Thousands of police have been deployed in the southern Indian state of Kerala as a centuries-old temple at the center of an ongoing, and sometimes violent, gender dispute prepares to open its ...

KOCHI/NEW DELHI – Two women defied a centuries-old ban on entering a Hindu temple in the Indian state of Kerala on Wednesday, sparking rowdy protests and calls for a strike by conservative Hindu ...

In the Southern Indian state of Kerala, two women flouted a Supreme Court ruling that banned females of menstruating age (between 10 and 50) from entering Sabarimala temple. The women are now in ...

Dressed in army fatigues and a helmet, television journalist Kavitha Jakkal trekked toward a renowned Hindu temple in southern India on Friday surrounded by 300 police officers, with a chance to ...

In September 2018, India’s Supreme Court ruled that a formal ban preventing girls and women between 10 and 50 years of age from entering the Kerala’s Sabarimala temple—or even climbing one ...

One of the two women who made history in India earlier this month by becoming the first of “menstruating age” to enter the Sabarimala temple in the southern state of Kerala has been assaulted ...

An online poll by an Indian newspaper found 52.6 percent of respondents believe the Supreme Court's order to allow women of all ages inside the Sabarimala temple interferes with tradition.

Policemen stand guard near the state secretariat anticipating protests following reports of two women of menstruating age entering the Sabarimala temple, one of the world’s largest Hindu ...

Sabarimala (Kerala), [India], January 14 (ANI): The number of devotees who reached Sannidhanam (the main temple in Sabarimala) on Tuesday to offer prayers to Lord Ayyappa at the hill shrine of ...

How to reach Sabarimala Temple? Pilgrims can reach Sabarimala Temple by walking from two main routes: The Pamba Route. Known as the Neelimala Route, it is a shorter route, about 5 kilometres long.

The Mandala Pooja at Sabarimala Temple is set for December 26, and it is performed by head priest Kandararu Rajeevaru. The temple will close after the rituals, reopening on December 30 for ...