Kanaka Durga

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Thiruvananthapuram: One of the two women who walked into Kerala's Sabarimala earlier this month and became the first to defy the temple's ban on women of a menstrual age - or between 10 and 50 - is in hospital after being attacked allegedly by her mother-in-law, say sources. Kanaka Durga had returned home today after nearly two weeks in hiding because of threats by protesters. Sources say she was hit on her head allegedly by her mother-in-law.

Videos have emerged showing the moment two women first entered a Hindu temple that for centuries had been closed to all women of menstruating age. Although India’s Supreme Court lifted the ban back in September, no women had yet been able to enter the temple due to protesters who guarded its entrance. The two women, named in the Indian media as Bindu Ammini, 40, and Kanaka Durga, 39, had already tried to enter the Sabarimala temple in Kerala state last month but were turned away by protesters.