TDB to discuss issue of women's entry into Sabarimala

Thiruvananthapuram, July 9 (UNI) Kerala Devaswom Minister G Sudhakaran has aksed the Travancore Devaswom Board, which administers temples in the southern districts of the state to make its stand clear on the issue of allowing women into the famed Sabarimala hill shrine.

The Minister wrote a letter to the Board in the view of a petition on issue which is slated to come up before the Supreme Court.

At present, entry in Sabarimala hill shrine is allowed only to women who have reached menopause and those who have not attained puberty.

A controversy arose after Kannada actress Jaimala disclosed that she had entered the temple in 1987 and touched the deity.

The TDB would meet here on July 13 to discuss the issue sources said.

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