Devotees throng Ayyappa temples on Makara Sankranti
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Devotees throng Ayyappa temples on Makara Sankranti

The Hindu  

Ayyappa temples witnessed a heavy rush on the occasion of Makara Sankranti in Vijayawada on Tuesday. About 2,000 devotees offered their ‘irumudi’ at the Gollapudi Ayyappa temple, while more than 10,000 devotees thronged the temple. Meanwhile, special prayers were conducted at the Jakkampudi Ayyappa temple with hundreds of devotees gathering to witness the ‘Makara Jyoti darshan’. While Sabarimala in Kerala is the only place in the country where Makara Jyoti darshan exactly takes place, devotees flocked to witness the Makara Jyoti at the Ayyappa temple in Jakkampudi, located in the erstwhile Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. Devotees performed abhishekam for Lord Ayyappa with various types of flowers, and the Makara Jyoti darshan was observed from the hill opposite the temple.

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Thousands offer prayers at Sabarimala on Makaravilakku day
1 day, 9 hours ago

Thousands offer prayers at Sabarimala on Makaravilakku day

Deccan Chronicle  

Sabarimala: A sea of pilgrims on Tuesday braved massive rush and hours-long queues to offer prayers at the famed Lord Ayyappa shrine here on the day of 'Makaravilakku', which marks the culmination of the over two-month-long annual pilgrimage season. Clad in the customary black attire and wearing bead-chain, the pilgrims, cutting across ages, waited in the high-range temple paths since …

Muslim youth help distribute Ayodhya Akshinthalu in Khammam
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Muslim youth help distribute Ayodhya Akshinthalu in Khammam

Deccan Chronicle  

Muslim youth participated in the “Nagarasankeerthana” taken out in Ramachandrapuram village of Penuballi mandal in Khammam district on Sunday. They went from house to house and distributed “Ayodhya Akshinthalu”.Villagers expressed happiness over the communal harmony prevailing within the different communities in the village.Ahead of the consecration of Lord Ram’s idol in Ayodhya on Monday, Bhadradri Temple has been decorated in …

Makaravilakku festival: Devotees throng Sabarimala temple
1 year ago

Makaravilakku festival: Devotees throng Sabarimala temple

Hindustan Times  

Over hundred thousand pilgrims thronged the hill shrine of Sabarimala on Monday evening on the occasion of the Makaravilakku festival. Lord Ayyappa devotees witness the 'Makra Jyothi', at Sabarimala in Pathanamthitta On the first day of the Malayalam month of Makaram, the auspicious ‘Deeparadhana’ was performed at the temple dedicated to Lord Ayyappa after the deity was adorned with the …

Sabarimala Shrine Gets New Chief Priest
2 years, 2 months ago

Sabarimala Shrine Gets New Chief Priest

News 18  

K Jayaraman Namboothiri was on Tuesday appointed as the new ‘melsanthi’ of the famed Lord Ayyappa Temple here for one year from November 16, when the annual pilgrimage season commences here. Both of them were selected to the auspicious position through a draw of lots held in front of the ‘sreekovil’ of the hillock temple, located in Pathanamthitta district of …

Thousands offer prayers at Sabarimala temple on Malayalam new year
2 years, 4 months ago

Thousands offer prayers at Sabarimala temple on Malayalam new year

Deccan Chronicle  

Sabarimala: The famous Lord Ayyappa Temple here witnessed heavy rush of devotees on Wednesday as it was opened for special pujas and rituals to mark the beginning of the auspicious Malayalam month of Chingam. The officials of the Travancore Devaswom Board, the apex temple body which manages the temple, here said thousands of people thronged the hill shrine since early …

Fact Check: This video does not show Ayyappa devotees chanting Islamic prayers in Sabarimala
3 years, 1 month ago

Fact Check: This video does not show Ayyappa devotees chanting Islamic prayers in Sabarimala

India Today  

A video of a man chanting Islamic prayers among a group of Hindu devotees is circulating on social media with the claim that these are visuals from the Sabarimala temple in Kerala. Also, this is a cropped version, and in the original video, the man can be heard singing in praise of Lord Ayyappa and Vavar Swami. There is also …

Sabarimala: Lord Ayyappa Temple Opens, Devotees to Be Allowed from November 16
4 years, 2 months ago

Sabarimala: Lord Ayyappa Temple Opens, Devotees to Be Allowed from November 16

News 18  

The hill shrine of Lord Ayyappa here opened on Sunday evening for the annual two-month long Mandala-Makaravillakku season, adhering to strict COVID-19 protocol. According to Travancore Devaswom Board, which manages the hill shrine, about 85,000 devotees would be offering prayers during this pilgrim season. The health department has also made arrangements for antigen tests in various centres including all bus …

