Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 15 (PTI) Travancore Devaswom Board, which manages the famous Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala, has geared up to provide basic facilities at the hill shrine for lakhs of devotees expected during the festival season starting next month.
About three crore devotees visited the temple last year and the number would go up this year, State Devaswom Minister Kadanapalli Ramachandran told reporters after a meeting of South Indian state ministers in charge of departments administering temples and officials here.
It has been decided to allot land on a temporary basis to neighbouring states at Nilackel for putting up information counters, with people from respective states manning them.
It would to a great extent solve communication problems.
To ensure the availability of 'Aravana', the main prasadam of the temple, the capacity of the manufacturing plant has been increased from one lakh tins per day to 1.50 lakh tins.
Monday, October 26, 2009
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