After getting confirmation about the women's entry into the temple, the Sabarimala temple has shutdown for one-and-half hours for ritual "purification". Earlier two women visited the hilltop shrine and made their darshan around 3 am today, for the first time after the Supreme Court has permitted every women to visit the temple without any age bar.
The Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has confirmed that two ladies visited the temple and made their darshan after the temple authorities and the Devaswom Board sought clarification from the police force.
Bindu and Kanakadurga, who had attempted to enter the temple last time, but failed, said that they have visited the hilltop shrine.
The Devaswom Board president A. Padmakumar has said that the board will go through the CCTV visuals to have a clarification on the issue while also asked the police to confirm whether the women have entered the temple or not.
Meanwhile the ladies had approached the police for security on yesterday, whereas the forces said that there are some issues in providing security. So they had decided to take the risk themselves. But sources said that the police has given limited security to them. Initial reports suggest that the two ladies started the trek from the base Pamba around 1 am, reached the shrine around 3 am and returned back soon after their darshan.
