Sabarimala darshan: TDB told to consider spot booking
The Hindu
For ensuring darshan for devotees lacking online facilities
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Friday directed the State Government and the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) to inform it whether spot-booking centres for Sabarimala darshan could be opened at the temples managed by the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) and in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and so on.
The Bench comprising Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice P.G. Ajithkumar also directed that besides the spot- booking centre at Nilakkal, spot booking shall be permitted at other centres for available slots during the Mandalam-Makaravilakku pilgrimage season.
The court observed that spot booking at centres other than Nilakkal could not be confined to darshan on the date of booking or the very next day.
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