More Videos Click : <br />SABARIMALA: Suhasini Raj works as the India reporter for The New York Times<br />She managed to go past the Pamba gateway but was stopped midway<br />Court has lifted ban on entry of women of all age groups to Sabarimala<br />PROMOTED<br /> <br />CP PLUS 1 MP Cosmic Dome CCTV Security Camera CP-USC-DA10L2<br />₹ 840 Amazon<br />Two journalists of the New York Times, who were on their way to the Sabarimala temple in Kerala this morning, were forced to abort their trek and turn back following a massive protest by those who are trying to enforce the centuries-old ban on the entry of women of reproductive age in the temple, which was scrapped by the Supreme Court last month.<br />Delhi-based Suhasini Raj, along with her colleague, a foreign national, managed to go past the Pamba gateway, just before the climb to the hilltop shrine, but was stopped midway by angry protesters who threw stones and formed a human wall before her.<br /><br />According to eyewitnesses, the protesters forced the two journalists to return. <br /><br />As she was climbing up, she kept saying that she did not come to pray but to do her work. Police had to throw a security ring around Ms Raj and her colleague as they made their way back.<br /><br />"I had reached half way and then the protests grew stronger. I was hit by a stone and then we decided to return. The police had provided us all the security," Ms Raj told news agency IANS.
