What has Sabarimala verdict achieved?

It is really a tragedy that a handful of people who do not any practice their own religion nor know the significance of its rituals, are dispensing verdicts about something as important as temples. Right from day one, every lawyer appearing on the side of Sabarimalai temple has been driving home the truth that there is no absolute denial of entry on women in to this temple, but only on those of the menstrual age. But the "liberals" would have none of it. "So what" is their counterargument!. Are these people in their right mind, I would like to ask.

Menstrual taboo is a time-honoured and one of the most important rule pertaining to a temple, because it preserves a temple's sanctity. There is something called "Shaucha" or cleanliness. It is one of the prescribed ways to reach God. Shaucha not only pleases God but also keeps one hygienic/healthy. It is indispensable with respect to any religious activity and especially with temples, because a temple is a not a place for mere congregation of devotees like a park or cinema hall. The idol inside the sanctum sanctorum is consecrated atop a Yantra(specific to the installed deity) with mantras, which charges the whole temple atmosphere with powerful concentric spiritual waves.

That is why all "anushtaanaas" like yagna, japa, tapa, puja, paaraayanam, etc done in a temple yield manifold results, than when done within the confines of one's own house. Given this, isn't it obvious that the entry of certain impure people/ things into such an atmosphere, adversely affects its positive nature?

In any case, I don't understand this competitive access to temples. Can this be called as Bhakti? Will God accept such competitiveness devoid of any belief/devotion towards Him? By violating the very rule i.e Shaucha, that God (Lord Ayyappa, in this case) expects of his devotees, what kind of success have the temple activists achieved? Maybe they are equating climbing Sabarimalai to climbing, say, a Mt.Everest, where stamina or competitiveness is all that matters! It also has to be mentioned about some "secular" religious "leaders"/ swamis who are cheering the verdict! Such people do not follow the Veda Pramaanaas and interpret Hinduism based on their flawed "mathi"(individual mind) and mislead people.

Really hats off to Indian women for unfailingly upholding this rule of temple shaucha, since ages. It is a glowing tribute to their unswerving adherence to Sanatana Dharma, in spite of unscrupulous forces out there to lead them astray. I am glad that many women (including letter-writer Madhulika N) have condemned the absurd verdict. In Kerala, women are taking out rallies protesting this despicable interference in an innocuous tradition of their's which does not discriminate against them in any manner.

I am also glad that the editorial has taken a commendably sane view of the issue by saying that the so-called "liberal" verdict doesn't make any difference to a vast majority of Hindu women, who will anyway continue to honour menstrual traditions (at least as far as temples are concerned), rather than being encouraged to ditch them.

Last but not the least, the same Kerala has a temple called "Chakkulathu-Kaavu"(Alappuzha district), where not only is men's entry banned, but also a "naree pooja" is annually performed on a distinguished woman (irrespective of caste), with the chief priest washing and doing puja to her feet, just like it is done for a Goddess! O! but how can those who just look at the finger and not the brilliant moon it points up above, appreciate such things. Perverse and nugatory activism is all that they are interested in.