Sabarimala Mandala-Makaravilakku Season: Cleaning Operations Inaugurated at Pamba with 1,000 Vishuddhi Sena Volunteers
Pampa: Cleaning operations have officially commenced at Sabarimala and other major pilgrimage centres ahead of the Mandala-Makaravilakku festival. The inauguration ceremony was held at the Anjaneya Auditorium in Pamba, marking the beginning of sanitation activities at Sannidhanam, Pamba, Nilakkal Base Camp, Pandalam and Kulanada under the leadership of the Sabarimala Sanitation Society.
A team of 1,000 Vishuddhi Sena volunteers from the Akhila Bharatiya Ayyappa Seva Sangham, headquartered in Madurai, will lead the cleaning operations throughout the pilgrimage season. Uniforms were also distributed to the volunteers during the inaugural ceremony. Sanitation supervisors appointed by the District Administration will oversee the activities to ensure proper cleanliness and hygiene at the pilgrimage centres.
Sabarimala ADM Dileep Kainikkara IAS, Thiruvalla Sub Collector Parvathy Gopakumar IAS, Sabarimala Sanitation Society Member Secretary and Adoor RDO Binuraj T., Adoor Tahsildar Sajeev S., Ranni Tahsildar Sanalkumar and Deputy Tahsildar Girish Kumar were among those who attended the ceremony.