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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 temple is open for worship only during the days of Mandala Pooja (approximately 15 November to 26 December), [8] Makaravilakku or Makara Sankranti (14 January), and Maha Thirumal Sankranti (14 April), and the first five days of each Malayalam month. The Sabarimala Temple serves as a prime example of the amalgamation of several religious ...
Makara Jyothi: 14 January 2007 5 million Religious holiday Sabarimala Temple, Sabarimala India [65] Rod Stewart concert 31 December 1994 4.2 million Music performance Rio de Janeiro Brazil [66] Ashura: 2010 Over 4 million Religious holiday Karbala Iraq [67] [better source needed] Funeral of Umm Kulthum: 6 February 1975 4 million Funeral Cairo Egypt
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 ]
Makara Jyothi, a star revered on a festival; Svaha, goddess wife of Agni; Jwala Ji, goddess wife of Mangala [24] Jyoti, goddess younger sister of Kartikeya;
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.
On the day of Makara Jyothi, Ayyappa's idol at the Sabarimala temple is adorned with Thiruvabharanam. After the pilgrim season, the return procession of the Thiruvabharanam starts from Sabarimala and reaches back Pandalam.