PAMPA: A protest has been staged by Ayyappa devotees on Tuesday morning at Sannidhanam against several women due to doubts over their age.

Some devotees claimed that a woman who reached Sannidhanam was below fifty years old and blocked her. She also did not have 'Irumudi Kettu' with her. The protesters claimed that she is fifty-two years old and did not back down from their protest. The woman who felt physical discomfort was shifted to the hospital at Sannidhanam. The protesters attacked some journalists who tried to take photographs during the incident.

The police reached the spot and cheked the identity proof of the women and allowed them to perform darshan. They performed darshan under police protection. Since they did not have an 'Irumudi Kettu', they were brought through another path. The woman clarified that she reached Sannidhanam for her grandson's 'choroonu' (first eating ceremony). She also told that she is 52-years old and that she had to face this protest though her Aadhar card was checked at Pampa and Nadappanthal.