Sabarimala temple opens
Posted on: 15/Mar/2014 1:01:15 PM
On Friday afternoon, The Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala was opened for the monthly rituals in the Malayalam month of Meenom that begins on Saturday.
Melsanthi (head priest) P.N. Narayanan Namboodiri opened the sanctum sanctorum at 5.30 p.m.
The monthly rituals will begin with Tantri (chief priest) Kandararu Maheswararu performing the Ashtadravya Ganapathi Homom on Saturday morning.
The Tantri, assisted by the Melsanthi, has prepared Kalasam (holy water) in 1,000 small copper urns in the evening for the Sahasrakalasabhishekom to be performed prior to the Utchapuja on Saturday.
The temple will be closed after the Athazhapuja on March 19 evening.
