Thiruvabharanam procession sets off to Sabarimala
The Hindu
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The customary procession carrying the Thiruvabharanam (sacred jewellery of the presiding deity at Sabarimala) set off to the Sannidhanam from Pandalam at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.
The three boxes containing the Thiruvabharanam were being carried on head by a 25-member team led by Kulathinal Gangadharan Pillai. A team of Travancore Devaswom Board officials and the police are too accompanying the procession. Shankar Varma, who represents the Pandalam palace, is leading the procession.
The proceedings began with the authorities shifting the sacred jewellery from the strongroom of the Srambickal palace to the adjoining Valiyakoickal Sastha temple by 4 a.m. It was later taken out by 1 p.m. following a felicitation of the group members.
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