Sabarimala Tragedy
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Sabarimala stampede: A year on, no lessons learnt
A year after the Sabrimala tragedy, in which 100 pilgrims were killed, several projects under the Master Plan to improve infrastructure are yet to start.
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Sabarimala stampede revives debate about Makarajyoti
Amid a debate over the truth of 'Makarajyoti', held as a divine light by millions of Ayyappa devotees, Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan said the Government was not going to probe whether it was a divine phenomenon or man-lit exercise as essentially the whole issue was a matter of faith for millions."The Government is neither going to consult ...
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Sabarimala stampede: Forest Dept blames traffic
A day after Kerala High Court rapped the Kerala government over the Sabarimala stampede, the forest department has said total neglect of its repeated warnings against uncurbed entry of vehicles into the narrow hill route was a vital factor for the tragedy.The department said it had been under pressure from state agencies, the temple board and lobby...
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The Sabarimala tragedy in 1999
On January 14, 1999 at the Pampa Hill Top in Sabarimala, a stampede tragedy happened immediately after the sighting of the Makarajyothi, a bright light that the devotees consider divine, at Ponnambalamedu on the eastern part of the Ayyappa Sannidhanam, leaving 52 pilgrims dead and many others injured.The Justice T. Chandrashekhara Menon Commission ...
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Sabarimala stampede: A year on, no lessons learnt
A year after the Sabrimala tragedy, in which 100 pilgrims were killed, several projects under the Master Plan to improve infrastructure are yet to start.
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Sabarimala stampede revives debate about Makarajyoti
Amid a debate over the truth of 'Makarajyoti', held as a divine light by millions of Ayyappa devotees, Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan said the Government was not going to probe whether it was a divine phenomenon or man-lit exercise as essentially the whole issue was a matter of faith for millions."The Government is neither going to consult ...
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Sabarimala stampede: Forest Dept blames traffic
A day after Kerala High Court rapped the Kerala government over the Sabarimala stampede, the forest department has said total neglect of its repeated warnings against uncurbed entry of vehicles into the narrow hill route was a vital factor for the tragedy.The department said it had been under pressure from state agencies, the temple board and lobby...
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The Sabarimala tragedy in 1999
On January 14, 1999 at the Pampa Hill Top in Sabarimala, a stampede tragedy happened immediately after the sighting of the Makarajyothi, a bright light that the devotees consider divine, at Ponnambalamedu on the eastern part of the Ayyappa Sannidhanam, leaving 52 pilgrims dead and many others injured.The Justice T. Chandrashekhara Menon Commission ...
