Makaravilakku
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Makaravilakkuis an annual festival held onMakara SankrantiinKerala,Indiaat the shrine ofSabarimala.The festival includes theThiruvabharanam(sacred ornaments of the deityAyyappan) procession and a congregation at the hill shrine of Sabarimala. An estimated half a million devotees flow to Sabarimala every year to have adarshan(vision) of this ritual this day.
Agents behind the Makaravilakku[edit]
Makaravilakku is a part of a religious ritual that was practiced since the past by the Malayaraya tribe who are believed to be the descendants of Malayaman Kaari in the forest ofPonnambalamedu(the place where Makaravilakku appears) and then later secretly continued by The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB).[1]It has been practiced for more than hundreds of years by the tribes and no supernatural elements are associated with it.[2][3] The name refers to the lighting of a bright "vilakku" (lamp) three times atopPonnambalamedu.[4]
References[edit]
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