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The Akhila Bharatha Ayyappa Seva Sangham, 1 of the largest organisations of Ayyappa devotees, has alleged that they had repeatedly warned authorities astir the request for robust assemblage absorption good earlier the Sabarimala pilgrimage play began.
In airy of dense unreserved astatine Sabarimala astatine the opening of the pilgrim season, they alleged present connected Tuesday that the State authorities was truthful "preoccupied with harm power related to the golden theft controversy” that it failed to code the basal requirements astatine Sabarimala.
Pointing retired that respective devotees reportedly stood successful the queue for much than 10 hours without h2o and food, the outfit claimed that they and respective different long-standing work organisations were barred from distributing escaped snacks and nutrient to pilgrims – a signifier they said they had carried retired for decades.
“Apart from the sangham, respective organisations including the Mata Amritanandamayi Math and Subramanya Religious Trust were besides barred. There are nary organisations near to enactment pilgrims,” alleged Ayyappa Seva Sangham wide caput D. Vijayakumar.
According to him, the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) has “very constricted unit and they are not equipped to grip specified monolithic crowds” whereas the Ayyappa seva sangham had been providing round-the-clock escaped nutrient work to devotees, constabulary personnel, and unit astatine the Sannidhanam for years.
The sangham besides warned that from December 1 to 5, tens of thousands of Telugu-speaking devotees traditionally get successful ample numbers.
