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The Irumudi Carried to Sabarimala: What Is Actually Inside Its Two Sacred Halves

The Object Before the Journey BeginsBefore a single step onto the Pathinettam Padi, the eighteen sacred steps at Sabarimala, the Irumudi must already be on your head. Not in your hands. Not slung over a shoulder. On your head, where it stays for the entire climb. The word itself tells…

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Why Every Ayyappa Devotee Becomes Swami: The Equality Sabarimala Pilgrimage Demands

The name you didn't chooseThe first time a stranger calls you Swami, something small shifts. You are standing at a tea stall near Erumeli, still adjusting to the weight of the mala around your neck, and the man pouring the tea, older, rougher hands, a different world on any other…

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What Completing the Sabarimala Vratam and Ayyappa Pilgrimage Actually Does to a Person

The mala changes you before the mountain doesThe morning a priest ties the rudraksha or tulsi mala around your neck and addresses you as swami for the first time, you are not yet a pilgrim. You are a person in ordinary clothes who has just been handed an identity you…

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Kerala HC orders independent re-evaluation of Sabarimala ghee sale

The Kerala High Court has ordered a fresh probe into alleged fund misappropriation by Travancore Devaswom Board employees. The court expressed dissatisfaction with the initial report, finding it minimized the loss to the Board. A senior officer will now re-evaluate the case to determine if corruption charges apply.

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Hinduism way of life, not mandatory to go to temple to prove belief: SC

The Supreme Court observed Hinduism as a 'way of life,' stating that temple visits or rituals aren't mandatory to remain Hindu. Even lighting a lamp at home suffices to prove faith, the nine-judge bench observed. This significant observation came during hearings on discrimination at religious sites, including Sabarimala, and the…

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5 Temples Where Women Were Once Banned But Can Enter Today

For a long time, many women in India stood before temple thresholds carrying something heavier than prayer: the quiet knowledge that faith loved them, but tradition did not fully trust them. To be told you are pure enough to believe, but not pure enough to enter, leaves a mark. It…

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Sabarimala Makaravilaku preparations: Spot booking to be limited to 5000

The decision has been taken on the basis of the Hon. Kerala High Court's direction for efficient crowd management during festival seasons at the Sabarimala temple. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Authorities come up with revised plan for Sabarimala ropeway project

The ambitious ropeway project in Sabarimala, which has been in limbo for years now, has received a fresh lease of life with authorities coming up with a revised plan.

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TDB to wind up spot booking to Sabarimala

Travancore Devaswom Board implements measures to regulate crowd flow to Sabarimala, limiting daily bookings to 80,000 through virtual queue.

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A.K. Antony interview | ‘Anti-BJP, anti-Modi sentiment is prevalent’

Lok Sabha elections 2024: A.K. Antony, former Kerala Chief Minister and Union Defence Minister, speaks about future of INDIA bloc, Congress’s vexed relations with Left in Kerala and his son Anil K. Antony’s entry to BJPA.K. Antony, former Kerala Chief Minister and Union Defence Minister, speaks about the future of…

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Kerala Police, Vi join hands to use QR code bands for tracking children at Thrissur Pooram

Vi introduces QR code bands at Thrissur Pooram for child safety, replicating successful Sabarimala initiative.

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Vishu Utsav at Ayyappa Swamy Temple in Hubballi tomorrow

Hubballi Sabarimala Sri Ayyappa Swamy Bhajan Mandali celebrates Vishu Utsav with rituals, music concert, and prayers.

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Keen battle on the cards in Pathanamthitta constituency

Pathanamthitta election heat rises as UDF, LDF, and NDA battle for victory amidst development, Sabarimala, and organizational challenges.

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Sabarimala temple to open for annual festival and monthly pujas

The Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala will open on Wednesday for the five-days long monthly pujas, followed by the 10-days long annual festival.

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Kerala HC upholds TDB rule of appointing only Malayala Brahmins as Melsanthis of Sabarimala, Malikappuram

Kerala High Court dismisses petitions challenging reservation of Melsanthis posts for Malayala Brahmins at Sabarimala and Malikappuram temples.

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Kerala Assembly | Govt. to complete Sabarimala airport project in time-bound manner once clearances from Centre are through: CM

The Kerala government expects to complete the Sabarimala airport project in a time-bound manner once all clearances from the Centre are through. The Centre has already given site clearance and defence clearance, while Kerala’s application for security clearance from the Home Ministry is still awaited, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said…

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Kerala Assembly | Works on six stopovers with added facilities for Sabarimala pilgrims on, says Devaswom Minister

The development works of six stopovers with added facilities for pilgrims on the way to Sabarimala is going on, Minister for Devaswoms and Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes K. Radhakrishnan told the Kerala Assembly

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SC notice to Kerala on VHP offer to ply Sabarimala pilgrims free of cost

Supreme Court examines appeal by VHP Kerala against denial of free bus service for Sabarimala pilgrims.

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Police intensify search for nine missing pilgrims at Sabarimala

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Sabarimala temple closes after annual pilgrimage season

Marking the end of a pilgrimage season that had witnessed an unprecedented influx of devotees, the portals of the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala were closed after a designate of the Pandalam palace visited the temple and offered prayers here on Sunday morning.

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Police probe into “fake selfie video” featuring women at Sabarimala

The police on Friday launched a probe into the circulation of a “fake selfie video” featuring two young women standing near the holy 18 steps leading to the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple.

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Makaravilakku festival celebrated at Sabarimala

The Makaravilakku festival at Sabarimala marks the end of the annual pilgrimage season, drawing a large influx of devotees.

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TDB honours singer K.J. Yesudas with special prayers at Sabarimala temple

In the sacred precincts of the Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala, the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) organised special prayers for legendary singer K.J. Yesudas who celebrated his birthday as per the Malayalam calendar on Friday. Yesudas’s birth star is Uthradam (Uttara Ashadha).

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Heavy rush of devotees at Sabarimala

The rush to the Ayyappa temple was so intense that the handrail of a flyover at Sannidhanam, through which the pilgrims are routed to the temple, collapsed due to overcrowding.

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Union Budget likely to take a final call on Sabari rail project

The upcoming Union Budget is expected to take a final call on the proposed Sabari rail project to the Sabarimala temple which witnesses a footfall of close to one crore pilgrims during the pilgrimage season between November and January.

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