protests-intensifySANNIDHANAM: The Manithi team from Tamil Naud who moved to Sannidhanam to pray at Sabarimala has returned back. They had to withdraw after protestors chanting ayyappa mantra surrounded around them. They were shifted to Pampa Ganapathy Temple and later were taken to a safe place. They were able to move only 200 meters further. When protests intensified, the police arrested and removed nearly thirty protestors from there. The Manithi team in a tense situation barged into the guard room. The police too fled from the spot