The installation of an unauthorised Ayyappa Swamy idol at the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) campus in Dharwad has sparked tensions, drawing protests from Ayyappa Maladharis and Sri ...

Sabu designed and developed the robot to perform puja to an Ayyappa idol in his research lab in the same way a priest performs in a temple. Even 35 years of its successful induction, the robot ...

Utsavabali’ ritual, one of the important events of the annual festival, began at Sabarimala temple here on the second day of ...