{"id":305060,"date":"2018-11-03T13:35:19","date_gmt":"2018-11-03T13:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=305060"},"modified":"2018-11-03T13:35:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-03T13:35:19","slug":"kerala-prepares-for-sabarimala-reopening-on-nov-5-restrictions-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/kerala-prepares-for-sabarimala-reopening-on-nov-5-restrictions-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerala prepares for Sabarimala reopening on Nov 5, restrictions announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/two-women-fail-to-enter-sabarimala-temple-chief-priest-threatens-to-close-shrine-doors\/sabarimala-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-304437\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-304437 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Sabarimala-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Sabarimala-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Sabarimala-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Sabarimala-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Sabarimala-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Sabarimala.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a>The Sabarimala temple is set to open for a special pooja on November 5 for a day. Ahead of the crucial day, the Pathanamthitta district administration has announced a temporary ban on large gatherings at the pilgrimage site and its surrounding areas from Nov 3 night.\u00a0 Section 144- which prohibits unlawful assembly- has been imposed in the areas around Sannidhanam, Nilakkal, Pamba and Elavunkal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Police patrolling will also be intensified to ensure that nobody is harmed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">According to reports nearly 1300 police personnel have been deployed in the area to ensure maintenance of law and order.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala while accusing the Kerala government of &#8220;creating friction instead of dousing passions&#8221; in the Sabarimala issue said, &#8220;The BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh have only one agenda. The Pinarayi Vijayan government should have come out with a proper plan to avoid trouble.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Meanwhile, the government, for its part, maintained that it will continue to honor the Supreme Court verdict by allowing women to visit the shrine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Massive protests broke out in Sabarimala temple and its surrounding areas on October 17, after several women devotees and journalists attempted to enter the holy shrine following the top court&#8217;s order.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sabarimala temple is set to open for a special pooja on November 5 for a day. Ahead of the crucial day, the Pathanamthitta district administration has announced a temporary ban on large gatherings at the pilgrimage site and its surrounding areas from Nov 3 night.\u00a0 Section 144- which prohibits unlawful assembly- has been imposed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":304437,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2196,2072,2014],"tags":[466,9467,3926],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305060"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305060"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":305061,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305060\/revisions\/305061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/304437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}