KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday asserted that protests and strikes cannot be permitted at Sabarimala, emphasising that it is a place of worship. The court observed while criticising the dolly operators for staging a protest at Pamba against the Travancore Devaswom Board’s move to introduce prepaid counters for dolly carriage service. A division bench comprising Justice Anil K …
SABARIMALA: The Travancore Devaswom Board has taken elaborate measures to distribute free food to all devotees coming for darsan at the hill shrine during the coming pilgrimage season beginning on November 15. Speaking to TNIE, TDB president P S Prasanth said the free food facility near Malikappuram temple would function round-the-clock. A special task force headed by the devaswom assistant …
The directions were issued in a review meeting held here under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. All the departments and the Travancore Devaswom Board decided in the meeting that the work assigned to them and the preparations for the pilgrimage would be completed in time, the CMO statement said. Vijayan also said training should be given to police …
As many as 39 people including pilgrims, police personnel and temple employees, have tested positive for coronavirus in Sabarimala so far since the Lord Ayyappa temple here was opened for the annual pilgrimage season on November 16. According to Travancore Devaswom Board sources here, of the total positive cases, 27 were employees of various departments and all of them were …