Priests carry out 'purification' of the Lord Ayyappa Temple after two women in their early 40s entered the shrine and offered prayers, in Sabarimala, Kerala.
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Outgoing chief priest AV Unnikrishnan Namboothiri opens the 'sanctum sanctorum' of the Sabarimala temple as it opens for two-month long pilgrim season, in Sabarimala.
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Temple priests offer prayers at Sabarimala Temple. This is the second time the hill temple opened for 'darshan' after the Supreme Court allowed entry of women of all age groups int...
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Kandararu Rajeevaru, the priest who heads the rituals at the temple and locally known as the Tantri, second right, stands flanked by policemen who escorted him to his room at the S...