TDB president K Jayakumar said here on Tuesday that the board had erred in not answering the auditor’s queries in entirety, thus inadvertently creating room for scepticism. He said the Board is to be blamed for the flaws and not the auditor.
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday sought an explanation from the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) about the alleged inconsistencies in the conduct of Global Ayyappa Sangamam that was held at Sabarimala in September 2025.
The main venue has been set up on the banks of the Pampa, with seating for 3,500 delegates inside pandals erected using German technology.
While granting the nod for the Sangamam , a Division Bench comprising Justice V Raja Vijayaraghavan and Justice K V Jayakumar dismissed a batch of petitions challenging the event.
Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, Satheesan asked the government whether it would file a fresh affidavit in the Supreme Court in favour of the ban on women in the 10-50 age group at the Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple.
Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that the Ayyappa Sangamam organized by the state government is a political drama.
