TDB prepping 8L aravana prasadam for Thulam, 75L for Mandalam-Makaravilakku
Big news for Sabarimala devotees: Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) is prepping eight lakh tins of Aravana prasadam for the upcoming Thulam puja and 75 lakh tins of Aravana prasadam for the Mandalam-Makaravilakku season.
TDB President K Jayakumar shared that they're boosting daily production to 360,000 tins by October 31, so there's plenty to go around.
Sabarimala: TDB secures jaggery, AI cameras
To keep up with demand, TDB is locking in jaggery supplies (5 million kilograms from Pune and another 2.5 million kilograms online) with key other raw-material contracts wrapping up by October 5.
Crowd management is getting a tech upgrade too: AI cameras will be set up at Sabarimala with help from the police department.
And just to clear the air, Jayakumar confirmed the temple's gold crown is safe and sound in its strong room.