TILL about fifty years ago the pilgrimage to Sri Dharma Shaastha or Sri Ayyappa Temple of Sabarimala was mostly confined to the people of the old Travancore State of South India. Road Transport and rail facilities were then very limited. With their hearts surging with devotion, the pilgrims in groups, wearing blue or black clothes, and carrying on their head the Irumudikkettu, (the package of offerings and provisions) used to trek long distances in groups to reach the shrine of Lord Ayyappa. The routes covered small towns, villages and long stretches of mountainous terrain, of dense forests inhabited by wild animals. In those days the maximum number of pilgrims reaching Sabarimala
Posted on: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 02:46:13 +0000
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