Actor
Rajinikanth
on
Saturday(October
20,
2018),
said
there
should
be
no
"interference" in
temple
traditions
being
followed
for
a
long
time,
in
his
first
response
to
the
recent
Supreme
Court
order
on
entry
of
women
of
all
age
groups
into
the
Sabarimala
shrine
in
Kerala
and
the
subsequent
protests.
Speaking
to
reporters
here,
he
said
there
was
no
second
opinion
on
equality
for
women
in
every
sphere.
"But
when
you
talk
about
a
temple,
every
temple
has
its
time
honoured
rituals,
besides
traditions
being
followed
for
a
long
time.
My
humble
opinion
is
that
no
one
should
interfere
in
that,"
Noting
that
the
top
court
verdict
should
be
"respected",
the
67-year-old
actor
however,
indicated
that
caution
should
be
exercised
when
it
came
to
matters
of
religion
and
related
rituals.
Kerala
has
been
witnessing
protests
against
the
entry
of
girls
and
women
of
menstrual
age
into
Sabarimala
temple
since
the
government
had
said
it
would
abide
by
the
ruling
of
the
apex
court.
The
agitation
intensified
since
the
shrine
was
opened
for
the
five-day
monthly
pooja
on
October
17.
On
September
28,
a
five-judge
Constitution
bench
of
the
SC,
headed
by
then
chief
justice
Dipak
Misra,
lifted
the
centuries-old
ban
on
the
entry
of
women
of
menstrual
age
into
the
shrine.
Source:
PTI