CPI(M)’s changing stance on Sabarimala women’s entry stirs political storm. As caste bodies, including Nair Service Society, rally behind Ayyappa Summit, Dalits and progressives voice opposition.

Pathanamthitta: The annual ceremonial procession carrying "thiruvabharanam", the sacred jewellery of the Lord Ayyappa, set off to Sabarimala from a shrine in Pandalam here on Sunday. The auspicious ...

The royal family of Pandalam, once a regional dynasty, remains central to the rituals associated with the Sabarimala pilgrimage and the worship of Lord Ayyappa, the presiding deity. Pandalam in Kerala ...

An Ashtamangala Prasnam held under the guidance of Vedic scholar Padmanabha Sharma at Sabarimala shrine in Kerala has said that presiding deity Lord Ayyappa never had any associate going by the name ...

Makaravilakku, celebrated at the Sabarimala temple in Kerala, marks the culmination of a rigorous 41-day pilgrimage to honor Lord Ayyappa. Key elements include the Makara Jyothi divine light, ...

Very often, in South Indian temples nowadays, you see men wearing black clothes, unshaven, doing their worship. In some temples, you also see coconuts and palm seeds kept in urns, the old ‘para’, ...