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Lord Ayyappa Devotee Dies In Karnataka Cylinder Blast, Death Count Rise To 6
One more Ayyappa devotee who had sustained burns in a cylinder blast occurred here died on Sunday morning, taking the death count to six, police said.
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Sabarimala Pilgrimage Begins With Devotees Flocking From South India
The sanctum sanctorum was opened on the eve of the pilgrim season on Thursday under the aegis of temple 'tantri' (head priest) Mahesh Mohanaru.
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Ayyappa Devotee From Andhra Pradesh Dies On Way To Sabarimala Temple
On his way to Sabarimala temple Kameshwar Rao, who was part of a 28-member pilgrim group from Andhra Pradesh, felt uneasy while trekking at one of the sacred hills to reach the forest shrine.
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Transgender Sabarimala Pilgrims Stopped, Allegedly Told To Change Clothes
A group of four transgender devotees on their way to Kerala's Lord Ayyappa temple were allegedly stopped at Erumeli, about 50 km from Sabarimala, this morning by the Kerala police, who said "there was no clarity on the issue".
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Shutdown Call After Right-Wing Leader's Arrest Near Sabarimala: 10 Points
Amid tight security and a shutdown call by a right-wing group following the arrest of its Kerala chief, thousands of devotees trekked to Sabarimala and offered prayers to Lord Ayyappa. The hill-top shrine opened for the third time on Friday since the Supreme Court order for 62-day-long Mandala Pooja-Magaravilaku annual pilgrimage. Lakhs of devotees...
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Why The Sabarimala Judgment Should Worry Freedom-Loving Liberals
There is, especially to those who care about individual rights, something disturbing about this entire process. The "tradition" that bars many women from entering the temple is not of any great age, but even so, it has settled into the complex of beliefs held by worshippers of the temple's deity, Ayyappa.
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Ayyappa devotees on 1,800 kilometres trek
A group of Ayyappa devotees led by their 'Guruswamy' Chandrahas, started their pilgrimage to Sabarimala temple shrine on foot from the Andheri Ayyappa Temple in Mumbai reached here on Thursday morning.
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7 Ayyappa devotees from Andhra Pradesh killed in mishap
Seven Sabarimala pilgrims were killed and 15 injured when the van in which they were travelling collided with a bus near here on Monday. The van from Andhra Pradesh was carrying nine Ayyappa devotees on their way to the Sabarimala hill shrine in Kerala when the mishap occurred at 1.40 AM, Salem Collector Magarabhusan and Superintendent of Police P ...
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Devotees bathe on railways tracks, trains delayed
Seven trains bound for Chennai were delayed by up to three hours after some Ayyappa devotees on board two trains took bath on the railway track at Erode, Railway sources said on Wednesday.The two special trains, carrying about 5000 devotees had stopped at the Erode station, a major point where water supply to the rakes are replenished, on Tuesday n...
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Lord Ayyappa Devotee Dies In Karnataka Cylinder Blast, Death Count Rise To 6
One more Ayyappa devotee who had sustained burns in a cylinder blast occurred here died on Sunday morning, taking the death count to six, police said.
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Sabarimala Pilgrimage Begins With Devotees Flocking From South India
The sanctum sanctorum was opened on the eve of the pilgrim season on Thursday under the aegis of temple 'tantri' (head priest) Mahesh Mohanaru.
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Ayyappa Devotee From Andhra Pradesh Dies On Way To Sabarimala Temple
On his way to Sabarimala temple Kameshwar Rao, who was part of a 28-member pilgrim group from Andhra Pradesh, felt uneasy while trekking at one of the sacred hills to reach the forest shrine.
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Transgender Sabarimala Pilgrims Stopped, Allegedly Told To Change Clothes
A group of four transgender devotees on their way to Kerala's Lord Ayyappa temple were allegedly stopped at Erumeli, about 50 km from Sabarimala, this morning by the Kerala police, who said "there was no clarity on the issue".
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Shutdown Call After Right-Wing Leader's Arrest Near Sabarimala: 10 Points
Amid tight security and a shutdown call by a right-wing group following the arrest of its Kerala chief, thousands of devotees trekked to Sabarimala and offered prayers to Lord Ayyappa. The hill-top shrine opened for the third time on Friday since the Supreme Court order for 62-day-long Mandala Pooja-Magaravilaku annual pilgrimage. Lakhs of devotees...
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Why The Sabarimala Judgment Should Worry Freedom-Loving Liberals
There is, especially to those who care about individual rights, something disturbing about this entire process. The "tradition" that bars many women from entering the temple is not of any great age, but even so, it has settled into the complex of beliefs held by worshippers of the temple's deity, Ayyappa.
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Ayyappa devotees on 1,800 kilometres trek
A group of Ayyappa devotees led by their 'Guruswamy' Chandrahas, started their pilgrimage to Sabarimala temple shrine on foot from the Andheri Ayyappa Temple in Mumbai reached here on Thursday morning.
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7 Ayyappa devotees from Andhra Pradesh killed in mishap
Seven Sabarimala pilgrims were killed and 15 injured when the van in which they were travelling collided with a bus near here on Monday. The van from Andhra Pradesh was carrying nine Ayyappa devotees on their way to the Sabarimala hill shrine in Kerala when the mishap occurred at 1.40 AM, Salem Collector Magarabhusan and Superintendent of Police P ...
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Devotees bathe on railways tracks, trains delayed
Seven trains bound for Chennai were delayed by up to three hours after some Ayyappa devotees on board two trains took bath on the railway track at Erode, Railway sources said on Wednesday.The two special trains, carrying about 5000 devotees had stopped at the Erode station, a major point where water supply to the rakes are replenished, on Tuesday n...
