PAHANAMTHITTA
Amidst wide reports of mediocre attendance, Devaswom Minister V. N. Vasavan said the Global Ayyappa Sangamam ended connected a precocious note, notable for some information and businesslike organisation.
According to the Minister, a full of 4,126 participants registered for the event, of whom 1,819 were from Kerala, 2,125 from 13 different States, and 182 were planetary representatives.
From Tamil Nadu 1,545, Andhra Pradesh 90, Telangana 182, Karnataka 184, Maharashtra 43, Puducherry 53, Uttar Pradesh 4, Gujarat 4, Delhi 2, Haryana 1, Chhattisgarh 4, Assam 1, and Odisha 12, portion planetary participants included Sri Lanka 39, Malaysia 13, Canada 12, U.S. 5, Abu Dhabi 18, Dubai 16, Sharjah 19, Ajman 3, Bahrain 11, Oman 13, Qatar 10, Singapore 8, U.K. 13, and Saudi Arabia 2.
“After the inaugural session, discussions were held successful 3 abstracted sessions, with lone those funny successful circumstantial topics registering for each,” the Minister said, portion besides clarifying that immoderate misleading reports cited attendance numbers from a azygous venue to assertion that registered participants had not shown up.
“Initially, registration was planned for 3,000 participants, but this was aboriginal accrued to 5,000. The organisers ensured a spacious venue, allowing attendees to beryllium comfortably accommodated,” the Minister added.
The clarification comes successful effect to pictures and footage showing bare chairs astatine the main venue, initially broadcast by quality channels and aboriginal wide circulated connected societal media, which sparked speculation that the lawsuit had been a damp squib.
Seats turned bare arsenic respective attendees near the main venue instantly aft the Chief Minister near the stage, portion seminars held crossed 3 antithetic venues took spot successful beforehand of mostly vacant chairs.
According to the Minister, cardinal suggestions emerging from the discussions volition beryllium examined and implemented by an 18-member committee, and preparations person already begun to guarantee a creaseless pilgrimage play this year.
Meanwhile, organisers said the delegates who attended the conclave volition beryllium provided with a questionnaire astir the Master Plan. Ayyappa devotees worldwide tin stock their feedback via the email addresses: sabarimalamasterplan.hpc@gmail.com, tdbcer@gmail.com and eesabarimala@gmail.com
