The mandala pooja, a key ritual marking the conclusion of the first phase of the annual pilgrimage to the Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa Temple, will take place on December 26.

The temple was closed at 6.30 am after the darshan of Thrikkettanal Rajaraja Varma, a representative of the Pandalam Royal ...

(PTI) The incident took place on December 22 at Achchavvana Colony, when an LPG cylinder exploded at the temple, leaving nine people severely injured. Among them, eight were Ayyappa devotees.

Sabarimala Ayyappa temple got a new chief priest (called 'melshanthi ... in Kozhikode district. Watch Live TV in English ...

The darshan timings at Sabarimala temple has been rescheduled for the ... led to pilgrims even returning without Darshan.

But, the arterial roads leading to the temple in the city often witness traffic snarls for longer distances as hundreds of vehicles carrying Ayyappa devotees thronging the city every day.

Bindu Ammini, 40, and Kanakadurga, 39, devotees of the temple deity, Lord Ayyappa, entered around dawn. "We arrived early in the morning and we had a darshan [saw the idol] for a few minutes," Ms ...

Tamil cinema's superstar Nayanthara and filmmaker Vignesh Shivan celebrated Pongal with a spiritual visit to Kodambakkam Ayyappan Temple in Chennai. They donned traditional attire and shared ...

A sea of pilgrims on Tuesday braved massive rush and hours-long queues to offer prayers at the famed Lord Ayyappa shrine here on the day of 'Makaravilakku', which marks the culmination of the over two ...