| Daily
Schedule |
| ... |
| ...The
temple door (nada) will open daily at 4.00 am.
Ghee Abhishekam will start at 4.30 am after Nirmalya
Darshanam, and will continue till 11.00 am.
The noon pooja will be conducted at 12.30 pm
after which Ghee Abhishekam will not be
continued. The nada will then open only at 5.30
pm. Deepaaradhana will be conducted
between 6 and 6.30 pm. The temple gates will
close for the day at 10 pm. |
| ... |
| 18
Golden Steps |
| ... |
| The
original granite steps were badly damaged due
to continuous breaking of coconuts on the steps
by pilgrims
climbing the steps. The Devasom Board with the
approval of Lord Ayyappan through a devaprasanam,
covered the steps with panchaloha. The work was
completed by 15th November 1985 |
| |
| Golden
Kavasams of the lord |
| ... |
| Lord
Ayyappan has three Kavasams |
|
- The
first Kavasam is the centuries old one, donated
by the royal family of Pandalam, which is
brought to sabarimala every year during the
Makara Jothi festival on January 14th
- The
second Kavasam is the one donated by the royal
family of travancore in the year 1973 that
is used for adorning Lord during the Mandala
Pooja Festival. This weighs around 420 soverigns
- The
third Kavasam donated by a group from coimbatore
is made of 4.5 Kg of Gold.This is used for
adorning the lord on Vishu
|
| Mode
of Selection of Melshanthi (High Priest) |
| ... |
|
The
term of Melshanthi lasts one year from mid October
to October. During July - August the Devasom
board publishes
notification in leading news papers for applications
from eminent priests, well versed and experienced
in
Mantra and Tantra. Those who have served a term
as Melshanthi cannot apply. The
applicants are short listed after a preliminary
interview. Out of the short listed candidates
on is selected by Lord's
grace by the method of lucky draw.
Athrassheri Raman Namboodiri has been selected as the
Melshanthi for this year.
|
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|
| Lodging |
| ... |
| There
are 300 comfort stations, 52 pilgrim shelters,
113 rooms, three guest houses, 24 donor buildings
and
two halls to have room for 500 pilgrim. These
infrastructures can lodge around 10 lakh pilgrims
at a and
two halls to have room for 500 pilgrim. These
infrastructures can lodge around 10 lakh pilgrims
at a time |
| |
| Carry
Chairs (Dholl) |
| ... |
| The
old and the unwell can go up and down the mountain
in an open chair, carried on the shoulders of four
bearers. It can cost a few hundred rupees to use
this service.
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| ...
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|
Important
telephone Numbers
|
| The
President, |
| Travancore
Devaswom Board, |
| Devaswom
Board Juntion, Nanthancode |
| Trivandrum |
|
+91-471-438868
|
| The
Secretary, |
| Travancore
Devaswom Board, |
| Devaswom
Board Juntion, Nanthancode |
| Trivandrum |
|
+91-471-435000
|
| The
Commissioner, |
| Travancore
Devaswom Board, |
| Devaswom
Board Juntion, Nanthancode |
| Trivandrum |
|
+91-471-435516
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