With the Sabarimala temple doors set to close today after the six-day monthly pooja, there are reports that several women in the menstrual age group are planning to visit the hill shrine following which security has been beefed up at the Sabarimala and other pilgrim centres connected to it.
On the last day of the “darshan”, devotees opposing the entry of girls and women in the age group 10 to 50 years into the temple of “naishtika brahmachari” – the eternally celibate deity – are camping at the Sabarimala Sannidhanam temple complex to prevent them from reaching the shrine situated in a dense forest.
Earlier today, police officials informed media in Sannidhanam and Pamba to vacate the area as they had inputs of a targeted attack being planned on mediapersons.