Thiruvananthapuram: P N Mahesh of Putillath Mana in Enanallur Muvattupuzha has been appointed as the new chief priest of the Lord Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala for a one-year term. P G Murali, a native of Anjoor Poongat Mana near Guruvayur, has been selected as the chief priest of the adjacent Malikappuram Devi temple in Sabarimala. Both the chief priests were …
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 …
The Sabarimala temple in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district reopened its doors from Monday for the Mandala-Makaravilakku festival, which will last for two months. The pilgrimage will be held strictly adhering to Covid-19 protocol with authorities insisting that two doses covid vaccination certificate or RT-PCR negative certificate taken within 72 hours is mandatory for visiting the hill shrine. State police chief Anil …