Tamil Nadu Lord Ayyappa devotee dies on way to Sabarimala
5 years, 1 month ago

Tamil Nadu Lord Ayyappa devotee dies on way to Sabarimala

India TV News  

A 29-year-old Ayyappa devotee from Tamil Nadu, who was on his way to the Lord Ayyappa temple here for darshan, died due to suspected heart attack on Tuesday morning, police said. He developed uneasiness while trekking Neelimala, one of the sacred hills to reach the forest shrine, and was declared brought dead at the Sannidhanam hospital here, they said. Meanwhile, …

12-year-old barred from proceeding to Lord Ayyappa temple
5 years, 1 month ago

12-year-old barred from proceeding to Lord Ayyappa temple

India TV News  

A 12-year-old girl from Puducherry, who had come for darshan to Lord Ayyappa temple along with her father, was not allowed to proceed to the shrine from Pamba on Tuesday morning. women police examined the girl's aadhar card and found that she was 12 years old and refused to allow her to proceed further from Pamba to the shrine complex, …

Sabarimala: Lord Ayyappa temple receives over Rs 3.30 crore as revenue on opening day
5 years, 1 month ago

Sabarimala: Lord Ayyappa temple receives over Rs 3.30 crore as revenue on opening day

India TV News  

The Lord Ayyappa temple here received over Rs 3.30 crore as revenue on the first day when it opened on Saturday as compared to the Rs 1.28 crore last season which was marred by protests by a section of devotees and right-wing outfits over the women's entry issue. We got Rs 3.32 crore revenue on the first day compared to …

Lord Ayyappa Devotees brave rain to offer prayers at Sabarimala
5 years, 1 month ago

Lord Ayyappa Devotees brave rain to offer prayers at Sabarimala

India TV News  

Braving rains, thousands of devotees offered prayers at the Lord Ayyappa temple here on Sunday, the second day of the annual two-month-long Mandala- Makaravilakku puja pilgrimage season. Though the apex court did not stay its earlier order allowing entry of women in the Lord Ayyappa temple, at least 10 women, part of a 30-member group from Andhra Pradesh were sent …

Sabarimala annual pilgrimage ends: Not Lord Ayyappa's celibacy, but Supreme Court's verdict made headlines
5 years, 11 months ago

Sabarimala annual pilgrimage ends: Not Lord Ayyappa's celibacy, but Supreme Court's verdict made headlines

Firstpost  

Respondents had earlier argued that the practice of not allowing women of menstruating age to enter the temple is based on the celibate nature of Lord Ayyappa Of the many eventful things that had happened in 2018 was the Supreme Court’s verdict on 28 September allowing women of menstruating age to enter the iconic Lord Ayyappa temple in Kerala. The …

Sabarimala: Upheaval in Kerala as two women, under 50, enter Lord Ayyappa temple
6 years ago

Sabarimala: Upheaval in Kerala as two women, under 50, enter Lord Ayyappa temple

India TV News  

Cloaked in black veils and shrouded in early morning darkness, two women of menstruating age group made history on Wednesday by stepping into the Sabarimala temple of Lord Ayyappa. How the two women got entry into the temple: The two dauntless women—Kanakadurga and Bindu—aged 44 and 42, stepped into the hallowed precincts guarded by police three months after the Supreme …

Sabarimala: Rally taken out appealing Supreme Court to reconsider Verdict
6 years, 2 months ago

Sabarimala: Rally taken out appealing Supreme Court to reconsider Verdict

Deccan Chronicle  

Nellore: Hundreds of Ayyappa devotees participated in a rally appealing Supreme Court to reconsider its verdict on entry of women into Sabarimala at Nellore on Monday evening. Cutting across party lines, former legislator and TD Nellore City wing in-charge Mungamuru Sridharkrishna Reddy, YSRC Nellore City legislator P. Anilkumar Yadav, BJP district unit president P. Surendra Reddy took part in the …

Legend of Sabarimala: Love story that kept women from Lord Ayyappa
6 years, 3 months ago

Legend of Sabarimala: Love story that kept women from Lord Ayyappa

India Today  

Women of all age can now visit, worship and offer prayer to Lord Ayyappa at the Sabarimala Temple that is surrounded by 18 hills in the Periyar Tiger Reserve in Kerala. According to puranic and oral traditions, Lord Ayyappa was born out of the union of Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu, when the latter was in Mohini form. As Lord …

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