The Sabarimala master plan calls for the preservation of "just the temple beyond Pathinettam Padi."
With a budget of ₹778 crore, Sabarimala's new master plan seeks to restore the temple's sacred forest ambience by demolishing surrounding structures and reducing the number of pilgrim accommodations.
Pathanamthitta: The Sabarimala Master Plan was created with the idea that only the temple should be left after pilgrims have ascended the 18th step, or Pathinettam padi. It is necessary to dismantle the flyover that currently transports devotees to the steps.
The Devaswom Board started a pilot program about six months ago to allow devotees to receive darshan through Balikalppura. Future implementations of this system will be more impressive. Structures that are 56.7 meters from the temple have to be demolished. It is recommended that no buildings be built inside this boundary that are higher than the temple's lower canopy. These comprehensive plans were presented at the Pampa-hosted Global Ayyappa Sangamam.
Reconstructed as a forest temple, it is expected to cost ₹778.17 crore.
Thiruvananthapuram Engineering College experts created the layout using the master plan after realizing how hard it would be to find the Sabarimala Temple among concrete buildings.
To the greatest extent feasible, the design places a high priority on maintaining the temple's designation as a "forest temple." The estimated cost of the project is ₹778.17 crore. Three stages of implementation have been suggested by the Sabarimala High Power Committee.
The rooms currently occupied by the Executive Office, the Devaswom guards' quarters, the Melshanthi (head priest), and the Tantri (chief priest) are all within a 56.7-meter radius and will have to be demolished. New resting places for the Tantri and Melshanthi are suggested to be built within the same perimeter, but restrooms are not permitted there.
The exterior prakaram (courtyard) of the temple will undergo a comprehensive redesign. Adjacent to the Prakaram, the Pilgrim Centre-1 (Pranavam) will be completely destroyed.
Ten thousand pilgrims' accommodations at Sannidhanam
The current 65% occupancy rate at Sannidhanam needs to be lowered to 19% as Nilakkal becomes the primary base camp. Sannidhanam is currently home to about 1,000 officials, including police, government workers, and Devaswom employees.
This figure will be lowered to 600. There will only be room for 4,000 pilgrims. According to the plan, Sannidhanam can accommodate no more than 10,000 people at a time.
