{"id":204254,"date":"2024-12-29T22:51:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T22:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/29\/sabarimala-temple-to-reopen-for-makaravilakku-festival-on-dec-30\/"},"modified":"2024-12-29T22:51:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T22:51:12","slug":"sabarimala-temple-to-reopen-for-makaravilakku-festival-on-dec-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/29\/sabarimala-temple-to-reopen-for-makaravilakku-festival-on-dec-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabarimala temple to reopen for makaravilakku festival on Dec 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1899\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-116770426,imgsize-493216.cms?fit=1899,1280&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sabarimala temple to reopen for makaravilakku festival on Dec 30\" title=\"Sabarimala temple to reopen for makaravilakku festival on Dec 30\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-brcount=\"6\">The Sabarimala <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/lord-ayyappa-temple\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lord Ayyappa temple<\/a> will reopen on Monday for this year&#8217;s <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/makaravilakku-festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">makaravilakku festival<\/a>, the temple authorities said. The temple will be opened at 4 pm by <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/melshanthi-s-arun-kumar-namboothiri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Melshanthi S Arun Kumar Namboothiri<\/a>, in the presence of the head priest, <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/tantri-kandararu-rajeevaru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tantri Kandararu Rajeevaru<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><style><![CDATA[\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand p, #stock_pro.onDemand p{font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.28;}\n    \t    .onDemand .live_stock{left:17px;padding:1px 3px 1px 5px;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;line-height:18px;top:9px}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{margin:0 auto 0;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{color: #024d99;margin-top:10px;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .crypto .live_stock .lb-icon{8px 6px 5px 3px !important}\n    \t    #sr_widget.crypto.onDemand a.text{border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding-bottom:5px;display:block;width:100%}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc .text p, #stock_pro.onDemand .sr_desc .text p{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;}\n    \t]]><\/style>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=toppotime:2-->Pilgrims can ascend the <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/sacred-18-steps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sacred 18 steps<\/a> for <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/darshan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">darshan<\/a> after the Melshanthi performs the ceremonial lighting of the fire at the fireplace (aazhi) in the sanctum. <\/p>\n<p>The temple was earlier closed on December 26 at 10 pm following the <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/mandala-puja\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mandala puja<\/a>, accompanied by the recitation of Harivarasanam. <\/p>\n<p>Thousands witnessed the mandala puja, marking the culmination of the 41-day-long first leg of the <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/topic\/annual-pilgrimage-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">annual pilgrimage season<\/a>.<\/p>\n<style><![CDATA[\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand p, #stock_pro.onDemand p{font-size: 14px;line-height: 1.28;}\n    \t    .onDemand .live_stock{left:17px;padding:1px 3px 1px 5px;font-size:12px;font-weight:600;line-height:18px;top:9px}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{margin:0 auto 0;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc{color: #024d99;margin-top:10px;}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .crypto .live_stock .lb-icon{8px 6px 5px 3px !important}\n    \t    #sr_widget.crypto.onDemand a.text{border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding-bottom:5px;display:block;width:100%}\n    \t    #sr_widget.onDemand .sr_desc .text p, #stock_pro.onDemand .sr_desc .text p{font-size:12px;font-weight:400;}\n    \t]]><\/style>\n<p><!--\/article_liveblog.cms?msid=105115637&pos=botpotime:1--><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/india\/sabarimala-temple-to-reopen-for-makaravilakku-festival-on-dec-30\/articleshow\/116770426.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple will reopen on Monday for this year&#8217;s makaravilakku festival, the temple authorities said. The temple will be opened at 4 pm by Melshanthi S Arun Kumar Namboothiri, in the presence of the head priest, Tantri Kandararu Rajeevaru. Pilgrims can ascend the sacred 18 steps for darshan after the Melshanthi performs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-116770426,imgsize-493216.cms","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[602],"tags":[160808,16082,74200,2396,142039,160811,137657,160809,160806,27118,14126,137650,160810,160807,3183],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204254"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":204256,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204254\/revisions\/204256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}