Prominent RSS leader Valsan Thillankery has boasted at a public function in Kozhikode that he was able to independently verify the age-proof documents of the 15 female police officers posted at the Sabrimala hill shrine in Kerala during the two-day ritual of ‘Chithira atta vishesham’ earlier this month.
The RSS and its allied outfits have been galvanizing protests in Kerala against a September 28 Supreme Court ruling that allowed women of all ages at the temple in Pathanamthitta district. A High Court order in 1991 had barred women of menstrual age from entering the temple citing the shrine’s traditions and rituals.