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The Mandala puja, with the deity adorned successful aureate attire, volition beryllium held astatine the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple connected Saturday. The auspicious clip for the ritual is betwixt 10.10 a.m. and 11.30 a.m.
Pujas were held aft the Thanka Anki (golden attire) was adorned connected Ayyappa astatine the Sabarimala Sannidhanam present connected Friday. The ceremonial procession carrying the Thanka Anki reached the Sannidhanam connected Friday evening up of the Mandala puja. The Thanka Anki was adorned connected the deity aft it was brought successful a accepted chariot procession and offered astatine the temple aboriginal successful the evening, followed by Deeparadhana.
The Thanka Anki was offered by the Maharaja of the erstwhile Travancore for the puja respective years ago.
The travel carrying the Anki began from the Aranmula Parthasarathy temple connected December 23. On Friday, the procession resumed from the Perunadu Sastha temple and passed done Laha Satra, Plappally, the Nilackal temple and Chalakayam earlier reaching Pampa successful the afternoon. Devaswom Minister V.N. Vasavan greeted the procession astatine Pampa. After a abbreviated halt, the procession moved guardant and reached Saramkuthi by 5 p.m. From there, the Thanka Anki was taken to the Sannidhanam with customary rituals, officials said.
After ascending the ineffable 18 steps, it was formally received by the Tantri and the Melshanthi astatine the Sopanam.
The aureate attire was past adorned connected the idol of Ayyappa, followed by Deeparadhana, which was attended by Travancore Devaswom Board president K. Jayakumar, Additional Director General of Police S. Sreejith and different officials.
