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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.
Makara Jyothi is a star which is worshiped by pilgrims in huge numbers at Sabarimala Temple in Kerala on Makara Sankranti on 14 January every year. It is believed that the deity Ayyappan asserts himself as Makara Jyothi to bless his devotees. The crowd crush is the worst recorded accident to have occurred in Sabarimala.
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.
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.
Ponnambalamedu has been characterized as an ecologically sensitive area by forest officials in the region and has been identified as a critical habitat for tigers. [7] The hill is also near the Kochupamba Power Substation, owned and operated by the Kerala State Electricity Board. The substation supplies electricity to the Sabarimala temple.
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
Sabarimala shrine, Kerala: 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.