Kerala: The Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala will be opened today for the five-day monthly pooja during the Malayalam month of Meenam and for the annual 10-day Uthram festival.
According to the Travancore Devaswom Board, Melsanthi VK Jayaraj Potti will open the sanctum sanctorum under the guidance of Thanthri Kandararu Rajeevaru at 5 pm today. This will be followed by the opening of the various upadevatha temples in its premises.
Earlier, due to Covid-19 pandemic, the Kerala High Court has allowed 10,000 devotees for darshan at the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple during the monthly pujas in Meenam.
Devotees will have to produce a Covid-19 negative RT-CPR report obtained within the last 48 hours. Covid testing facilities will be arranged at the Nilakkal and the reports will be given within an hour.