Plgrims to Sabarimala continue to leave their clothes on the banks of Pamba

Many of the pilgrims who visit Sabarimala temple usually leave their clothes on the banks of the river Pamba in the belief that such an the act will absolve them of their sins. This practice has been banned by the High Court but, still, the devotees continue to leave their clothes on the river banks. The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) has, therefore, awarded the contract for collecting these clothes to a Tamil Nadu native for Rs 8 lakh.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 22 December 2015.

Usually the board auctions the right to collect clothes in the river but, this time, they did not do that because of the high court order. Instead, they deployed a contractor this year too as pilgrims continue leaving their clothes in the river.
The TDB president has admitted that the awareness campaigns among pilgrims in this regard had not brought the desired results. The police personnel deployed in Sabarimala are busy controlling the rush of pilgrims and find it difficult to monitor the discarded clothes aspect. A suitable solution would have to worked out to overcome this difficulty.

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