Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple

Kerala airport halts flights for 5 hours for 'Alpassi Arattu' procession

Flight services from the international airport here were suspended for five hours on Saturday afternoon to make way for the 'Alpassi Arattu' procession of Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple here, TIAL said. The flight services resumed around 9 pm after the procession returned back to the temple. Sree Moolam Tirunal Rama Varma, the present head of the erstwhile Travancore royal family, sporting the traditional green silk cap, an emerald necklace and carrying the ceremonial sword, led the religious procession from the temple to the Shankumugham beach across the tarmac of the airport. The procession began from the shrine at around 5.00 pm and besides the male members of the royal family, a large number of devotees and at least five caparisoned elephants were also part of the procession. After entering the airport premises, the "utsava Vigrahas" (idols) of Padmanabha Swamy, Narasima Moorthy and Krishna Swami, were kept at the "arattu mandapam" near the runway for some time and later taken to

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SC extends time for completion of Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple's audit

The Supreme Court extended the time limit till August 31, 2022, for completion of the special auditing exercise of the historic Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple

SC declines Padmanabha Swamy Temple Trust's plea to exempt it from audit

The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined a plea filed by Shree Padmanabha Swamy Temple Trust seeking to exempt it from the audit of 25 years as ordered by the top court last year.

Kerala HC bans women from wearing churidar in Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple

Court said that the only those women, clad in saris would be allowed inside the temple