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Two days after the Kerala government hosted the Global Ayyappa Sangamam, Sangh Parivar-affiliated organisations, including the Hindu Aikya Vedi and other community groups, are holding a parallel gathering of Ayyappa devotees in Pathanamthitta.

The event, called the Sabarimala Samrakshana Sangamam, is being organised on Monday, September 22, in Pandalam and will be inaugurated by K Annamalai, former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tamil Nadu president. BJP MP Tejasvi Surya is also scheduled to address the gathering. The organises say that this is ‘True Devotees Sangamam’.

Organisers say the programme is a protest against the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government’s Ayyappa Sangamam. The one-day event will feature two sessions: a mornin

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