It was not immediately clear how the woman, a Sri Lankan national, got into the temple. The protests against Kerala's communist coalition, led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, were backed by both of the main national parties - Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu-nationalist Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress party. It says that the ban is necessary because menstruating women are impure. Fewer than 100 members of the youth wing of the Congress party marched and shouted slogans against the chief minister in the state capital. Discrimination against menstruating women is common in some parts of South Asia, where they are forbidden from entering houses or temples and taking part in festivals and community events.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 04, 2019 14:48 UTC