Summary:
Those from other states constituted a major chuck of the pilgrims," an official with the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) said.On Thursday, more than 75,000 devotees turned up at the hill shrine . It will start around 10.30pm and would conclude by around 12 midnight," the official said.On Sunday, morning a representative of the Panthalam royal family will reach the shrine for a darshan. "Since Thursday, there has been a surge in the flow of devotees to the temple. Guruthy, the annual customary offering in the name of the Ayyappa would be conducted after the closure of the nada on Saturday. Still, pilgrims can have a darshan of lord Ayyappa on Saturday..