THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Devaswom board has given an additional time of two weeks to Sabarimala tantri to give an explanation regarding the purification rituals performed at Sabarimala.

The scheduled Caste and Tribe Commission had issued a show-cause notice to Sabarimala tantri for performing purification rituals soon after two women entered Sabarimala. Commission member S Ajaya Kumar informed this via Facebook. As one of the women who entered Sabarimala was a dalit, the rituals performed by the tantri can be considered as pure untouchability and the notice was sent due to that, he said.

“We had sent an earlier notice to the tantri to appear for hearing on January 17 and as he did not appear before the commission, the show cause notice was sent”, he said.

Meantime, High Court will consider the plea questioning devaswom board’s action of issuing show cause notice to the tantric seeking explanation regarding the closing of temple, on Monday. The plea was filed by V Ranjith Shankar, native of Bengaluru.