The men entered through a gate on the west side of the temple as the main gate was closed after 2018. Now young people are more active in this cause,” Panicker added. There had been no effective action so far, though some people wanted to bring about change. “Reading that, we felt that something should be done soon. On Sunday, Deshabhimani, the Malayalam mouthpiece of the CPI(M), carried a detailed article on discrimination. Panicker noted that OBC persons were previously allowed to worship at the temple.
It was barbaric, right? God sees all people as human beings and doesn't discriminate against anyone,” MK Panikcer told TNM. Poor people are afraid and don’t dare to attract the anger of God. They were made to believe they would attract God's wrath if they entered the temple. Dalits are mostly daily wage laborers and they sometimes lack the courage. The younger generation, those in the 50s and 40s, want to challenge it. “The older generation of Dalits didn’t find the discrimination questionable. Both communities aren't allowed to watch Theyyam with the Brahmin families. While Dalits are made to stand in an asbestos-roofed shed to watch Theyyam, Thiyyas (belonging to the Other Backward community) can stand in a shed roofed with tiles. While dominant caste persons have access to the main road near the temple, Dalits are made to travel through a separate narrow walkway. Further discrimination against oppressed castes have been rampant as well. But in the Theyyam festival, Dalits are not allowed access. Theyyam, in which an oracle is worshipped as a deity, is the main atraction of the temple festival, similar to other temples in Kerala’s north region. It was the same in the past as our ancestors have said,” BM Pradeep told TNM. It never opened its doors to people of oppressed castes. “The temple is run by five Brahmin families. The men, however, couldn’t pray as the sanctum sanctorum was closed after Krishna Mohana entered in 2018. On Sunday, Pattika Jathi Kshema Samithi Kasaragod District Secretary BM Pradeep, President MK Panicker, Joint Secretary Chandran Kokkal, Kumbala Area Secretary Sadananda and Mahesh, local secretary of the Students Federation of India, the students’ wing of the CPI(M), entered the temple. In 2018, another Dalit man, Krishna Mohana, entered the temple and prayed at the sanctum sanctorum, resulting in the closure of the sanctum sanctorum to all by the families that run it. They entered the temple at 3 pm on Sunday, breaking a centuries-old rule that had banned Dalits from worshipping at the temple.
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