Kanaka Durga, who entered Sabarimala Temple, told not to return to her husband's house
Kanaka has filed a complaint with the district violence protection officer regarding the issue.
In Short
- Kanaka was one of the first women to enter the temple's inner sanctum
- She works as an employee in the civil supplies department
- Bindu is from Koyilandy area of Kozhikode district
Kanaka Durga, the 42-year-old woman who made history after she became one of the first women to step inside the Sabarimala Temple's inner sactum, has been asked not to return to her husband's house in Malappuram.
Kanaka has filed a complaint with the district violence protection officer regarding the issue. She has now been shifted to a government shelter home with police protection.
It took Kanaka Durga and 44 year old Bindu Amini 96 days to uphold the Supreme Court order that allowed for the entry of menstruating women into the Lord Ayappa shrine but they stood their ground.
Speaking exclusively to India Today TV, the two women recounted their experience of having prayed at the temple on January 2. While many assumptions and allegations have been made about the intent behind their actions, the two clarified that for them it was purely a matter of faith and devotion. They said they were genuine devotees of Lord Ayappa and wanted to uphold equal rights enshrined in the Constitution.
The two are ordinary women from Kerala who had an extraordinary determination to live and realise their rights. Kanaka Durga is an employee in the civil supplies department. She is from Angadipuram in Malappuram district of the state.
Bindu is from Koyilandy area of Kozhikode district. She was an active Naxalite but has reportedly stayed away from politics for the past 10 years. At present, she teaches at the School of Legal Studies, Kannur University.