Southern Railways on Tuesday joined issue with a section of Lord Ayyappa devotees, who protested over water shortage at the Erode Station, and said the allegation of water shortage and stoppage of trains arose only during the Sabarimala season. ...
07:22 PM, Dec 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Kerala High Court on Friday quashed all charges against Kannada actress Jayamala and astrologer Unnikrishnan in the 2006 Sabrimala case. Jayamala was accused of touching the Sabarimala deity, in violation of temple traditions and offending religious sentiments. The court ruled that the charges were legally invalid. ...
03:14 PM, Jul 13, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Devout Hindus here on Saturday heralded Vishu, the Kerala new year, with traditional cultural fervour with people visiting temples in the morning. Crowds gathered at the famed Sabarimala, Guruvayoor, Sree Padmanabha Swamy temples since early morning. The most important event of the day starts with the 'Vishukani darshan' , the auspicious sight of their favourite deity. In Hindu homes, preparations for 'Vishukani' starts the night before with cleaning of...
12:18 PM, Apr 14, 2012
Sabarimala: Last year, this place suffered a terrible tragedy when 102 people died in a stampede. But pilgrims are still thronging the Sabarimala temple, the revered Hindu shrine situated in the Western Ghats in central Kerala. What is more, the temple these days is experiencing an excess of everything - from snakes to pickpockets to its earnings in the current pilgrim season. The authorities of the Travancore Devasom Board (TDB)...
06:32 PM, Jan 09, 2012
Sabarimala: The Sabarimala pilgrimage in Kerala, during which over 100 pilgrims were killed in a stampede early this year, began early on Thursday morning as the sanctum sanctorum of the famed temple here was opened. At 3 a.m. sharp on the first day of Malayalam month Vrishickam, temple melshanthi N. Balamurali opened the doors for the two-month-long pilgrimage season amid shouts of 'Swamiye Sharanamayappa'. The temple, situated on a hilltop,...
02:39 PM, Nov 17, 2011
Sabarimala: Haunted by last season's tragedy which left over 100 pilgrims dead in a stampede, a cautious Kerala government has come up with a new footpath, a bridge and a slew of measures to decongest the route leading to the Sabarimala temple this year. The two-month-long festival season is set to begin early Thursday at Pullumedu, a hill. According to state Devasom Minister V.S. Sivakumar, a new security manual is...
12:30 PM, Nov 15, 2011
Vandiperiyar (Kerala): In a major tragedy in Kerala's Idukki district over 100 pilgrims died and 50 others injured, seven of them seriously, in a stampede that occurred at Uppupara near Vandiperiyar on Friday evening. The accident occurred near at 8.30 PM on Friday evening. Sabarimala spokesperson Rahul Easwar said that 109 pilgrims were dead and 12, some of them children, were still missing. He also said that Kerala Chief Minister...
07:29 AM, Jan 15, 2011
New Delhi: At least 100 pilgrims are feared dead after a bus carrying pilgrims overturned and fell into a ditch near Sabarimala temple on Friday night. The accident happened 100 km away from sabarimala at around 8.45 PM on Friday night when a bus carrying pilgrims returning from the temple fell into a gorge. The pilgrims pilgrims were returning from the Sabarimala temple after a Makar Sankranti ritual when the...
11:05 PM, Jan 14, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: Thiruvananthapuram: A chargesheet has been filed against Kannada actress Jayamala for entering and touching the idol of Lord Ayyappa at the Sabarimala temple in Kerala. The chargesheet was filed in the first class judicial magistrate court at Ranni in Pathanamthitta district on Tuesday morning. The 50-year-old Jayamala is accused number three in the chargesheet. Jayamala had in 2006 claimed that she had touched the idol of Lord Ayyappa at...
11:22 AM, Dec 14, 2010
The injured have been administered first aid at Kanjirapally hospital. ...
09:23 AM, Jan 13, 2010
In its affidavit to SC, Kerala Govt says Sabarimala was once a Buddhist shrine. ...
03:08 AM, Feb 08, 2008
