Woman trying to visit Indian temple attacked with chilli spray.

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Police ‘looked on and watched’ during assault as activists tried to enforce right to visit shrine.

Hindu devotees at the Sabarimala temple in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Photograph: Sivaram V/Reuters
▼ Female activists in Indiawere violently attacked by protesters and stopped by police as they attempted to make a pilgrimage to a Hindu temple which was controversially ordered to open its doors to women.
A group of seven women, led by the gender equality activist Trupti Desai, arrived at Cochin airport in the early hours of Tuesday to exercise their right to visit the holy Sabarimala temple, in the southern Indian state of Kerala.
After encountering Hindu nationalist protesters, one of whom sprayed an activist in the face with chilli spray, resulting in her being taken to hospital, the seven women were warned by police that they were putting their lives at risk by continuing their journey. The women have insisted they will continue in their attempt to visit the temple.
Sneha Koshy(SnehaMKoshy)
Shocking visuals of pepper/ chilli spray being sprayed at Bindu Ammini outisde the commissioner office by one of the protesters . She has been moved to the hospital. Six other women including Trupti Desai inside the police commissioner's office. Sabarimala Kerala ndtv pic.twitter.com/d24chgs8b3
November 26, 2019
“This is about gender equality,” said Desai, speaking over the phone from the office of the deputy police commissioner in Kochi, where the women were temporarily given refuge for their own protection. “The constitution has given us the right to gender equality and a right to pray, and last year the supreme court ruled that women could enter, so they have no right to stop us going to Sabarimala temple.”
She added: “Even if I know I might die in this struggle, I will still not go back. I’m not afraid of losing my life, this is a fight that someone has to take on.”
Sabarimala temple has become one of the most polarising holy sites in India since the supreme court ruled in September that women of all ages should be allowed to enter. Previously the temple had banned women of childbearing age, between 10 and 50, said to be out of respect for Ayyappan, the celibate Hindu deity to which the temple is dedicated.
The ruling by the supreme court, which stated that “where a man can enter, a woman can also go. What applies to a man, applies to a woman”, was heralded as a rare landmark victory for women in India but (▪ ▪ ▪)

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parivijesh100

Look, it is question of faith & religion. It has nothing to do with feminist movement.  In Sabrimala, IT is faith that women should not be allowed to enter & touch God. Then, thus must be respected. There are Lakhs of temples,  where everyone is free to visit.  Enjoy & relish that.