SABARIMALA: With just a few days left for Mandala Puja, Sabarimala is experience heavy rush. As the traffic at Pampa has become uncontrollable, pilgrims were allowed to go through Neelimala, Appachimedu Saranapatha. The line of pilgrims extended to Sabaripeedam. Following this, the devotees were stopped at the steep hike in Neelimala and Appachimedu.

Pilgrims were stopped at Neelimala and Appachimedu Top for hours. Though disaster management authority and rapid action force in there at Sannidhanam and Pampa, their services are not available in Saranapatha. Pilgrims laid siege to road in Erumeli as protest for not allowing vehicles to Pampa. The protest went on for hours.

Pilgrims' sit-in protest affected the traffic and vehicles, including KSRTC buses, were blocked. There is heavy rush in Nilakkal as well.