'Ayyappa Jyoti', an event organised by Hindu devotees to express their opposition to women’s entry to the Sabarimala temple has become an instant success in the state of Kerala.
Venugopalan Nair, 49 while protesting against the state government, poured petrol over his body, set himself ablaze at around 2 am in the morning on Thursday.
The controversial remarks by the Kerala Law Minister comes at a time when the communist government in Kerala has been accused of committing severe atrocities on the devotees of Lord Ayyappa at Sabarimala.