The Sabarimala temple in Kerala opened Friday for the two-month-long pilgrimage season amid a tense standoff involving social activist Trupti Desai in Kochi and a move by its administrator to seek time from the Supreme Court to implement its verdict allowing entry of women in menstrual age to the hilltop shrine.
In what is seen as a climbdown by the LDF government, the decision by the Travancore Devaswom Board(TDB), which manages the hill shrine, to approach the court in a bid to prevent a repeat of violent protests from Ayyappa devotees and right wing activists was announced by its President A Padmakumar in Pamba, minutes after the temple doors were opened at 5 pm. TDB is a statutory body under the Kerala government,
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