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'Bhumata Brigade' chief Trupti Desai was detained on her way to Shirdi Desai is opposing Sai Baba temple’s new dress code’

Activist Trupti Desai has also reached Kochi in an attempt to visit Sabarimala Temple. Her arrival sparked off protests by Lord Ayyappa devotees. She has been kept at the Kochi City Police Commissioners office. She arrived with four other activists and has been in discussion with the top police officers requesting police protection to reach the temple. 

"The state government is clearly trying to suppress the voice of women but other women and activists won`t tolerate this at all. We will visit the temple after November 20 and we won`t come back before stepping into the temple," she added.

Although the seven-member group led by Desai arrived at the Cochin International airport on Friday early morning, the protesters did not allow her to proceed to Sabarimala Temple.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday said that the objective of the government is to uphold the esteem of Sabarimala Temple. 

Amid over a 12-hour stand-off with devotees and others, including BJP workers, at the airport here vowing not to let her proceed to the Sabarimala shrine, activist Trupti Desai said police have asked her to return to Pune.

The Lord Ayyappa shrine will re-open for the two-month-long Madala-Makkarvilakku puja on Saturday.

Last week, more than 500 young women registered for darshan in the online queue website of Kerala police.

The Bhumata Brigade chief has written to the Kerala CM seeking security. 

PM Modi is scheduled to visit Shirdi to attend the closing ceremonies of the year-long festival marking the centenary of samadhi of the Shirdi Saibaba.

There are restrictions in the entry of women between 10-50 years of age in the Sabariamala temple.

Bhumata Brigade activist Trupti Desai along with several others are all set to enter the inner sanctum of the Haji Ali Dargah on Saturday.

Ayyappa Dharma Sena president Rahul Easwar has dared Bhumata Brigade chief Trupti Desai to enter Sabarimala Temple in Kerala.

Terming the entry of members of the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) inside the sanctum sanctorum of Haji Ali Dargah as a "bogus victory", Ayyappa Dharma Sena president Rahul Easwar has said that Bhumata Brigade chief Trupti Desai and "any ultra feminists" would not be allowed to enter Sabarimala."Haji Ali and Sabarimala have their own rights under Article 25 (of the Constitution) and let me remind that Haji Ali won the case in the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court Monday extended the stay granted by Bombay High Court to facilitate an appeal against its decision to lift the ban on entry of women near the sanctum sanctorum of the famous Haji Ali Dargah till October 24, when it will hear the matter.

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After the Bombay High Court's decision to lift the ban on women's entry, Bhumata Brigade activist Trupti Desai visited the Haji Ali Dargah on Sunday. 

Trupti Desai, known for entering places of worship where women are prohibited, and her colleagues beat up Srikant Londhe with slippers at Pune-Ahmednagar road near Shirwal.

Welcoming the entry of women in Lucknow's Aishbagh Eidgah on the occasion of Eid, Bhumata Brigade activist Trupti Desai on Thursday said it was a very big change and a big historical beginning.

Trupti Desai expects a pro-women verdict from the Bombay High Court in the case of the ban on women's entry inside the sanctum sanctorum of Haji Ali Dargah.