Violating the ban on animal sacrifice, rooster sacrifice was conducted at Sree Kurumba Bhagavathy Temple, Kodungalloor, on Saturday.
Two youths, Adithyanadh Surendran and Sunil Thandassery, on Saturday morning conducted the illegal ritual at the ‘Kozhikkallu’ at the North Nada of the temple. The police took them into custody.
The Kerala Animals and Bird Sacrifices Prohibition Act of 1968 prohibits sacrifice of animals in temples to please the deity.
