Devotees at Sabarimala Sannithanam on Sunday. (Photo: Rakesh Nair)

KASARAGOD: After the Supreme Court allowed the entry of women of all ages into the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala in Kerala , devotees started putting the paper slips with the writings like "save Sabarimala", "Swamiye Sharanam Ayyappa" inside the donation box .

When the verdict came, there was a campaign not to put money into the donations boxes of all temples which come under Devaswam Board. It was alleged that the government is looting the money of the temple.

The temple found that the total donations this year is less than that in the last year after four days of the Puja in the holy month of Tula.

Darshan started on October 17, and the initial four days received donations worth Rs 44.50 lakh, which is less as compared to the last year’s.

Last year, the temple had received donations worth Rs 8.42 lakh on Day 1, but this year it dipped to 4.83 lakh.

On Day 2, the temple received donations worth Rs 19.30 lakh while the last year it was Rs 45.59 lakh. On Day 3, the temple received donations worth Rs 17.51 lakh while the last year it was Rs 32.30 lakh.

It was only on the fourth day that the temple received donations a bigger amount than that in the last year - worth Rs 15800.

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