<p class="title">Rallies, marches and roadblocks marked protests by Hindu outfits on Wednesday against the LDF-led Kerala government's decision to implement the Supreme Court verdict on Sabarimala, even as the state government maintained that it would not go for a review.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Devotees, including a large number of women, squatted on the road at different places, chanting "Protect the rituals of Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala".</p>.<p class="bodytext">A minor scuffle was also reported between the protestors and the general public at Aluva and Muuvatupuzha in Ernakulam district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A group of BJP activists showed black flags to Kerala Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran at Kazhakootam near here, leading to tension for some time.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A protest rally by BJP-led NDA began from Pandalam in Pathanamthitta district and would end in front of the Secretariat here with a demonstration on October 15.</p>.<p class="bodytext">BJP state president P S Sreedharan Pillai and Bharat Dharma Jana Sena (BDJS) president Thushar Vellapally led the march.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pillai said the party was with the believers and alleged the government was trying to destroy the hill shrine.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the state capital, a huge rally was taken out under the auspices of the Nair Service Society (NSS).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Meanwhile, a two-day meeting of Travancore Devaswom Board that manages the Lord Ayyappa temple would take stock of preparations for the upcoming Mandala-Makkaravillaku festival, beginning November 17.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Surendran said the government would ensure necessary facilities for devotees visiting Sabarimala.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said there was no point in launching agitations against the government as it was only implementing the apex court order on the matter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Congress, BJP and various Hindu organisations have launched protests demanding the state government file a review petition against the verdict.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But, the Left government has maintained that it would not go in for a review of the ruling.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The apex court in its verdict on September 28 had allowed entry of women of all ages into the Sabarimala shrine.</p>
<p class="title">Rallies, marches and roadblocks marked protests by Hindu outfits on Wednesday against the LDF-led Kerala government's decision to implement the Supreme Court verdict on Sabarimala, even as the state government maintained that it would not go for a review.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Devotees, including a large number of women, squatted on the road at different places, chanting "Protect the rituals of Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala".</p>.<p class="bodytext">A minor scuffle was also reported between the protestors and the general public at Aluva and Muuvatupuzha in Ernakulam district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A group of BJP activists showed black flags to Kerala Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran at Kazhakootam near here, leading to tension for some time.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A protest rally by BJP-led NDA began from Pandalam in Pathanamthitta district and would end in front of the Secretariat here with a demonstration on October 15.</p>.<p class="bodytext">BJP state president P S Sreedharan Pillai and Bharat Dharma Jana Sena (BDJS) president Thushar Vellapally led the march.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pillai said the party was with the believers and alleged the government was trying to destroy the hill shrine.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the state capital, a huge rally was taken out under the auspices of the Nair Service Society (NSS).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Meanwhile, a two-day meeting of Travancore Devaswom Board that manages the Lord Ayyappa temple would take stock of preparations for the upcoming Mandala-Makkaravillaku festival, beginning November 17.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Surendran said the government would ensure necessary facilities for devotees visiting Sabarimala.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said there was no point in launching agitations against the government as it was only implementing the apex court order on the matter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Congress, BJP and various Hindu organisations have launched protests demanding the state government file a review petition against the verdict.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But, the Left government has maintained that it would not go in for a review of the ruling.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The apex court in its verdict on September 28 had allowed entry of women of all ages into the Sabarimala shrine.</p>