Nellore: The Sri Swami Ayyappa Devasthanam at Vedayapalem will observe the 40th anniversary of the consecration of the Lord Ayyappa idol on January 28, coinciding with Rohini Nakshatra. The idol was ...

Mumbai, Jan 14: The three-day Ayyappa Pooja Mahotsav, organised by the Ayyappa Bhakthi Samithi, Matunga, concluded on Wednesday with a grand procession of the Lord featuring Udukku Pattu and Ayyappan ...

Mandala Pooja 2025 at the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple marks a deeply sacred milestone for devotees observing the traditional 41-day Ayyappa Vratham. Celebrated on the 11th or 12th day of Dhanu Masam, ...

Hyderabad: Tension prevailed near the Telangana DGP office on Thursday after Ayyappa devotees staged a protest opposing a recent directive restricting police personnel observing Ayyappa deeksha from ...

Very often, in South Indian temples nowadays, you see men wearing black clothes, unshaven, doing their worship. In some temples, you also see coconuts and palm seeds kept in urns, the old ‘para’, ...

President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday offered prayers at the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala. President Murmu is the first woman head of state to visit the Lord Ayyappa shrine at Sabarimala here for ...

Sabarimala is witnessing a heavy rush of pilgrims since it was opened on Friday evening. With the annual Manadalam-Makaravilakku pilgrimage season just weeks away, Prasad E D from Thrissur was ...

The Karimnagar-based Ayyappa Seva Samithi has urged Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay to ensure Central Cultural and Faith-Sensitive Heritage Protection status for the Sabarimala ...

Kerala’s Left-led government faces criticism for marginalising Dalits and subaltern communities despite its progressive image. The Global Ayyappa Sangamam exemplifies state-sponsored Hinduisation, ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A political storm has erupted over the Global Ayyappa Sangamam held at Pampa on Saturday, with the CPM hailing it as a resounding success even as the Opposition insists it was a ...

The pleas came up for hearing before a bench of Justices P S Narasimha and A S Chandurkar which refused to interfere with the high court's order. In its September 11 order, a division bench of the ...