One of the two women who entered the Sabarimala temple to offer prayer was sent to government -run home on Tuesday after her in-laws denied her entry into the house. According to reports in Hindustan Times, 44-year-old Kanakadurga said that they were angry over her as she had kept them in the dark about her plan to visit the hilltop shrine.
Several attempts have been made by police and government officials convincing her family to take her back. But they refused and said she has brought enough shame to the community and hurt sentiments of lakhs of devotees and they won’t accept her without “atoning for her sin.” Her husband is a government employee.
Earlier, Kanakadurga alleged that she was assaulted by her mother-in-law an altercation on the issue leading to her hospitalisation. However, her aged mother-in-law also got admitted to the hospital later alleging that Kanakadurga had assaulted her.
Kanakadurga (44) and Bindhu (42) had entered the hill shrine on January 3, breaking a centuries-old tradition and defying dire threats from right-wing groups. Following their entry, the head priest decided to close the sanctum sanctorum of the temple in order to perform the “purification” ceremony
