SABARIMALA: The hill abode of Lord Ayyappa right here can be opened on April 10 for eight-day Vishu competition. Melsanthi Jayaraj Potti will open the sreekovil of the temple in presence of thantri Kandararu Rajivaru at 5 pm. As an ongoing apply of the temple, no ritual can be carried out on the sreekovil within the night.
As a part of Covid-19, restrictions on the entry of devotees for darsan will proceed throughout the Vishu competition. A complete of 10,000 devotees can be allowed darsan each day via digital queue passes. RT-PCR detrimental certificates can be necessary for darsan of Lord Ayyappa. The sreekovil can be opened for the annual Vishukani darsan between 5 and 6pm on April 14.
As a part of the preparations, the idol of Lord Ayyappa can be adorned with flowers earlier than the closure of the sreekovil at 9 pm on April 13. Thantri Kandararu Rajivaru and melsanthi Jayaraj Potti will distribute cash to the devotees after Vishukani darsan.
Particular ritualsUdayasthamana pooja, kalabhabhishekam and padi pooja would be the particular rituals to be carried out on the temple throughout eight days of Vishu competition. In reference to kalabhabhishekam on April 11, the thantri will carry out brahmakalasa pooja on the mandapam of the temple within the presence of melsanthi at 9 am. The particular ritual will conclude with kalabhabhishekam on the idol of Lord Ayyappa throughout uchcha pooja after the procession carrying the brahmakalasam led by the thantri circumambulating the sreekovil. The temple can be closed on April 18 after athazha pooja and harivarasanam at 9 pm.
