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Sabarimala Temple to reopen today for Makaravilakku festival Updated Dec 30, 2020 | 08:12 IST
Sabarimala temple reopens today: The temple dedicated to Lord Ayyappa shall reopen today for the Makaravilakku festival which will take place during Makar Sankranti next month.Read on to know more about it. Sabarimala Temple to reopen today for Makaravilakku festival
Key Highlights
Devotees will be allowed from the morning of December 31
5000 devotees will be allowed to visit the shrine every day
Lord Ayyappa s Sabarimala Shrine, which closed after the Mandala Puja on December 26, shall reopen today at 5 PM but devotees will be allowed from the morning of December 31. The darshan shall continue until the Makaravilakku festival, celebrated during Makara Sankranti annually.
Kerala: Lord Ayyappa s Sabarimala temple re-opens for Makaravilakku festival; Chief priest in quarantine
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Published: Wednesday, December 30, 2020, 19:59 [IST]
Sabarimala (Ker), Dec 30: Marking the beginning of the second phase of the annual pilgrimage season, the Lord Ayyappa temple here opened this evening for the Makaravilakku festival, even as the chief priest quarantined himselfafter coming into contact with three COVID positive people.
#WATCH Kerala: Lord Ayyappa s Sabarimala temple re-opened today at Sannidhanam for Makaravilakku festival.
Devotees will be allowed Darshan inside the temple from tomorrow morning. pic.twitter.com/D4muOFcniB
Though the portals of the hill shrine were opened at 5.00 pm, devotees would be allowed to enter from Thursday morning only, officials of the Tranvancore Devaswom Board (TDB), which manages the shrine, said. The auspicious Makaravilakku festival falls on January 14 and the shrine would be closed on January 20.