Outside the official residence of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan late Sunday night a large number of BJP and RSS workers protested against the detention of over 30 persons at Sabarimala Temple.

Protests from various places across the state in Aranmula, Kochi, Kollam, Alapuzha, Ranni, Thodupuzha, Kaladi, Malappuram and Idukki among others were also held.

To protest against the "police high handedness", a daylong agitation will be held on Monday throughout the state by Yuvamorcha, the youth wing of the BJP, its chief said.

"We have organised state-wide protest against this emergency like situation in the state," Yuvamorcha state president Prakash Babu told PTI.

On Sunday night at the Sabarimala Temple protesters were taken into preventive custody and soon after that fresh protests with hundreds of devotees agitated against the police restrictions broke out at Nadapanthal area in Sannidhanam.

The unconfirmed reports claimed that the detained protesters were taken to Maniyar police camp in Pathanamthitta district, officials at Pamba Police Station, which is around 3.5 km downhill, denied they have any knowledge about it.

The police had imposed strict restrictions for devotees at Sannidhanam due to the early incidents of violence at the hill-top shrine, including not allowing them to stay back at night.

People were detained for violating Section 144 that prohibits assembly of more than four people at a spot, said Special officer Pratheesh Kumar.

"Section 144 had been declared in the area. We had asked them to disperse after the Harivarasanam but most of them refused," the SP said.

"Those who have to offer 'neyyabhishekam' (anointing deity with ghee) can stay back. They can recite prayers also. We are not against it. The police will assist those who want to offer prayers," he said.

Police had sources which claimed they had information that the protesters might create trouble by protesting at Sannidhanam and therefore, appropriate precautions were taken accordingly.

One of the protesters, said, "We are devotees and we started reciting prayers but the police did not allow us, saying Section 144 (prohibitory orders) has been imposed."

He said he did not mind getting arrested for reciting prayers at Sannidhanam.