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Kerala Congress leader Prayar Gopalakrishnan passes away at 73
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], June 4 (ANI): Congress leader from Kerala and former Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) Prayar Gopalakrishnan passed away on Saturday at the age of 73.
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Kerala Aravana Payasam disinformation: Devaswom Board to initiate legal ac
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], November 17 (ANI): The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) has issued a statement that the campaigns against Aravana Payasam, the main offertory (prasadam) given to the devotees at Sabarimala, were false and factually incorrect, said a press release from the
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Kerala HC seeks report from Sabarimala officials over use of halal-certifi
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], November 17 (ANI): The Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed Sabarimala Special Commissioner M Manoj to submit a report on a petition alleging that spoiled Halal-certified jaggery powder was used for the preparation of 'Nivedyam and 'Prasadam' at the temple.
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Kerala floods: Devotees asked to refrain from visiting Sabarimala temple o
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kottayam (Kerala) [India], October 17 (ANI): Travancore Devaswom Board requested Lord Ayyappa devotees to refrain from visiting Sabarimala Temple on October 17 and 18 in view of the continuing heavy rainfall in the state, especially in Pathanamthitta district and the dangerously high water l
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Sabarimala Ayyappa temple to reopen on Saturday, devotees allowed from Sun
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], October 15 (ANI): The Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple will reopen on October 16 (Saturday) at 5 pm for 'Thula Masam' pooja, a press release issued by The Travancore Devaswom Board said on Thursday.
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SC allows audit of Padmanabha Swamy Temple Trust
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an application filed by Shree Padmanabha Swamy Temple Trust, created by the erstwhile Travancore Royal Family, to exempt it from the audit of 25 years as ordered by the top court last year for the Shree Padmana
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COVID-19: Kerala imposes restrictions on rituals to pay homage to ancestor
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kottayam (Kerala) [India], August 8, (ANI): In view of the spread of COVID-19 in Kerala, the state government has imposed certain restrictions on offering "Bali" to their ancestors on the occasion of Karkidaka Vavu Bali being observed on Sunday. The state government has urged people to perfo
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Kerala HC refuses to stay notification by Travancore Devaswom Board on 'Me
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], July 28 (ANI): The Kerala High Court on Wednesday refused to stay the notification issued by the Travancore Devaswom Board which stipulates that only 'Malayala Brahmins' alone are entitled to apply for the post of 'Melsanthis' (head priests) in Sabarimala and Malikapp
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Plea in Kerala HC over notification prescribing Malayala Brahmins entitled
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], July 17 (ANI): A petition has been submitted in the Kerala High Court seeking a direction to set aside the notification issued by the Travancore Devaswom Board which prescribes that only 'Malayala Brahmins' alone are entitled to apply to the post of Melsanthi (head pr
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Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurates PSA oxygen plant at hospital in UP's Basti
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): A Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) oxygen plant set up at OPEC Kaili Hospital in Basti district of Uttar Pradesh was virtually inaugurated by Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday.
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Tourism, fishing activities impacted after oil spill from Titanium factory
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], February 11 (ANI): A glass furnace pipe of Travancore Titanium Products Ltd (TTP), a public sector unit making titanium dioxide, broke on Wednesday leading to a major oil spill into the sea and parts of coastal area in Thiruvananthapuram, after which tour
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Sabarimala: COVID-negative certificate after RT-PCR test must for devotees
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 20 (ANI): Post December 26, devotees will be allowed to visit Sabarimala hill shrine only after producing a COVID-negative certificate following an RT-PCR test, the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) said, even as the Kerala High Court granted pe
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