Secretary, Devaswom Board MG Rajamanickaam said, "For this Sabarimala season, the government of Kerala, along with Travancore Devaswom Board have made all the arrangements for the facilitation of all the pilgrims who are coming from outside. The virtual queue website is there, through which
Amid the Nipah outbreak in the state, the Kerala High Court has asked the state government to issue an advisory, if found necessary, to Sabarimala pilgrims as the temple opens for its monthly pooja.
Kerala High Court has ordered an enquiry into the matter of allegedly performed prayers by a priest, Narayan Swami, from Tamil Nadu into Ponnambalamedu near Sabarimala in Pathanamthitta district.
While hearing, Advocate Professor (Dr) Mohan Gopal, the counsel who appeared for the petitioners, opposed the argument that the Constitution cannot interfere in matters within the shrine.
Attukal Bhagavathy Temple which is known as "women's Sabarimala" is famous for its Pongala festival. Women in huge number throng to the temple during the festival.
A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said the nine-judge bench constituted to decide the correctness of the Sabarimala judgment will also decide the practice of excommunication in the Dawoodi Bohra community.
Constitution bench of the Supreme Court will on Friday pronounce its judgement on whether the plea against the practice of ex-communication in the Dawoodi Bohra community needs to be referred to a larger bench.
The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday directed that unauthorised and illegal fake websites running in temple names should be banned across Tamil Nadu.
On the ongoing prasad controversy regarding the usage of inorganic cardamom in the preparation of Prasad, Dewasom board President K Ananthagopan said on Wednesday that it is difficult to get organic raw materials. Food products are only used after they are tested through government labs.