Hundreds of thousands of women formed a 620km-long human chain across a southern Indian state in support of a court order overturning a partial ban on women entering one of Hinduism’s holiest temples.

This video shows Tuesday's 'Women's Wall' rally, which included the participation of government employees and students who were given the half day off to join the protest.

The demonstration was backed by the communist government in Kerala where the court order reversing a ban on women of “menstruating age” – defined as between 10 and 50 – at Sabarimala temple has triggered weeks of protests.

In a defining moment for feminist politics in Kerala,millions of women filled the roads from Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram around 620 km and took a pledge to protect the renaissance value and uphold gender equality.Although the wall was organised by the state's Left Democratic Front (LDF) against the backdrop of the Supreme Court verdict on Sabarimala, the women's pledge reportedly had no reference to the shrine.Organised by the government and supported by various social organisations having links with the renaissance movement, the Women's Wall is an attempt by the LDF government to defend the state from communal forces following ongoing protests by Hindu conservatives led by the BJP and Congress post the Sabarimala verdict.