Women devotees sent back from Sabarimala

10 Women devotees who had come from Andhra Pradesh to offer prayers at temple were sent back from Pamba-Thiruvananthapuram District collector Saturday said that the aforementioned women had themselves dicided to go back seeing that devotees were today not being permitted to visit the temple due to rituals being carried out in the wake of the opening of the hill shrine. Sabarimala shrine was reopened on Saturday at 5 pm. The hill shrine of Lord Ayyappa is now open for devotees for two-month pilgrim-season. They will be able to visit the temple from November 17, 5 AM.