TDB passes resolution opposing Supreme Court verdict allowing women’s entry into Sabarimala temple

The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) on Monday (March 2, 2026) passed a landmark resolution opposing the 2018 Supreme Court verdict permitting women of menstruating age to worship at the Sabarimala Temple.

The TDB resolution has immense political ramifications, given the long-standing demand of the electorally significant Hindu social organisations, chiefly the Nair Service Society (NSS), and belatedly the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP), that the government uphold Sabarimala custom and tradition, including the bar on women of childbearing age entering the temple.