A photojournalist was injured in clashes at Kerala's Sabarimala temple on Tuesday after a woman devotee, suspected to be of menstrual age, tried to enter the temple.

Sabarimala: 1 injured in clashes after woman, thought to be of menstrual age, tries to enter temple

As the Lord Ayyappa temple opens Monday for a special puja, a thick security cover has been put in place by police and orders banning assembly of four or more people have been imposed in Sabarimala and nearby areas after violent protests were witnessed last month against the entry of women of menstrual age into the famed shrine.

Tight security in Sabarimala as temple opens Monday for special puja

Yet another woman in the "barred" age group made a futile attempt Monday to reach Sabarimala but was forced to retreat by agitated protesters, while security was tightened at the shrine amid reports that more women of menstruating age could try to visit the temple before its doors close tonight.

Day 6: Yet another woman stopped from entering Sabarimala

The Sabarimala Protection Committee has called for a 12-hour statewide strike on Thursday in Kerala. The Sabarimala Temple in Kerala, which opened to devotees on Wednesday, witnessed incidents of violence and protests in Pamba, Nilackal, Sannidhanam, and Elavungal.

12-hour strike in Kerala over Sabarimala row; Section 144 imposed in several places

It is strange, if not unholy, that the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), which runs the Sabarimala shrine of Lord Ayyappa, resists implementing the Supreme Court’s order on allowing entry to women of all ages but has no qualms whatsoever in being dictated to by political forces like the BJP and the Shiv Sena.

Sabarimala verdict: Missteps on God’s stairway

Conservative Hindu groups including youth members of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party returned to the Sabarimala temple on Thursday to block women from entering for a second day, in defiance of a court ruling that says banning them is illegal.

Women stopped from entering Kerala's Sabarimala temple for second day in a row

The iron gates of Sabarimala temple opened Wednesday for the first time since the Supreme Court allowed women of menstrual age to enter the shrine but by all indications none from the "banned" age group could make it to its hallowed precincts amid a welter of protests and violent clashes.

Gates of Kerala's Sabarimala open, women are not allowed to enter

Ahead of the opening of the Lord Ayyappa Temple tomorrow for monthly pooja, tension looms large at Nilackal — the main gateway to Sabarimala — as devotees Tuesday stopped vehicles and prevented women of the "banned" age group from trekking to the holy hill.

Sabarimala opening Wednesday: Tensions mount as women are stopped from travelling to the temple

India's Supreme Court today allowed entry of women of all ages into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala. Also Read: Justice Indu Malhotra lone dissenter in Supreme Court bench Women cannot be treated as weaker or lesser, Chief Justice of India(CJI) Dipak Misra said while delivering the verdict on the entry of women at the Sabarimala temple.

Supreme Court lifts ban on women's entry to Sabarimala temple in Kerala

After supporting the ban on women's entry in the temple in July, the ruling Left Democratic Front took a U-turn today

India: Kerala government favours entry of women inside historic Sabarimala temple?