Complex sentence: Known as the Vaikom Satyagraha, the protests sought equal rights of access for such people in areas previously restricted for members of upper castes; it eventually expanded to become a movement seeking right of access to the interior of the temples themselves.
Split into simpler sentences: Known as the Vaikom Satyagraha, the protests sought equal rights of access in areas previously restricted to members of upper castes. The protests expanded to become a movement seeking rights of access to the interior of the temples themselves.