Sabarimala prasadam home delivery will be available to devotees across India from a special India Post counter at the shrine during the upcoming Mandala-Makaravilakku pilgrimage season, allowing them to send Swami Prasadam and Aravana Payasam through the Speed Post parcel service.
India Post and the Travancore Devaswom Board have entered into an agreement to establish a round-the-clock booking counter at Sabarimala Sannidhanam. The facility is intended to help devotees avoid carrying prasadam packets during their return journey and provide a delivery option amid the heavy rush expected at the hill shrine.
The special counter will be located alongside the Travancore Devaswom Board’s existing Aravana and Appam counters at Sannidhanam. Devotees will be able to book prasadam at the shrine and provide a home address for delivery. According to the announcement, the service is designed to ensure that the parcels reach devotees by the time they return home.
The centre will offer secure packaging and Speed Post parcel booking for destinations across India. Devotees will also be able to book and send Swami Prasadam through post offices anywhere in the country, in addition to using the counter at Sabarimala.
The arrangement is intended to address a practical logistics problem during the pilgrimage season. Devotees can order any number of prasadam packets without having to transport them through crowded pilgrimage routes, bus terminals or railway stations on their return journey. The service also shifts part of the distribution process from individual baggage to a formal postal network.
The initiative was announced by Travancore Devaswom Board president K Jayakumar and Amitabh Singh, chief postmaster general of the Kerala Circle. The special parcel booking centre is expected to become operational from next week, coinciding with the opening of the Lord Ayyappa shrine for the current year’s Mandala season.
The Mandala-Makaravilakku season is one of the busiest periods at Sabarimala, with large numbers of pilgrims travelling to the shrine and queuing for darshan and prasadam. The India Post facility will operate alongside the Devaswom Board’s existing counters, with booking, packaging and delivery handled through the agreed arrangement.
The service’s next operational milestone is the opening of the round-the-clock counter at Sannidhanam next week. Its nationwide availability will depend on bookings being accepted through India Post’s post-office network and the delivery of parcels through the Speed Post service.
