The airport has been pausing operations and rescheduling flights twice every year for decades to enable the bi-annual centuries-old ceremonial procession of the shrine to pass through the runway

Flight services from the international airport here were suspended for about five hours on Thursday afternoon to make way for the 'Alpassi Arattu' procession of Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple.

The flight services were halted around 4.45 pm and resumed at 9 pm after the procession returned back to the temple, TIAL said. Read More

The airport has been pausing operations and rescheduling flights twice every year for decades to enable the bi-annual centuries-old ceremonial procession of the shrine to pass through the runway.

Sree Moolam Tirunal Rama Varma, the present head of the erstwhile Travanco

See Full Page