Man trespasses into Ponnambalamedu near Sabarimala, performs pooja; TDB accuses Forest Dept

By PTI

PATHANAMTHITTA: An individual allegedly trespassed into Ponnambalamedu proper right here, a hill excessive area ritually associated with the famed Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa Temple, and carried out some poojas and rituals there, triggering a row in Kerala.

In a purported video which surfaced on social media, the accused man, reportedly a Tamil Nadu native, may presumably be seen sitting on a platform atop the Ponnambalamedu Hills, located about 4 km from the Sabarimala temple, and chanting mantras and doing just a little rituals.

According to Ayyappa devotees, Ponnambalamedu is a revered place as a result of the auspicious ‘Makaravilakku’ is lit there yearly marking the tip results of the pilgrimage season on the hill shrine.

A high-security zone, the place, located in a deep forest, comes beneath the direct administration of the state forest division.

Besides the accused man, 4 others moreover appeared throughout the transient video, which confirmed the visuals of Sabarimala temple from there as properly.

Ok Ananthagopan, president of the Travancore Devaswom Board which manages the hill shrine, acknowledged it is an emotional concern for Ayyappa devotees.

He moreover acknowledged the Board would rapidly lodge a grievance with the state police head and the wildlife chief on this regard.

The TDB chief acknowledged the accused man throughout the video, acknowledged as one Narayana Swamy, had labored as a quick accomplice of a “keezhshanthi” (sub-priest) on the Sabarimala temple years previously and had been dismissed from service ensuing from poor character.

Hitting out at native officers of the Forest Department, he acknowledged how would possibly a bunch of people trespass proper right into a extreme security zone and do one factor like this.

Ananthagopan disagreed with the Forest division’s mannequin that the accused may have come by the use of one other methodology.

He moreover questioned the relevance of registering a case in any case this stuff had occurred.

“The TDB will soon lodge a complaint with the both the police and forest chiefs in this regard seeking a serious probe into the matter,” he acknowledged.

The TDB chief moreover acknowledged it was understood that the accused man had completed all these deliberately to tarnish the sanctity of the Lord Ayyappa Temple.

He acknowledged the incident was suspected to have occurred 4 days previously nevertheless he had no official affirmation of the date.

Meanwhile, Forest division sources acknowledged a case had been registered and an investigation is underway into the incident.

PATHANAMTHITTA: An individual allegedly trespassed into Ponnambalamedu proper right here, a hill excessive area ritually associated with the famed Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa Temple, and carried out some poojas and rituals there, triggering a row in Kerala.

In a purported video which surfaced on social media, the accused man, reportedly a Tamil Nadu native, may presumably be seen sitting on a platform atop the Ponnambalamedu Hills, located about 4 km from the Sabarimala temple, and chanting mantras and doing just a little rituals.

According to Ayyappa devotees, Ponnambalamedu is a revered place as a result of the auspicious ‘Makaravilakku’ is lit there yearly marking the tip results of the pilgrimage season on the hill shrine.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

A high-security zone, the place, located in a deep forest, comes beneath the direct administration of the state forest division.

Besides the accused man, 4 others moreover appeared throughout the transient video, which confirmed the visuals of Sabarimala temple from there as properly.

Ok Ananthagopan, president of the Travancore Devaswom Board which manages the hill shrine, acknowledged it is an emotional concern for Ayyappa devotees.

He moreover acknowledged the Board would rapidly lodge a grievance with the state police head and the wildlife chief on this regard.

The TDB chief acknowledged the accused man throughout the video, acknowledged as one Narayana Swamy, had labored as a quick accomplice of a “keezhshanthi” (sub-priest) on the Sabarimala temple years previously and had been dismissed from service ensuing from poor character.

Hitting out at native officers of the Forest Department, he acknowledged how would possibly a bunch of people trespass proper right into a extreme security zone and do one factor like this.

Ananthagopan disagreed with the Forest division’s mannequin that the accused may have come by the use of one other methodology.

He moreover questioned the relevance of registering a case in any case this stuff had occurred.

“The TDB will soon lodge a complaint with the both the police and forest chiefs in this regard seeking a serious probe into the matter,” he acknowledged.

The TDB chief moreover acknowledged it was understood that the accused man had completed all these deliberately to tarnish the sanctity of the Lord Ayyappa Temple.

He acknowledged the incident was suspected to have occurred 4 days previously nevertheless he had no official affirmation of the date.

Meanwhile, Forest division sources acknowledged a case had been registered and an investigation is underway into the incident.