N. Damodaran Potti, 47, of Vaikom in Kottayam district
will be the new head priest (Melsanthi) at Lord Ayyappa Temple at
Sabarimala for the one-year period beginning November 16, first day in
the month of Vrischikom in the Malayalam calendar.
A.N.
Unnikrishnan Namboodiri, 45, of Karamala, Koothattukulam, will be the
new head priest of Malikappuram Devi Temple during the period.
Selection
of the two new head priests was made through a draw of lots held at the
respective temple sopanam immediately after Ushapuja on Wednesday
morning.
Draw of lots
Hrishikesh
Varma and Keerthana Varma, children from the Pandalam Palace, drew the
lots at a function held at the sopanam of the Ayyappa temple and the
Malikappuram Devi temple, respectively, in the presence of K. Jayakumar,
Chief Secretary who is also the chief commissioner of the Travancore
Devaswom Board (TDB), and K. Babu, Special Commissioner appointed by the
Kerala High Court.
Mr. Potti is at present the head priest at the Elankavu Bhagavathy temple of the TDB in Vaikom.
Mr. Namboodiri is the head priest at the NSS Devi temple at Kochu Kadavanthra in Kochi.
The
TDB had shortlisted nine priests for the post of the Sabarimala
Melsanthi and 10 others for that of the Malikappuram Melsanthi on the
basis of a personal interview held earlier at the board headquarters in
Thiruvananthapuram.
The lots were prepared by the TDB
authorities at the respective temple sopanam. A. Chandrashekharan,
Additional Director General of Police; N. Vasu, Devaswom Commissioner;
S. Unnikrishnan, TDB secretary; K. Sankaranarayana Pillai, executive
officer, and K. Ravikumar, TDB chief engineer; were present.
The
TDB had introduced the draw of lots for selecting the Melsanthi at
Sabarimala every year in 1970 following large-scale allegations of
corruption in the conventional selection process.
The
ceremonial installation of the new head priests will be held at the
respective temple sopanam on the eve of the 41-day Mandalam pilgrim
season on November 15.
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