SANNIDHANAM: Sabarimala thantri Kandararu Rajeevaru has instructed purification ceremony at Sabarimala Sannidhanam, taking into account the fact that the police entered Sannidhanam, wearing boots and holding shields.

The police committed this mistake when they accompanied a few transgenders to Sannidhanam.

Thantri has asked temple priests to conduct purification ceremony on Wednesday itself.

The transgenders had made darshan of Ayyappa temple on Tuesday. The policemen camped at Sannidhanam for more than 30 minutes wearing boots and shields.

Though some devotees protested, the policemen were not ready to withdraw from Sannidhanam. But later as the protest grew louder, the police Special officer G Jayadev confessed to the mistake of the policemen and said that such mistakes would not be repeated.