Sabarimala: The celebrated Lord Ayyappa Temple right here witnessed heavy slump of devotees on Wednesday as it became as soon as opened for special pujas and rituals to effect the origin of the auspicious Malayalam month of Chingam.
The officers of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), the apex temple physique which manages the temple, right here talked about thousands of folks thronged the hill shrine since early morning to hold a look for of the deity on the auspicious day.
The ‘sannidhanam’, the temple premises, reverberated with the holy Ayyappa chants as presently as Melsanthi (chief priest) N Parameshwaran Namboothiri opened the portals of the sanctum sanctorum and lit the lamp under the steering of tantri (head priest) Kandari Rajeevaru, they talked about.
Moreover the veteran pujas, “Laksharchana”, a sure ritual, became as soon as also held at the shrine.
TDB president K Ananthagopan, Sabarimala special commissioner Manoj and other board participants had been among folks who offered prayers at the shrine all the draw in which throughout the early hours.
In line with temple sources, the devotees had been allowed to scuttle the holy hills and climb the 18 sacred steps to produce prayers ahead of the well-known deity-Lord Ayyappa since final evening.
The shrine would remain originate for five days till August 21.
Rituals adore “udayasthamaya puja”, “ashtabhishekam”, “kalabhabhishekam”, “padipuja” and so forth would be held all for the time being.
Devotees can talk over with the shrine after registering within the virtual queue procedure, they talked about.
A field registration procedure is also in teach at Nilakkal, the execrable camp, for the pilgrims.
The Ayyappa temple would be opened for Onam rituals on September 6 and would be closed on September 10, the TDB sources added.
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