Overview

• Vijayan detailed an integrated plan for Sannidhanam, Pampa and trek routes worth ₹1,033.62 crore with targets through 2039, plus ₹314.96 crore in 2025–2030 projects to enhance pilgrim facilities.
• Organisers reported 4,126 registrants, including 2,125 from 13 other states and 182 international delegates from about 15 countries, with Tamil Nadu sending the largest contingent.
• Temporary hangar structures hosted sessions on infrastructure, crowd management and tourism links, and officials said the installations would be removed quickly with no harm to the river ecosystem.
• Participation highlighted splits among stakeholders as NSS and SNDP leaders attended while the Pandalam Palace and Malayaraya Mahasabha abstained and pressed for withdrawal of 2018 protest cases and the state’s Supreme Court affidavit.
• Congress and BJP leaders attacked the event’s timing and flagged missing Sabarimala gold and sparse-seat visuals, which the Devaswom Minister rebutted with registration data and plans for an 18-member follow-up committee.