A 12-year-old girl from Puducherry, who had come for darshan to Lord Ayyappa temple along with her father, was not allowed to proceed to the shrine from Pamba on Tuesday morning. Women police examined the girl's aadhar card and found that she was 12 years old and refused to allow her to proceed further from Pamba to the shrine complex.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/sabarimala-12-year-old-girl-barred-from-proceeding-to-lord-ayyappa-temple/articleshow/72125236.cms