Latest News from India - Pilgrimage season at Sabarimala to begin Friday

divspan class=BodyText readability=8Thiruvananthapuram: The holy hillock of Sabarimala and surrounding valleys will reverberate with devotional chants for two months from Friday with the annual pilgrimage to the forest shrine of Lord Ayyappa getting underway.pInfrastructure in and around Pampa is in focus as the Kerala government and the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) put final touches ahead of the pilgrimage season in Sabarimala./ppAmid concerns that the regular, last-lap rush could again expose inadequacy of the arrangements, the TDB is monitoring road works envisaged in the Sabarimala Master Plan./ppWork on parking lots at the base camp at Nilackal, barring the final paving, has been completed. Parking facilities at the foothills have been a major concern for pilgrims. Earmarking of new parking lots— with space for about 10,000 vehicles — was taken forward as part of the first phase of the base camp development./p/span/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center