Overview

• Pandalam Police registered the case on September 24 after complaints over remarks made at a Sangh Parivar-organised Sabarimala Protection Summit in Pandalam, Pathanamthitta.
• The FIR names Saanthananda Maharshi of the Chenkottukonam-based Sree Rama Dasa Mission as the accused speaker.
• Complainant Anoop V R, a lawyer and Congress activist, alleged the monk used the term “Muslim extremist” for Vavar during his address.
• Police cited BNS provisions covering promotion of enmity on grounds of religion and race, and opened an investigation.
• No arrest or court proceedings have been reported, and Vavar’s role in Ayyappa lore remains a sensitive interfaith touchpoint in Kerala.