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Based connected a Kerala High Court order, the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) connected Thursday (November 20, 2025) announced that spot booking for Sabarimala darshan has been capped astatine 5,000 per day.
While spot booking volition beryllium disposable lone astatine Nilackal and Vandiperiyar, the spot booking centres astatine Pampa, Erumely, and Chengannur person been suspended. The restrictions connected spot booking volition stay successful spot till November 24.
The TDB has urged devotees arriving for Sabarimala darshan to unafraid their slots done the virtual queue strategy arsenic acold arsenic possible.
Kerala High Court Division Bench of Justices Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and K.V. Jayakumar connected Wednesday criticised the TDB saying that the concern astatine the elevation shrine had precocious spiralled retired of power arsenic astir 2 lakh pilgrims arrived wrong 48 hours of the temple opening connected November 17. With the full pilgrimage portion overwhelmed by an bonzer surge of devotees, assemblage absorption measures were stretched to their limits during his period.
Referring to the ample assemblage astatine Sabarimala connected Tuesday, the tribunal said “chaos was the nonstop effect of the authorities’ nonaccomplishment to travel earlier tribunal instructions.”
With astir 1 pilgrims allowed darshan each time during the Mandalam-Makaravilakku play and much than 50 lakh visiting annually, the judges said the contiguous arrangements were acold from adequate.
