Sabarimala temple to open today, tension as women stopped from going to the shrine; See pics

Kerala has witnessed a series of protests and prayer marches over the last few days over the government's decision to enforce the Supreme Court order. The Shiv Sena recently warned of "mass suicides" if women of menstrual age were allowed into the temple. Some other organisations have said women and girls aged between 10 and 50 years will have to tread on them before entering the temple. (ABP Live)

A last ditch effort by the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), which manages the temple, to defuse the tense situation failed to yield a solution with the Pandalam royal family and other stakeholders walking out of a meeting called by it over its reluctance to discuss the issue of filing a review petition against the apex court order. (ABP Live) tread