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Police were forced to take around 80 devotees into custody from Sannidhanam amid protests.The post-10.30pm development surprised the police, who swung into action. However, we are managing as the number of devotees is much less.”Devaswom sources said the drop in pilgrims’ number would affect the revenue through kanikka (offerings of money) and sale of appam and aravana. Police use force to arrest protesters at Sannidhanam https://t.co/b9rc9HQoMy — TOI Kochi (@TOIKochiNews) 1542569535000Heavy police deployment at Pampa. The protesters wanted the authorities to open up the Nadapanthal so that they could spread their viris—or beds—for the night.Police historically takes scores of devotees into custody from Sannidhanam"Police are not against devotees. I think it is mostly because of the bad publicity that devotees are deferring the trip,” V Arunagiri, a guruswami, from Vellore, said..