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Global Meet Will Project Sabarimala as World-Class Spiritual Destination: Min
The New Indian Express Kozhikode
|August 18, 2025
The first-ever Global Ayyappa Meet, scheduled to be held at Pampa on September 20, is gathering momentum with preparations in full swing.
The event will see the participation of around 3,000 delegates from various countries, alongside Union ministers and chief ministers from other states.
Devaswom Minister V N Vasavan said the meet aims to project Sabarimala as a world-class spiritual destination.
"A Rs 1,300-crore master plan has been drawn up for the comprehensive development of Sabarimala. Also, work on the proposed Sabarimala airport and railway line is progressing, with the airport expected to be commissioned by 2028," the minister said during a preparatory meeting at Pampa.
This story is from the August 18, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Kozhikode.
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