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SABARIMALA: Suhasini Raj works as the India reporter for The New York Times
She managed to go past the Pamba gateway but was stopped midway
Court has lifted ban on entry of women of all age groups to Sabarimala
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Two journalists of the New York Times, who were on their way to the Sabarimala temple in Kerala this morning, were forced to abort their trek and turn back following a massive protest by those who are trying to enforce the centuries-old ban on the entry of women of reproductive age in the temple, which was scrapped by the Supreme Court last month.
Delhi-based Suhasini Raj, along with her colleague, a foreign national, managed to go past the Pamba gateway, just before the climb to the hilltop shrine, but was stopped midway by angry protesters who threw stones and formed a human wall before her.
According to eyewitnesses, the protesters forced the two journalists to return.
As she was climbing up, she kept saying that she did not come to pray but to do her work. Police had to throw a security ring around Ms Raj and her colleague as they made their way back.
"I had reached half way and then the protests grew stronger. I was hit by a stone and then we decided to return. The police had provided us all the security," Ms Raj told news agency IANS.
