Another bid by two women in their forties to trek to the hill shrine of Lord Ayyappa in Sabarimala was foiled on Monday by protesting devotees, a day after a similar effort by a group of 11 women failed.
The attempt by the two women — Bindu (42), a CPI(ML) activist from Koyilandy in Kozhikode district, and Kanakadurga (44), said to be a civil supplies employee from Angadipuram in Malappuram — came after 11 women activists of a Chennai-based outfit were prevented from reaching the shrine and chased away by devotees chanting Ayyappa mantras on Sunday.