The heated debate concerning entry of women aged between 10 to 50 years in the Lord Ayyappa Temple at Sabarimala in Kerala refuses to wither away. Kerala government in a fresh affidavit submitted to the SC on Thursday made it clear that it was keen to give equal status to women in the matter and that it favours their entry into the temple. Significantly Kerala`s LDF government has mooted a separate pilgrimage season for women at Sabarimala Ayyappa temple to end the controversy. In its affidavit filed in the apex court in response to a case seeking a direction to lift the traditional ban on women in the age group of 10 to 50 at the temple, the government has also suggested that the court could form a scholars` panel to study the proposal. The affidavit said the government was of the view that there should not be any "gender discrimination".
If the Government is mooting a separate season for women's pilgrimage to Sabarimala, it might as well consider the consecration of another Ayyappa Temple at a new spot not falling within the precincts of the present Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala for women's pilgrimage. It is noteworthy that there are many Ayyappa temples in Kerala where women are admitted at all times, Cherpalcherry Ayyappa Temple being an example.
If the Government is mooting a separate season for women's pilgrimage to Sabarimala, it might as well consider the consecration of another Ayyappa Temple at a new spot not falling within the precincts of the present Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala for women's pilgrimage. It is noteworthy that there are many Ayyappa temples in Kerala where women are admitted at all times, Cherpalcherry Ayyappa Temple being an example.
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