THRISSUR: Forest Minister K Raju said that the department of forest will preserve Sabarimala as Ayyappa's flower garden. The minister was reacting to devaswom board president Padmakumar's statement that the forest department has an inimical stand towards Saabrimala.

The court has also directed that no additional land is to be sanctioned other than the land that is mentioned in the Sabarimala master plan. Minister said that he has no reply to the Travancore Devaswom Board president. He was talking to the reporters after the evaluation meet of Puthur Zoological park.