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Tension prevailed on Wednesday morning in Kerala's Nilakkal, the main gateway to Sabarimala temple, after the police used force to disperse devotees opposing the entry of girls and women of menstrual age into the hill shrine. Acting tough, the police, deployed in large numbers in Nilakkal, some 20 km away from the Sabarimala hilltop, also removed a makeshift shelter erected by a protesting group Sabarimala Achara Samrakshana Samiti. The protesting group of devotees had been staging a sit-in chanting Ayyappa mantra in the shelter in protest against the Supreme Court order permitting women of all age groups to enter the shrine.
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Protests being held near Pamba base camp against the entry of women in the age group 10-50 to Sabarimala Temple. (ANI)
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Protesters sit near Pamba base camp on Wednesday to protest against the entry of women to Sabarimala Temple. (ANI)
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Pilgrims begin arriving at Nilakkal, the base camp of Sabarimala Temple as the portals of the temple are all set to open on Wednesday. (ANI)
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The historic mountain shrine reopens on Wednesday the first time after the Supreme Court lifted the ban, holding that equality is supreme irrespective of age and gender. (ANI)
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Taking full control of Nilakkal, police warned against those who create hurdles in the ways of pilgrims to the hill shrine. (ANI)
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Total 1000 security personnel, 800 men and 200 women, deployed at Nilakkal and Pampa base. (ANI)
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500 security personnel deployed at Sannidhanam as portals of the Sabarimala Temple will be opened today on Wednesday. (ANI)
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Hindu women favoring barring women of menstruating age from entering the Sabarimala temple scan vehicles at Nilakkal in Kerala on Tuesday. (AP Photo)
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Ratnaamma, 51, a Hindu devotee, is surrounded by other devotees as she threatens to commit suicide in protest against the lifting of the ban by Supreme Court, at Nilakkal Basecamp in Pathanamthitta district in Kerala. (Reuters)
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Hindu devotees take part in a motorcycle rally as part of a protest against the lifting of the ban by Supreme Court that allowed entry of women of menstruating age to the Sabarimala temple, at Nilakkal Basecamp in Kerala. (Reuters)
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BJP supporters during a rally outside state secretariat against the Supreme Court's verdict on Sabarimala Temple case, in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. (PTI Photo)
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Devotees have been protesting against the verdict demanding that the customs and rituals of the temple should be protected. (PTI Photo)
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Women hold placards as they attend a protest rally called by various Hindu organisations in Ahmedabad on Sunday. (Reuters)
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Lord Ayyappa devotees during a protest called by various Hindu organisations in Ahmedabad on Sunday. (PTI Photo)
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