Sabarimala pilgrims can now send prasadam home through India Post

Sabarimala pilgrims can now send prasadam home through India Post

Mangalore Today News Network

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 14, 2026: Devotees visiting the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple will soon be able to send Aravana Payasam, Appam and other temple offerings to their homes through India Post, which is setting up a special 24-hour parcel booking counter at the hill shrine in association with the Travancore Devaswom Board.

The facility is being introduced ahead of the upcoming Mandala-Makaravilakku pilgrimage season to enable devotees to receive temple offerings at their doorsteps anywhere in the country through India Post’s Speed Post Parcel service, according to an official statement.

The 41-day Mandala pilgrimage season begins on November 17.

The special parcel booking counter will operate alongside the Travancore Devaswom Board’s Aravana and Appam distribution counters at the Sabarimala temple complex.

Aravana Payasam, a sweet prasadam prepared mainly using rice, jaggery and ghee, is among the most popular offerings at the temple. Appam is another widely sought-after prasadam.

Devotees can book the offerings at the shrine and have them delivered to their home addresses, with the parcels expected to reach them by the time they return from their pilgrimage.

In addition to the facility at Sannidhanam, devotees will be able to book and send temple prasadam to destinations across India through post offices nationwide.

The initiative is expected to provide considerable relief to pilgrims, particularly during the heavy rush at the shrine. It will allow them to order any number of prasadam packets without the inconvenience of carrying them during their return journey.

The service will include convenient booking, secure packaging and reliable doorstep delivery across the country.

Travancore Devaswom Board president K. Jayakumar and Kerala Circle Chief Postmaster General Amitabh Singh announced that the special parcel booking centre would become operational next week, coinciding with the opening of the Lord Ayyappa temple for this year’s Mandala pilgrimage season, the statement added.