Overview

• Renovation work ordered by a Supreme Court-appointed expert panel in 2017 resumed in phases from 2021 after COVID-19 delays and concluded this week.
• Priests led the Maha Kumbhabhishekam today between 7:40 and 8:40 am according to auspicious timing guidelines.
• Key rites included dedication of the three sanctum domes, reinstallation of a 300-year-old Vishwaksena idol crafted via katu sarkara yogam, and an Ashtabandha Kalasam at the Thiruvambady Sree Krishna Temple.
• Hundreds of devotees thronged the shrine in Thiruvananthapuram with video walls installed at four entrances to relay the rituals.
• Temple authorities say the consecration will reawaken the shrine’s sanctity and spiritual energy in a ceremony unlikely to recur for generations.