Sabrimala: Prevented 12 year old girl from entering

Kerala
Police on Tuesday stopped a 12-year-old girl from entering the Sabarimala
temple despite a Supreme Court order to allow women of all age to enter the
revered Lord Ayyappa temple.

Recently
the Supreme Court referred a bunch of review petitions against its 2018 verdict
and said a larger 7-judge bench will hear the matter of allowing women of
menstruating age to enter the Sabarimala temple.

On
Saturday, the first day of opening of the Sabarimala temple this season, 10
women were stopped by the police from entering the temple. On Monday, two more
women were stopped.

Now
on Tuesday, Kerala Police has once again stopped a 12-year-old who had come
with her family from Puducherry to visit the temple.

The
girl came with her father and other relatives when they were stopped at the
gates around 10 am on Tuesday. They were asked to show age proofs.

Upon
verifying the Aadhaar cards of the family members, police said the girl could
not be allowed beyond the Pamba guard room.

While
the family insisted that the girl must be allowed, police refused to let her
go. She was taken to another room where she was asked to wait while the family
continued with their trek uphill to the Sabarimala temple.