
Virtual queue registration mandatory for pilgrimage
The Hindu
Police step up security at Sabarimala, close forest paths
The police have stepped up security at Sabarimala, given the two-month-long Mandala-Makaravilakku pilgrimage season that commences on November 15 and concludes on January 20.
Lakhs of pilgrims from across the country and abroad are expected to trek to the forest temple in the environmentally-fragile Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR). Only pilgrims who have registered at the Police Department’s online virtual queue website will be allowed to do the climb.

Former CM B.S. Yediyurappa had challenged the first information report registered on March 14, 2024, on the alleged incident that occurred on February 2, 2024, the chargesheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the February 28, 2025, order of taking cognisance of offences afresh by the trial court.