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Makara Jyothi is the celestial star Sirius that can be seen above the secret fire lit event of Makaravilakku conducted by Travancore Devasom Board at ponnambalamedu near Sabarimala Temple in Kerala on Makara Sankranti every year with the help of Forest department, KSEB and Kerala police and other agencies of Government of Kerala.
Makaravilaku appears in Ponnambalamedu Devotees gather at Sabrimala sannidhanam to get glimpse of Makara Jyothi.. Makaravilakku is a fire lit by the Travancore Devaswom Board secretly on the Makara Jyothi day for 3 times at ponnambalamedu with the help of Forest department, KSEB, Kerala police and other agencies of Government of Kerala.
The 2011 Sabarimala crowd crush (often incorrectly described as a human stampede) took place on 14 January 2011, Makara Jyothi Day at Pullumedu near Sabarimala in Kerala, India. It broke out during an annual pilgrimage , killing 106 pilgrims and injuring about 100 more declared later as "National disaster". [ 1 ]
Sabarimala stampede is a human crowd crush that occurred at Sabarimala temple in the Indian state of Kerala in 1999. [1] On 14 January 1999, (the Makara Jyothi Day), 53 people, the majority of them from outside Kerala, died in the crowd crush at the Pamba base camp caused by, among other things, the collapse of the sides of a hillock.
When a landslide caused a cave-in during a Hindu pilgrimage on the day of Makara Jyothi, panic ensued and 200,000 male devotees panicked as the hill upon which they stood collapsed into the temple. The BBC reported that "Some of the dead were buried in the collapse, but most died in a stampede to avoid the landslide."
Administration and legal binding is managed by Travancore Devasvom Board, an affiliate authority of Government of Kerala. Thazhamon Madom is the traditional priest family who has powers over the religious matters to be decided in Sabarimala Temple.
The structure of the Kerala State Government is determined by the Constitution of India (1950). [ 1 ] The Keralam Council of Ministers along with the other elected legislative members assemble at the Keralam Legislative Assembly to introduce new drafts of law (otherwise known as bills), discuss them with other elected members of the assembly ...
In response, Kerala Police arrested 16 people who allegedly planned the attacks. [104] Cases are also filed against 1400 people who took part in the Ayyappa Jyothi event. [105] As a counter protest, women supporting the Supreme Court verdict formed a human chain called Vanitha Mathil (Women's Wall), which stretched across the state of Kerala ...