The prayers at the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala will start on Monday morning after the shrine reopened on Sunday for five-day monthly prayers in the Malayalam month Chingam. The temple will close on August 21 evening after monthly puja. It will open again from August 29 to September 2 for Onam puja and later in November for the annual festival pilgrimage season. Earlier, Travancore Devaswam president N Vasu said the annual festival pilgrimage season for Sabarimala starts from November 16. The government, as well as the Travancore Devaswam board, is eager to see that the event takes place this year also but with limitations and restrictions," he said.

Source: dna August 17, 2020 02:26 UTC