The Sabarimala temple will open on Sunday evening for the annual Mandala-Makaravilakku pilgrimage season, with extensive preparations completed for the safety of devotees. The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) said all arrangements have been completed.

The sanctum sanctorum will open at 5 PM, during which E D Prasad will assume charge as the new Melshanthi (chief priest) of Sabarimala, and M G Manu will take charge as the Melshanthi of Malikappuram. The newly appointed Devaswom Board President K Jayakumar IAS (Retd), who took charge today, will arrive at Sannidhanam tomorrow.

Ahead of the pilgrimage, large scale arrangements have been completed in Sannidhanam, Pamba and the trekking routes. Benches have been set up along Chandranandan Road from Marakkoottam to Sannidhanam for devotees to r

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