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AVOID MISSTEPS THIS SABARIMALA SEASON
The Morning Standard
|November 18, 2023
THE annual Sabarimala pilgrimage season has begun and the flow of pilgrims over the next two months is expected to test the arrangements put in place to deal with the rush.
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About 75 lakh pilgrims are expected to visit the hill shrine this season, a considerable increase from last season's 56 lakh. It must be said that the Kerala government, the Travancore Devaswom Board and the temple administrator controlled by it have made extra efforts this time around. While a dynamic queue control system has been introduced for better regulation of movement, pilgrims themselves can monitor the crowd at the shrine through video walls set up at three places. A hospital with ICU facilities and 64 beds has been set up at Pamba and a 15-bed facility has been installed at the temple. Transport, hygiene and lodging have also been spruced up ahe
This story is from the November 18, 2023 edition of The Morning Standard.
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