Kerala's Sabarimala temple set to open today, devotees to be allowed from Saturday

After over six months, devotees will be allowed entry into the hill shrine of Lord Ayyappa in Sabarimala for the first time since the March 24 national lockdown due to COVID-19, when the temple opens for the five-day monthly pujas from Saturday. The temple will open at 5 pm on Friday evening, but devotees would be allowed entry only from Saturday morning at 5 AM, the first day of Malayalam month 'Thulam', sources of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), which manages the shrine, said.

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