As per news reports, the women trekked to the hill shrine early Wednesday. A video showed them entering the shrine, wearing black clothes, with their heads covered.
The
Kerala Police Wednesday was looking into media reports that two women
in their forties had entered the Sabarimala
temple early Wednesday, sources said.
According
to TV channels, the two women, Kanakadurga, 42, and Bindu, 44, also
claimed that they had entered the holy shrine of Lord
Ayyappa. They made efforts to enter the shrine in December but
had to return due to protests.
As
per news reports, the women trekked to the hill shrine early
Wednesday. The video showed them entering the shrine, wearing black
clothes, with their heads covered.
The
police sources in Thiruvananthapuram, quoting DGP Loknath Behara,
said details were being collected on the issue.
Bindu,
a college lecturer and CPI(ML) activist from Kozhikode district's
Koyilandy, and Kanakadurga, a civil supplies employee from
Angadipuram in Malappuram, had come to Sabarimala on December 24
after 11 women activists of a Chennai-based outfit were prevented
from reaching the shrine and chased away by devotees chanting Ayyappa
mantras.
The
temple was opened on December 30 for the Makaravillaku festival and
there has been a heavy rush of pilgrims.
Travancore
Devaswom Board (TDB) President A Padmakumar said he had no
information about the two women offering prayers at the temple.
TDB
officials have been asked to view CCTV footage to verify their claim,
he said.
The
temple had witnessed protests from frenzied devotees over the entry
of women in the 10-50 age group in the shrine after the CPI(M)-led
LDF government decided to implement a Supreme Court order allowing
women of all age to offer prayers there.
The
main opposition Congress-led UDF and the BJP have been opposing the
entry of young women, saying they are with the devotees.
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