The Holy Shrine of Lord Ayyappa in the temple town of Sabarimala stays in the news for some or the other reason. Earlier a few women tried to enter the temple despite the temple authorities saying that women of a particular age cannot be allowed.
Now the way a famous drummer behaved at the temple made many eyeballs raise and the Kerala High Court also did not like it. The Court gave orders to the temple trust to not allow people to enter the temple with posters and huge photographs of celebrities and politicians.
When the Sanctum Sanctorum was opened a few days back famous drummer Sivamani played drums in front of the Sabarimala Sopanam. Reacting to this, the Kerala High Court raised a few objections and asked how this was allowed and said that pilgrims cannot do such things.
The bench of the Kerala High Court issued orders and asked the temple trust to make sure that devotees with posters and other cannot be allowed to enter the temple. When a devotee raised the issue the High Court took the issue as a suo motu.
During the arguments, the bench said that worshipping the deity is a duty of the worshipper and devotees should make sure that they keep the respect of the tradition of the temple.
The bench concluded that pilgrims who carry posters and photographs of celebrities and politicians cannot be allowed to enter the temple premises as it is against the tradition of the temple and its practice.
