‘Thanka Anki’ procession sets off to Sabarimala temple

PATHANAMTHITTA (KERALA): The annual ceremonial procession carrying ‘Thanka Anki’, the sacred golden attire of Lord Ayyappa idol, set off for the Sabarimala temple from Aranmula here on Sunday.

Hundreds of people including devotees and officials of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) took part in the procession when it began from the Parthasarathy temple here.

Weighing 453 sovereigns, the ‘Thanka Anki’ was offered to Lord Ayyappa by the Travancore royal family during the 1970s.

Source: PTI News

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