Sabarimala(Kerala): The Lord Ayyappa Temple here has been opened for a two-month-long Mandalam-Makaravilakku annual festival beginning today, the first day of Malayalam month ‘Vrichikam.’ The temple rituals began with the new Thantri performing Ashta Dravya Maha Ganapathi Homam. The Neyyabhishekam began after Ashtabhishekam. The Sreekovil (sanctum sanctorum) of the hill shrine was opened by the…
Two women in early 40s enter Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple
January 2, 2019Protests across Kerala; Temple reopens after ‘purification’ Thiruvananthapuram: Two women under the age of 50, Bindhu and Kanaga Durgha, visited the Sabarimala Ayyappa Swamy Temple and got the darshan of the Lord before daybreak today, becoming the first to do so since the SC ordered the end of age-old ban on women of menstrual age…
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