Thiruvananthapuram | A ministerial conference of southern states held here today requested the central government to declare \u2018Lord Ayyappa Temple\u2019 at Sabarimala as a national pilgrim centre.<\/p>\n
The meeting presided by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan passed a resolution in this regard, considering the fact that declaring \u2018Sabarimala\u2019 as a pilgrim centre would help provide more facilities for those visiting the temple during the November-January festival season.<\/p>\n
In a Facebook post, Vijayan said the state would ask the Centre to declare the hill shrine as a national pilgrim centre.<\/p>\n
The temple situated in the Western Ghats in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala attracts a large number of devotees from various corners of the country during the \u2018Mandala-Makaravillaku\u2019 festival season from November to January.<\/p>\n
Vijayan wanted all the southern states to open control rooms in their respective capitals for smooth coordination of festival arrangements.
\nFor the benefit of devotees, the darshan timing at the temple has been increased, he said.<\/p>\n
Various projects to improve the pilgrim amenities worth Rs 300 crore are on different stages, Vijayan said.<\/p>\n
Kerala Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran said all arrangements were in place for this year\u2019s festival .<\/p>\n
Kerala DGP Loknath Behra informed that pilgrims from 59 countries had registered for the virtual queue.<\/p>\n
TDB president Prayar Gopalakrishnan and top officials from southern states attended the meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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