. The BJP state unit has in fact said that the government was not taking into consideration the feelings of supporters who believed in the tradition of the temple.

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