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To Reach Pamba you can get down at the Nearest Railway Station - Chenganur.
Outside Railway Station you can find frequent buses to Pamba of Kerala RTC.
Distance from Chenganur to Pamba = 92 kms
Fare :58 Rs








After Reaching Pamba you can take viry and Have bath (Facing East Dip 3 Times ) and Get started for the Chinna Padam (Trekking) which is 8-9 Kms takes 2-3 Hrs.










Start the Holy Trek, No other mode of transport is there to reach Ayyappa (Sabarikonda), you have to pass Neelimala which is little steep. Chinna padam is negligible before Pedda Padam (Pedda Padam- starts from Erumeli to Pamba covering a distance of about 80 kms)
All Items are transported either by human or Donkeys.
For Aged there are also Dories which Carry them to sabarimala to pamba ( to and fro) they charge 450 - 600 Rs




Trekking leads to a line which comes here before homakundam (ever burning with Ghee carried coconuts after taking out ghee for abishekham).Break a coconut here and the next is to climb the padunttambadi with Irumudi on your head.







Mettu Mettu ku Sharanam sharanam


Then after getting on the Padunettambadi take the queue on a flyover around the temple and have darshan and take another flyover queue to reach malikapurathamma temple









BackGround is of the Malika Purathamma Temple, Where Pilgrims Offer Blouse Pieces and Roll Coconut around the Temple
(In the picture our Satyam Babai )

In viry(Pilgrim resting place) Guruswamy will take out ghee from all swamys , collects them in a container and offer it to ayyappa swamy with a neyyi abhishekam ticket - 6Rs available outside the temple. after ghee abhishekam ghee collected is again shared among swamys by Guruswamy and unpacked irumudi rice is offered for annadanam,puja items are kept at malika puruthamma temple.
Little amount of rice is again given into irumudi which is used to cook aravannam at home after returning home from sabarimala

Background has Padunettambadi and the Coconut Breaking Place. Left Side is the Kadutha Swamy Temple and Right side is the Karuppa Swamy Temple. Who helped Ayappa in his war.










We five Swamys and 3 civils completed successfully the journey and returned safely by the grace of Lord Ayyappa.
(ignore the white shirt one )
Starting from left Kamalakar,Shashidhar reddy,Master Hari chandana, Sridhar,Srikanth and Prasadh and Below is Naveen who taken this photograph