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First communist CM to trek to Sabarimala
The New Indian Express Kozhikode
|July 22, 2025
ANY recollection of V S Achuthanandan would be incomplete without a mention of his trek to Sabarimala in 2007, an iconic episode that perfectly captured his simplicity and his ideological stand that defined him.
On December 30, 2007, 85-year-old VS, the then CM, undertook the arduous 5-km climb from Pampa to Sannidhanam, becoming the first communist CM to reach the Sabarimala shrine on foot.
VS began the climb at 5.45pm. Defying age and the steep terrain, he trekked without a single break. Though then Health Minister P K Sreemathi, MLA Raju Abraham, K C Rajagopal, other party leaders, and Devaswom officials carried a chair and dolly for him, VS dismissed all offers of assistance.
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