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
New Delhi: It's been exactly a year since the tragedy near Sabarimala Temple that killed a hundred people took place. CNN-IBN re-visited the spot to find out how prepared are authorities this time around. Over a 100 pilgrims were killed in the stampede after the Makaravilakku festival. The Kerala government, which faced severe criticism from all quarters, especially the Kerala High Court, is making elaborate arrangements for the event on...
08:02 AM, Jan 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
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala is keenly pursuing measures to make people in Tamil Nadu aware of the earnest attempts being made by the Kerala Government to ensure waters from Mullaperiyar to that state, even while raising the demand for a new dam, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said. He said that the government would also ensure the safety of Sabarimala pilgrims and Tamil people living in the state. Addressing a meet...
03:59 AM, Dec 23, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: It was an eventful year for Kerala as the Congress-led UDF voted out the LDF while discovery of treasures in the vaults of the famed Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple drew worldwide attention to 'God's own country' even as tension with Tamil Nadu over the Mullaperiyar Dam escalated. A gruesome stampede at Pulmedu near Sabarimala hill shrine on Makarsankranthi day claimed lives of 102 pilgrims, most of them from neighbouring Tamil...
12:14 PM, Dec 20, 2011
Sabarimala: Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) president M Rajagopalan Nair would seek Chief Minister Oommen Chandy's assistance to take up the issue of safety and smooth passage of Sabarimala pilgrims through the border check-posts with his counterpart in Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa. Talking to newsmen in Sabarimala on Wednesday, Rajagopalan Nair said that he would meet Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Devaswom Minister VS Sivakumar on taking up the matter...
07:49 AM, Dec 17, 2011
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In view of the Sabarimala pilgrimage season, the Southern Railways have announced additional Sabarimala/ Winter Special trains. Certain trains have also been sanctioned temporary stops at Chengannur and Thiruvalla till January 19, 2012, said an official release here on Wednesday. Advance reservation for the additional Sabari/ Winter special trains would begin on November 22. The trains are: Train no. 06009 Chennai Central-Kollam Weekly Special, 06010 Kollam - Chennai Central...
08:42 AM, Nov 24, 2011
CHENNAI: Just as the Sabarimala pilgrim season is gaining momentum, a group of Ayyappa devotees were taken aback at the airporthere when they were reportedly not allowed to carry their irumudis (kit with offerings for the deity) on a Kochi flight by the Jet Airways staff. Santhanam, along with eight others, was all set to depart for his yearly pilgrimage by a flight at 6.55 am on Monday when the...
09:47 AM, Nov 22, 2011
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
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the flow of Sabarimala pilgrims to the city set to begin from next week, the City Corporation has come up with elaborate arrangements with regard to parking and other amenities. Mayor K Chandrika told a press conference here on Wednesday that the parking for buses carrying pilgrims which used to be parked in front of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple and its premises has now been arranged at Attukal...
08:57 AM, Nov 17, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: The Lord Ayyapa temple in Sabarimala will open its doors for the two-month long pilgrimage season on Thursday. But the memory of Pulmedu stampede in January that killed 100 people still looms large. The Kerala government has put in place a new security manual based on the recommendations of the interim report by Justice Hariharan Nair commission. It includes a larger police force, restrictions on vehicle parking and entry...
06:20 AM, 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
Sabarimala: Ahead of the upcoming pilgrim season, Balamurali Namboodiri of Edamana Illam was on Tuesday selected as the 'melsanthi' (head priest) of the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple. T K Eswaran Namboodiri of Attukal was selected as the head priest of the adjoining Malikappuram Devi temple. Both the priests would continue for one year after taking over on November 16, when the two-month long pilgrim season of the hill shrine begins. The...
05:04 PM, Oct 18, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: The selection process for appointing the next melsanthi of Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple has come under a cloud of suspicion with the list of shortlisted candidates published by the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) after the interview contradicting with the official list signed by TDB Secretary PR Anitha. The draw of lots to select the priests, the final stage in the selection process, will be held at Sabarimala on Tuesday...
11:08 AM, Oct 18, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking directions to the Kerala government and the Sabarimala Shrine Board to stop defrauding devotees by presenting 'Makara Jyothi' as a divine miracle, saying the matter can be raised in the state high court. The apex court bench of Chief Justice SH Kapadia, Justice KS Panickar Radhakrishnan and Justice Swatanter Kumar Friday dismissed the plea as withdrawn but allowed petitioner, Sanal...
08:02 PM, Feb 26, 2011
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