Elaborate arrangements for Makaravilakku (Jan 15, 2012)
The Sabarimala shrine is witnessing heavy rush of pilgrims in the last two days since the temple was opened for the Makaravilakku season. Arrangements to serve medicated drinking water and biscuits to the pilgrims waiting in the queue inside the barricades along the Marakkoottom-Sannidhanam stretch of the traditional path as they have to wait in the long-winding queue even upto 15 hours during the rush days.
KSRTC to deploy 1000 buses in Pampa - Nilackal route during the Makaravilakku festival. Only KSRTC buses will be allowed in this route from 12 to 15 Jan 2012.
Ayyappa devotees on 1,800 km trek : The team comprised only 9 members at their starting point in Andheri on November 22, but when it reached Uduppi in Karnataka the numbers rose to 25. On a gruelling 52-day journey, these devotees clad in their black dress and carrying an 'irumudi', traverses nearly 40 km every day. Their target is to reach Sabarimala on 2012 January 12.
Route : Mumbai, Pune, Kohlapur, Belgaum via Khanapur reached Yellapur jungle route. From there to Kumta-Kollur Mookambika temple, Kundapura, Uduppi and Managlore, Kasargod, Kannur, Kozhikode, Guruvayur.
The head priest of Sabarimala temple today informed the Kerala High Court that he does not propose to pursue his plea to depute his grandson to assist him inside the sanctum sanctorum of the temple. Thantri Kandararu Maheswararu had complained to the court that the Travancore Devaswom board officials had not permitted his grandson Rahul Eashwar inside the sanctum sanctum to assist him in rituals.
A police probe has found that two woman constables trekking Sabarimala as escort to the family members of a state minister violated the age-old custom of the shrine that restricts the entry of women in the 10-50 age group.
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