Monthly pooja of Sabarimala Temple

Makaravilakku 2012 Pilgrimage:

Temple Opening (Nada Thurakkal) : 30th December 2012
Makaravilakku : 15th January 2012
Temple Closing (Nada Adakkal) : 21 January 2012

February 2012 (Kumbham) :

Temple Opening (Nada Thurakkal) : 13th February
Temple Closing (Nada Adakkal) : 18th February

March 2012 (Meenam) :

Temple Opening (Nada Thurakkal) : 13th March
Temple Closing (Nada Adakkal) : 18th March
Sabarimala Temple Festival – Kodiyettam : March 27
Temple Closing (Nada Adakkal) : 5th April

April 2012 (Medam) :

Painkuni Uthram & Aarattu :

Temple Opening (Nada Thurakkal) : 5th April
Temple Closing (Nada Adakkal) : 18th April
Vishu Pilgrimage :
Temple Opening (Nada Thurakkal) : 9th April
Temple Closing (Nada Adakkal) : 18th April
Vishukkani Darshanam (Vishu 2012) : 14th April

May 2012 (Idavam) :

Temple Opening (Nada Thurakkal) : 14th May
Temple Closing (Nada Adakkal) : 19th May
Prathishta Dinam 2012
Temple Opening (Nada Thurakkal) : 30th May
Temple Closing (Nada Adakkal) : 31st May

June 2012 (Mithunam) :

Temple Opening (Nada Thurakkal) : 14th June
Temple Closing (Nada Adakkal) : 19th June

July 2012 (Karkkadakam) :

Temple Opening (Nada Thurakkal) : 15th July
Temple Closing (Nada Adakkal) : 20th July

August 2012 (Chingam) :

Temple Opening (Nada Thurakkal) : 16th August
Temple Closing (Nada Adakkal) : 21st August
Onam 2012 :
Temple Opening (Nada Thurakkal) : 27th August
Temple Closing (Nada Adakkal) : 31st August

September 2012 (Kanni) :

Temple Opening (Nada Thurakkal) : 16th September
Temple Closing (Nada Adakkal) : 21st September

October 2012 (Thulam) :

Temple Opening (Nada Thurakkal) : 16th October
Temple Closing (Nada Adakkal) : 21st October

November 2012 (Vrishchikam) :

Chithira Aattathirunnal

Temple Opening (Nada Thurakkal) : 11th November
Temple Closing (Nada Adakkal) : 12th November
Mandala Pooja Pilgrimage 2012
Temple Opening (Nada Thurakkal) : 15th November
Mandala Pooja & Temple Closing (Nada Adakkal) : 26th Decemeber

Pilgrim season concludes today 20 january 2012

Kalabhabhishekom held at Sabarimala

The Kalabhabhishekom marking the culmination of the Neyyabhishekom ritual was performed at Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple on Thursday.

Tantri Kandararu Maheswararu, assisted by Melsanthi N. Balamurali, prepared the Brahmakalasom for the Kalabhabhishekom in the forenoon.

Brahmakalasa puja

The Brahmakalasapuja was performed at the Eastern Mandapam of the Ayyappa temple.

The Brahmakalasom was taken out in a procession with the accompaniment of the Marapani and other traditional temple percussion to the sanctum sanctorum.

Pilgrims gather for Sabarimala ‘celestial light’, year after tragedy

Sabarimala, Jan 15 (IANS) A year after over 100 people died in a stampede after witnessing the Makara Jyothi, pilgrims in large numbers were stationed in and around Kerala’s Sabarimala temple to witness Sunday evening the ‘celestial light’ that appears on the horizon on Makara Sankranthi.
The light appears soon after dusk and to see this ‘miracle’, devotees, mostly from different parts of southern India, have taken vantage position at the temple top besides the surrounding hillsides.
Several measures have been taken by the administration taking into account the tragedy that took place at Pullumedu - a hillock near the famed temple - in which 102 pilgrims died in a stampede soon after devotees returned witnessing the celestial light last year.
“Police have made all the required arrangements to see that things are in place,” said an official attached to the Travancore Devasom Board (TDB), the custodian of the Sabarimala temple.
Special parking lots have been arranged, barricades set up and an estimated 3,000 security personnel are on duty to make the religious event a success.

Court directive to ensure pilgrim safety

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the State government to ensure that disaster management measures were put in place at Sabarimala and prompt action taken in the event of any eventuality.