Sabarimala opened for Vishu competition
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By Express News Service
SABARIMALA: The Lord Ayyappa temple right here was opened for the eight-day Vishu competition on Saturday. Melsanthi Jayaraj Potti opened the sanctum sanctorum within the presence of thantri Kandararu Rajivaru. The Travancore Devaswom Board continued to impose restrictions on devotees as a part of rise within the variety of Covid- 19 instances. The variety of devotees allowed for darshan via digital queue passes will probably be 10,000 a day with necessary RT-PCR destructive certificates.
Devotees will probably be allowed for darshan solely at 5 am on April 11. The temple will probably be opened for devotees for ‘Vishukani’ darshan at 5am on April 14. As a part of the preparations for ‘Vishukani’ darshan, the idol of the lord will probably be embellished with flowers earlier than the sreekovil at 9pm on April 13. Devotees will probably be supplied cash by the thantri and the melsanthi in entrance of the sreekovil after the darshan. Kalabhabhishekam, udayasthamana pooja and padi pooja will probably be carried out on the temple on all eight days of the competition.
As a part of kalabhabhishekam on April 11, the thantri will carry out brahmakalasa pooja on the mandapam of the temple within the presence of the melsanthi at 9am on April 11. The ritual will conclude with kalabhabhishekam on the idol throughout uchcha pooja after the procession carrying the brahmakalasam led by the thantri circumambulates the sreekovil. The temple will probably be closed on April 18 after athazha pooja and harivarasanam at 9pm.
