Sabarimala pilgrim season begins
Nov 16, 2009
Lord Ayyappa Temple at Sabarimala was opened for the two-month-long Mandalam-Makaravilakku pilgrim season that began on November 16th, the first day in the Malayalam month of Vrischikom.
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Maha Kumbh Mela, held in Allahabad every 12 years and billed as the biggest religious gathering in the world, has seen a growing number of pilgrims and visitors for a holy bath at the confluence of the three holy rivers, Sangam, where water levels are at the lowest in many years.
