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Makaravilakku festival at Sabrimala
Why is it in news?
- The sacred grove (poonkavanom) of Ayyappa at Sabarimala is all set to celebrate the annual Makaravilakku festival.
- Ayyappa devotees from different parts of the country have started camping at the Sannidhanam and on the surrounding hillsides to worship the Makaravilakku deeparadhana to be performed at Ponnambalamedu.
Makaravilakku
- Makaravilakku is an annual festival held on Makar Sankranti in Kerala, India at the shrine of Sabarimala.
- The festival includes the Thiruvabharanam (sacred ornaments of Ayyappan) procession and a congregation at the hill shrine of Sabarimala.
- An estimated half a million devotees flow to Sabarimala every year to have a darshan (vision) of this ritual.
Source
The Hindu