Sabarimala Temple: Hyderabad-based woman journalist begins climbing hill shrine

  • | Friday | 19th October, 2018

With a police cover thrown around her, a Hyderabad-based woman journalist began trekking to the Sabarimala hill on Friday morning. On Thursday, a Delhi-based journalist with a foreign media outlet made an unsuccessful bid to visit the shrine. Read More | Sabarimala Temple: Women rights activist Trupti Desai detained in Pune on her way to Shirdi to meet PM ModiSo far, on Friday, no protests or agitations were reported from Lord Ayyappa’s hill shrine. A case has been registered against devotees who allegedly prevented her trekking and forced her to climb down the hills. She had requested security to go to the Sannidhanam to carry out professional commitments.

With a police cover thrown around her, a Hyderabad-based woman journalist began trekking to the Sabarimala hill on Friday morning. She had requested security to go to the Sannidhanam to carry out professional commitments. If she successfully manages to climb the shrine then the journalist, who was in her late 20s as per reports, would be the first woman from the menstruating age group to visit the Sabarimala temple of Lord Ayyappa after the Supreme Court order permitting women of all age groups to enter the shrine. Read More | Sabarimala Temple: Women rights activist Trupti Desai detained in Pune on her way to Shirdi to meet PM Modi So far, on Friday, no protests or agitations were reported from Lord Ayyappa’s hill shrine. On Thursday, a Delhi-based journalist with a foreign media outlet made an unsuccessful bid to visit the shrine. Also Read | Dussehra cheer as prices of petrol, diesel slashed again The journalist accompanied by her male colleague, a foreigner, descended the hills from Marakkoottam area in the face of mounting protests. A case has been registered against devotees who allegedly prevented her trekking and forced her to climb down the hills.

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