All 400 Sabarimala sannidhanam rooms booked within an hour; Devaswom Vigilance finds bulk booking by travel agents

20 October 2026

A report of the Devaswom Commissioner records that all 400 guest house rooms at the Sabarimala sannidhanam were booked within an hour of online booking opening.
The Devaswom Vigilance wing examined the bookings made for the Thulam month pooja and found irregularities, including rooms taken in bulk by travel agencies and middlemen through loopholes in the booking website.
The inquiry was led by Vigilance SP V. Sunilkumar on the instructions of Travancore Devaswom Board president K. Jayakumar.
Rooms at the sannidhanam can be booked only online.
The Board is considering an OTP system under which a devotee who registers for darshan through the virtual queue receives a one time password on the mobile phone and uses it to book a room.
The Special Commissioner for Sabarimala will submit a report to the High Court on the booking irregularities.