SABARIMALA: Ayappa temple here will open on Wednesday for the Mandala-Makaravilakku pilgrimage season. Devotees will be allowed to enter Sannidhanam afternoon. Devotees can take darshan from tomorrow morning. The newly elected head priests for Sabarimala and Malikappuram shrines will officially take charge today. The ceremony will be held under Tantri Kandararu Rajeevaru. Mandala Puja is on 27th December.