Kochi : The Kerala government on Thursday said it will comply with the Supreme Court order over the possession of sacred ornaments of Lord Ayyappa, but said it was already under police security at the Pandalam palace. Devaswom Minister Kadakamaplly Surendran said the government was ready to strengthen the security further, if the Apex Court […]

Sabarimala : Days after the Supreme Court referred the Sabarimala temple case to a larger bench, the Lord Ayyappa shrine is all set to reopen today for pilgrimage season, even as the government said women who want to visit the hill temple should get a “court order”. The top court has decided to set up […]

Kundapur: A Maruti Omni van claimed the life of a Ayyappa devotee in an accident that took place between the van and the pedestrian at Trasi beach in the taluk on Friday morning November 16th. The deceased is identified as Ganesh Kotwal (48), residing near Mahakali Math at Gangolli. He is survived by wife and […]

Sabarimala : Fifteen policewomen have been posted for security at the Sabarimala shrine in Kerala, for the first time in its history. Their main qualification for this job is that all are 50 and above, compliant with the temple’s ban on women of a menstrual age or between 10 and 50 years. Many of the […]

Kerala: An authentic age proof document is now a must for women visiting the famed Lord Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala in Kerala, where the entry of female devotees in the age group of 10-50 is banned. The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), which manages the shrine, has decided to make the age proof mandatory during the […]

Thiruvananthapuram: To tide over the cash crunch in the wake of demonetization, the Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala, where lakhs of devotees converge during the pilgrimage season which began on November 16, has introduced “e-hundi” for electronic transfer of offerings. Lakhs of devotees from across the country worship at the temple during the three-month-long Mandalam […]

Sabarimalai: The Travancore Devaswom Committee in Thiruvananthapuram in a release on Tuesday, revealed that the Sabarimalai Temple Trust had collected a record income of Rs. 114 crores so far, for the Mandalam Makaravilakku season of religious activities, from devotees thronging the hills In lakhs to meet Lord Ayyappa, after a bath in Pampa river and […]

Sabarimala:  Thousands of pilgrims underwent severe hardships, waiting in long queues for about seven to eight hours, on the trekking path for the darsan of Lord Ayyappa on Saturday. The pilgrims, majority of them belonging to Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, were forced to remain in jampacked queues which extended up to Marakoottam. When […]

Sabarimala  : The movement of Ayyappa devotees will be restricted during Mandala Makaravilakku day at Sabarimala, the abode of Lord Ayyappa. Official sources said the devotees will be stopped at Pampa from moving to Sabarimala on Makaravilakku day evening to reduce rush. The precautionary steps would help avoid the rush in front of Malikappuram Temple. […]