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Over 27,000 devotees reach Sabarimala Temple within hours on Makaravilakku

Sabarimala,, January 14: The number of devotees who reached Sannidhanam (the main temple in Sabarimala) on Tuesday to offer prayers to Lord Ayyappa at the hill shrine of Sabarimala on the occasion of Makaravilakku reached 27,949 by 9 AM, the Kerala Public Relations Department informed. The temple's reception of the procession carrying the 'Thiruvabharnam (sacred jewels of Lord Ayappa)' is the most important event in the hill shrine on the day of Makaravilakku.

Kerala: Devotees throng Sabarimala temple on Makaravilakku

Sabarimala, January 14: Devotees thronged the Lord Ayappa Temple in Kerala's Sabarimala on the occasion of Makaravilakku festival on Tuesday. The temple's reception of the procession carrying the 'Thiruvabharnam (sacred jewels of Lord Ayappa)' is the most important event in the hill shrine on the day of 'Makaravilakku'. The sacred jewels arrive in three separate boxes.