QUESTION = Jawaharlal Nehru was prevented from entering the Padmanabhaswamy Templeonce.
Why & by Whom?
ANSWER = Sethu
Lakshmi Bayi (the regent of the Kingdom of Travancore in southern India between 1924
and 193) had prevented Jawaharlal Nehru from entering
the Padmanabhaswamy Temple as Nehru had
undertaken sea voyage.
Sethu Lakshmi Bayi , full name Pooradam Thirunal Sethu Lakshmi Bayi CI (1895–1985).She, along with her younger cousin,
Moolam Thirunal Sethu Parvathi Bayi were adopted into the Travancore Royal Family and were the the granddaughters of the celebrated
painter, Raja Ravi Varma.
Sethu Lakshmi Bayi's regency continued the progressive administration of
Travancore Dynasty and brought forth reforms like abolition of Devadasi system as
well as the prohibition of animal sacrifice. She was commended by Mahatma
Gandhi for spending a fifth of the state revenue on education.Her
meeting with Mahatma Gandhi resulted in a
royal proclamation by which all the public roads (except the eastern road)
to Vaikom Mahadeva Temple were opened
to all castes. She also amended the Travancore Nayar Act in relation to
the Marumakkathayam system of
inheritance and family. Eventually in 1928, the matrilineal system were
altogether done away with, introducing patrilineal nuclear
family system among Nairs. At the same time, Sethu
Lakshmi Bayi was criticized by social reformers for not allowing temple entry
for dalits and also for preventing Nehru from entering
the Padmanabhaswamy Temple as Nehru had
undertaken sea voyage. She was also criticized for formulating the
notorious Press Regulation Act in 1926 which gagged the Press.
In February 1985, Sethu
Lakshmi Bayi died in Bangalore. She was at that time the last surviving member
in the Order of the Crown of India.
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