Sabarimala temple row LIVE: 2 women return midway without visiting shrine; house of activist Rehana vandalised

Two women on Friday started trekking to Sabarimala hill amid strong protests by devotees opposing the entry of girls and women of menstrual age into the Lord Ayyappa temple. However, they had to return after holding discussions with police, who "explained them the entire situation." Despite Supreme Court lifting the ban on entry of girls and women of menstrual age into the Lord Ayyappa temple, no one from that age group could get entry into the shrine on second consecutive day on Thursday. A New Delhi-based reporter of a foreign media outlet made a bid to visit the shrine on Thursday, but she had to return midway. 

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