Very often, in South Indian temples nowadays, you see men wearing black clothes, unshaven, doing their worship. In some temples, you also see coconuts and palm seeds kept in urns, the old ‘para’, ...

At Sabarimala, the god Ayyappa resides in majestic isolation.As Dharma Sastha, the eternal celibate, he is generous in the benediction he confers on thousands of mostly male pilgrims who trek the ...

Ram Charan continues his 22-year tradition of observing the Ayyappa Deeksha, maintaining strict spiritual discipline despite his busy film career. From wearing the mala to following a sattvic ...

​In 2006, the Indian Young Lawyers Association approached the Supreme Court of India, arguing that barring women violated constitutional guarantees of equality and freedom of religion. By 2016, the ...

Kerala Devaswom Minister V N Vasavan on Sunday made it clear that Bindu Ammini, one of the women activists who entered into the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple in 2019, will not be invited to take part in ...

President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday offered prayers at the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala. President Murmu is the first woman head of state to visit the Lord Ayyappa shrine at Sabarimala here for ...