Sabarimala Temple Opens For Devotees After 6 Months: Kerala
Sabarimala temple opens for devotees after 6 months: Kerala. Corona negative report required for darshan. The Sabarimala shrine will allow devotees to visit the temple for the first time since the lockdown on March 25.
The famous Ayyappa temple in Kerala was opened to devotees on Saturday morning after being closed for more than six months due to the Coronavirus epidemic.
People coming to the temple to visit Bhagwan Ayyappa will have to bring a negative report with them about the coronavirus. Apart from this, entry into Mangir without a mask will not be available.
The temple was opened for monthly worship on Friday evening, but devotees have been allowed to visit the temple from Saturday. Please tell that devotees will be able to offer prayers in the temple till October 21.
The devotees who do not have a negative test report for the coronavirus will have to undergo rapid antigen testing in Nilackal.
Devotees have been allowed to visit the temple for the first time since the lockdown on March 25 in the country. Sources in the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), who manage the temple, said the temple was opened at five in the morning.
On Saturday, 246 people made bookings through the digital system for Darshan. Only 250 people will be allowed to visit the temple every day.
Only those people between the ages of 10 and 60 years who have darshan will have a medical certificate that they are healthy to go to the temple on the hill. Due to the epidemic, devotees are not allowed to stay in Sannidhanam, Nilakkal, or Pamba.
At the same time, VK Jayarajan Potti has been appointed as ‘Melsanthi’ (chief priest) of Lord Ayyappa temple here for one year from 16 November on Saturday. While Rajiv Kumar MN Namathothiri has been chosen as the chief priest of the Malikappuram Devi temple.
Sources in the TDB said that he will assume the post of a chief priest on 16 November, on the eve of the 41-day mandala session starting from the month of Vrischipam in the Malayalam calendar.
59 charge sheet against fireworks case in the temple of Kerala
The crime branch has filed a charge sheet against 59 people, including 15 temple officials, in a fire accident incident at a temple in Kerala two years ago.
110 people died and several others were injured in an explosion during a fireworks display at dawn on 10 April 2016 at the Puttingal temple near Paramour.
IG of crime branch investigating the incident. The Special Investigation Team led by Sreejith filed the charge sheet in the first-class court of Parawoor judicial magistrate.
The 533-page charge sheet lists 1,417 witnesses, 1,611 documents, and 376 items. After the accident, at least 1,039 people were treated in hospitals in Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram.
During the fireworks, a spark fell on the warehouse where the firecrackers were kept. This caused a huge explosion there. Puttingal Devi’s temple and many surrounding houses were damaged by this massive blast.
