Overview

• Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the one-day gathering at Pampa, linking it to a master plan through 2039 for Sannidhanam, Pampa and trek routes totaling ₹1,033.62 crore plus additional projects through 2030.
• Three themed sessions focused on the long-term master plan, a wider spiritual tourism circuit and new approaches to annual crowd management.
• Devaswom Minister V. N. Vasavan announced an 18-member committee to consider the conclave’s proposals and oversee implementation.
• Turnout became a flashpoint, with organisers and CPI(M) leaders citing 4,126–4,600 participants as opponents highlighted visuals of empty seats.
• Political divides sharpened as Congress and BJP boycotted, NSS and SNDP attended, the Pandalam Palace and Malayaraya Mahasabha stayed away, Yogi Adityanath’s greeting was read out, and Sangh affiliates scheduled a ‘Sabarimala Protection Summit’ in Pandalam on 22 September with K. Annamalai slated to inaugurate.