Lord Ayappa Temple

Sabarimala Temple is all set to receive more pilgrims with the Kerala government deciding to allow more devotees for darshan by adhering to COVID-19 protocols. According to the new decision, a maximum of 2000 devotees would be allowed at the hill shrine on weekdays and 3000 on weekends, the state Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran said.

The man identified as Matheswaran developed uneasiness while trekking Neelimala, one of the sacred hills to reach the forest shrine, and was declared brought dead at the Sannidhanam hospital here, they said.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday met Governor P. Sathasivam and pledged to improve amenities for the pilgrims visiting the Sabarimala temple, as the two-month season to pay obeisance to Lord Ayyappa peaks

As two women tried and failed to take the last few steps to the famed Sabarimala shrine in Kerala on Friday, blocked by fierce protests, a third woman started her climb. Only to be told by the police that she would have to make her way to the hilltop temple alone, unlike her predecessors, who went with heavy police escort and in riot gear. Mary Swe...

Protests intensified around Kerala's famous Sabarimala temple as the shrine to Lord Ayappa got ready to open its doors to women of reproductive age following a Supreme Court order overturning the centuries-old ban. Crew from four media companies was attacked and two women, who had started the 7-km trek towards the hilltop shrine, had to turn back. ...

The Sabarimala temple opened it to devotees today, after a day of protests against the entry of women into the Lord Ayappa temple. The protests turned violent, with several protesters clashing with the police near the hilltop temple.

Malayalam actor Kollam Thulashi has been charged by the Kerala Police for his controversial remarks against women during a NDA protest meeting over the Sabarimala Temple issue, the police said today.

Arguing in support of a ban on women in the Kerala's Sabarimala temple, an influential body representing the Nair community in Kerala said that the temple's deity Lord Ayappa "himself doesn't want the presence of women between 10 and 50".

A 42-year-old pilgrim from Tamil Nadu collapsed and died while waiting in a queue for 'darshan' at the famed hill shrine of Lord Ayyappa in Sabarimala today, police said.

As a controversy brewed over the decision of Travancore Devaswom Board to rename Kerala's centuries-old hill shrine of Lord Ayappa at Sabarimala, a prominent Hindu community leader today said the temple should not be made subject of unnecessary controversies.

The CPI(M) led LDF government was prepared to conduct an opinion poll on whether to allow entry of women of all age groups inside the famous Lord Ayappa temple at Sabarimala, Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran, said today.

Sabarimala Temple is all set to receive more pilgrims with the Kerala government deciding to allow more devotees for darshan by adhering to COVID-19 protocols. According to the new decision, a maximum of 2000 devotees would be allowed at the hill shrine on weekdays and 3000 on weekends, the state Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran said.

The man identified as Matheswaran developed uneasiness while trekking Neelimala, one of the sacred hills to reach the forest shrine, and was declared brought dead at the Sannidhanam hospital here, they said.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday met Governor P. Sathasivam and pledged to improve amenities for the pilgrims visiting the Sabarimala temple, as the two-month season to pay obeisance to Lord Ayyappa peaks

As two women tried and failed to take the last few steps to the famed Sabarimala shrine in Kerala on Friday, blocked by fierce protests, a third woman started her climb. Only to be told by the police that she would have to make her way to the hilltop temple alone, unlike her predecessors, who went with heavy police escort and in riot gear. Mary Swe...

Protests intensified around Kerala's famous Sabarimala temple as the shrine to Lord Ayappa got ready to open its doors to women of reproductive age following a Supreme Court order overturning the centuries-old ban. Crew from four media companies was attacked and two women, who had started the 7-km trek towards the hilltop shrine, had to turn back. ...

The Sabarimala temple opened it to devotees today, after a day of protests against the entry of women into the Lord Ayappa temple. The protests turned violent, with several protesters clashing with the police near the hilltop temple.

Malayalam actor Kollam Thulashi has been charged by the Kerala Police for his controversial remarks against women during a NDA protest meeting over the Sabarimala Temple issue, the police said today.

Arguing in support of a ban on women in the Kerala's Sabarimala temple, an influential body representing the Nair community in Kerala said that the temple's deity Lord Ayappa "himself doesn't want the presence of women between 10 and 50".

A 42-year-old pilgrim from Tamil Nadu collapsed and died while waiting in a queue for 'darshan' at the famed hill shrine of Lord Ayyappa in Sabarimala today, police said.

As a controversy brewed over the decision of Travancore Devaswom Board to rename Kerala's centuries-old hill shrine of Lord Ayappa at Sabarimala, a prominent Hindu community leader today said the temple should not be made subject of unnecessary controversies.

The CPI(M) led LDF government was prepared to conduct an opinion poll on whether to allow entry of women of all age groups inside the famous Lord Ayappa temple at Sabarimala, Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran, said today.