Mary Sweety

A 46-year-old woman, who had made a vain bid to trek to the Lord Ayyappa shrine at Sabarimala when it was opened last month, Saturday tried her luck once again, but had to beat a hasty retreat after protesters prevented her

As two women tried and failed to take the last few steps to the famed Sabarimala shrine in Kerala on Friday, blocked by fierce protests, a third woman started her climb. Only to be told by the police that she would have to make her way to the hilltop temple alone, unlike her predecessors, who went with heavy police escort and in riot gear. Mary Swe...

A 46-year-old woman, who had made a vain bid to trek to the Lord Ayyappa shrine at Sabarimala when it was opened last month, Saturday tried her luck once again, but had to beat a hasty retreat after protesters prevented her

As two women tried and failed to take the last few steps to the famed Sabarimala shrine in Kerala on Friday, blocked by fierce protests, a third woman started her climb. Only to be told by the police that she would have to make her way to the hilltop temple alone, unlike her predecessors, who went with heavy police escort and in riot gear. Mary Swe...