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Sabarimala shrine to serve Sadhya as Devaswom board brings in key change
November 25, 2025 9:33 pm
TDB president K Jayakumar said that pulao and sambar were earlier served at the hill shrine as part of annadanam, which was not appropriate for devotees.
South India Weather, Politics Live Updates: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah meets Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge amid impasse over Cabinet reshuffle
November 23, 2025 10:08 am
South India IMD Weather Forecast, Rain Alert Live Updates: Weather authorities say Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Tenkasi, Ramanathapuram, Pudukkottai, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Mayiladuthurai and Cuddalore districts may record heavy rain at isolated spots.
'Resources at breaking point': Kerala HC caps Sabarimala pilgrims number at 75,000 a day
November 20, 2025 2:04 am
The Opposition Congress and BJP targeted the CPI(M) government for the crisis in crowd management and the failure to ensure basic facilities at the temple.
Daily entries capped at 1 lakh, spot bookings at 20,000: Sabarimala tightens rules as crowds swell
November 19, 2025 1:37 pm
On Tuesday, a woman from Koyilandy collapsed and died while waiting in the darshan queue. In Kottayam, a bus carrying 33 pilgrims from Karnataka overturned near Erumely while overtaking another vehicle on a slope.
Sabarimala ‘missing gold’ case gathers steam: Raids at Chennai firm, Bengaluru flat, Bellary jewellery store
October 26, 2025 7:00 am
The SIT probing the case took the key accused, Unnikrishnan Potty, to the place where he had taken items from the temple to be gold-plated in 2019
President Droupadi Murmu in Kerala for 4-day visit; chopper faces snag during landing
October 22, 2025 10:02 pm
After arriving in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday, President Droupadi Murmu headed to Sabarimala on Wednesday morning where her helicopter got stuck in wet concrete on landing.
Sabarimala ‘missing gold’ case: Key accused Unnikrishnan Potty claims he was ‘trapped’
October 17, 2025 6:39 pm
He was arrested on Thursday night and brought before a court on Friday, after which he was remanded for 14 days in the SIT’s custody
Left's engagement with Sabarimala in Kerala is not opportunism, it is part of a longer attempt to democratise religion
October 15, 2025 4:04 pm
The Global Ayyappa Summit framed Sabarimala as a transreligious spiritual centre that belongs to everyone. Going ahead, Kerala government would do well to go by E M S Namboodiripad's distinction between positive and negative aspects of religious groups
Existing gold on Sabarimala idols ‘removed, handed over to sponsor’: Kerala HC finds more red flags in missing gold case
October 10, 2025 3:48 pm
The Dwarapalaka idols, which stand on either side of the sanctum sanctorum, had been covered with gold in 1999. In 2019, sponsor Unnikrishnan Potty took them for further gold-plating, but when they were returned, a substantial portion of the original gold cladding was ‘missing’.
SIT to file report on Sabarimala 'gold theft' in 6 weeks: Kerala High Court
October 10, 2025 12:43 pm
The alleged gold theft came to light during the Court's intervention when it was taking up a suo motu petition filed on the basis of a report of the special commissioner.
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Pilgrims throng Sabarimala temple, offer prayers
November 26, 2019 12:27 pm
The Kerala High Court has issued orders to the five Devaswom boards in the state to ensure there is no presence of plastic in the ‘irumudikettu’ (offerings) that Sabarimala pilgrims carry to the temple.
Pilgrims flock to Sabarimala but 'barred' women not allowed entry
November 20, 2019 12:35 pm
The Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala opened Saturday for its two-month-long annual pilgrimage season. An approximate 32,000 devotees offered prayers at the temple Tuesday, even as the police prevented a 12-year-old girl from Tamil Nadu to proceed to the hill shrine.
Sabarimala protests: These two women reached temple hilltop but returned amid protests
October 22, 2018 7:49 am
Sabarimala protests: Police and the two women are likely to return to Pamba as they don't intend to engage in violence. The government doesn't want Sabarimala to be a site for activism
SABARIMALA VIDEOS
Hartal in Kerala, widepspread Violence Across State
June 22, 2020 6:06 pm
A day after two women entered Sabarimala, several pro-Hindutva outfits have called for a statewide shutdown. The outfit backed by RSS opposes the Supreme Court verdict that lifted the ban on women of all ages in the temple.
Sabarimala: Protestors block activist Trupti Desai’s exit from Kochi airport
June 22, 2020 6:11 pm
Activist Trupti Desai is stuck in Kochi airport as protestors block her exit. She was scheduled to go to Sabarimala as the annual pilgrimage begins on Saturday.
Women know where to go and how to behave, Uma Bharti on Sabarimala
June 22, 2020 6:12 pm
On the Sabarimala verdict, union minister Uma Bharti said the court cannot be blamed for its intervention. This comes just days after BJP President Amit Shah said that meddling with the affairs of the temple was a conspiracy by Communists in Kerala.
Supreme Court allows women of all ages to enter Sabarimala temple
June 22, 2020 6:15 pm
In a 4-1 majority verdict, the Supreme Court lifted the ban and said that it violates constitutional principles. See more: https://bit.ly/2M2t86i
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