After a 31-year-old woman made an unsuccessful attempt to enter the Lord Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala, where female devotees in the 10-50 age group are not permitted, the discussion on whether all women would eventually be allowed to have darshan or status quo will prevail has once again been triggered. Of course, a specially constituted bench of the Supreme Court will take the final call but the question is, even if the ban is lifted by the apex court, will Malayali women forego the opportunity in deference to tradition as claimed by Prayar Gopalakrishnan, the former chief of the Travancore Dewasom Board, or will they gladly climb the 18 sacred steps to grab the opportunity? Kochi Times...
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