KOCHI: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has confirmed that women have entered Sabarimala.

“Earlier also women had tried to enter Sabarimala but they could not as there were protests. Today there was no protest so they entered. It is a fact that the two women (Bindu and Kanaka Durga) entered the Sabarimala temple. I have already said that those women who go will be given police protection,” Pinarayi Vijayan told media persons on Wednesday.