Women who just want to enter the temple for the sake of women empowerment should focus their struggle on other fundamental issues. There are issues of women's security, education, health, political participation, etc.
The state has, from its Nehruvian beginnings, supported the Communists whose primary aim has been the demonization of popular Hinduism, which is termed as 'secularism'.
Not just Sabarimala, but there is no specific sanction in any Hindu scriptures to impose gender bias in Temples: did supreme court not review Hindu scriptures before passing its judgement?
Activism has come to India following practices of activists in developed world. The activists sometimes appear to be rather adamant n prone to confronts and often seem to be distanced from the local culture and traditions and politicized.
Trupti Desai who should have taken her fight on foot and walked to Sabarimala when denied cabs, instead flied back. Is this a persistence of a genuine activist?
People of India in general and people of Kerala in particular must reply through ballot box towards the devilish atrocities of the left against Ayyappa devotes that too in the premises of Sabarimala temple.