The Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple officially opened for the annual Mandala-Makaravilakku festival on Friday, marking the beginning of a two-month pilgrimage season. At 4 pm, the doors of the temple were opened by Tantris Kandararu Rajeevaru and Kandararu Brahmadathan, with outgoing head priest PN Mahesh Namboothiri leading the ceremonial opening. Later, newly appointed head priests S Arun Kumar Namboothiri and Vasudevan …
In the wake of rain and landslides wreaking havoc in Kerala, the state police on Tuesday issued a new advisory asking people not to jump into rivers to catch fish when gates of the dams will be opened. Three sirens were sounded prior to the opening of each of the shutters of Cheruthoni dam, which was last opened three years …
