The entry of the two women into Sabarimala has become a watershed moment in the move for women seeking equal access to spaces and the right to worship. Two women in their 40s created history by entering Kerala's Sabarimala temple on Wednesday, breaking the shrine's ban on women of menstrual age. What they did was absolutely legal with a Supreme Court order overturning the shrine's ban.

The ramifications of this bold entry, has left the state of Kerala in turmoil. Protests, shutdowns and vandalism have followed, with the temple priests undertaking a 'purification' process, which has given rise to outrage in some quarters.