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Women's entry at Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple
by J.Ganapathy on Jul 05, 2006 03:31 PM

The temple rituals and practices are observed and respected by all devotees since they are ancient practices and keep up the sanctity of temple.A temple is a place where a group of people assemble for a religious purpose.Individual whims and fancies cannot be encouraged in the name of democracy. Social taboos could be opposed but certain norms have to be respected and observed. People like Jayamala need to spoil the traditions of our land.Such people can avoid visiting these temples. By committing such acts they bring disgrace to themselves not to the deity, who is above all. It is better than we take it as a cheap publicity and ignore unless it throws-up the corruption in holy places since Jayamala's entry into the temple cannot be without the knowledge of the temple officials or the priest.

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