Kochi: The celestial light on every Makara Sankranthi Day at the Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimali was only man-made, reported the Travancore Devaswam Board (TDB), 3 months after a stampede had taken 102 lives on way down the hills at 7pm. Earlier there was strong indications about its artificiality, but it was shown as a mystery. […]
Kasaragod : The Travancore Dewaswom Board which looks after the administration matters of historic pilgrim centre of Sabarimalai in Kerala, has announced that Rs. 2.50 lakhs each would be paid the bereaved families of the dead pilgrims in a stampede that occurred at Pellamedu on January 14 this year, while returning home after viewing the […]
Bangalore: In the stampede at Sabarimalai after Makara Vilakku at 8-30 pm on Friday last, over 20 pilgrims from Karnataka are feared dead. Most of them from Belgaum, and a few of Mysore and Bangalore, it is reported now. Ministers Shobha K and Umesh Kathi have flown to Kochi today along with a government team […]
Kumily ( Kerala) : At Sabarimalai yesterday on a Black Friday, thousands of pilgrims ran up and down to see Makara vilakku ( Sky lamp) on the hills when a huge stampede took place on the slopes killing 104 of them in the rush that happened down hills while returning from the shrine at around […]
Vandiperiyar (Kerala) : More than 102 devotees were killed and 100 injured on Friday night in a stampede in a forest in Kerala’s Idukki district when they were returning from the Sabarimala shrine, officials said here. The stampede occurred around 8.00 p.m. in Pulumedu, a forested area about 10 km from the Vandiperiyar town, and […]
