Sabarimala row: Gates still closed for women even after SC judgement

In September this year, the Supreme Court (SC) passed a judgment allowing the entry of women of menstruating age (roughly 13 to 50) into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala, sparking off protests by worshippers of the resident deity — men and women — who believe their god is celibate. 

The judgment was, in fact, overturning a Kerala High Court judgment from 1991 that made it illegal for women to enter the temple. The current judgment was opposed not only by the thousands of traditional worshippers at Sabarimala, but also those who felt that the judiciary and the state had no business