Devotees queuing up for climbing up the 18-holy steps that results in the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple on Tuesday. The stone pillars, that has come up on the slender pathway to those steps has added to the woes of officers in regulating the gang.
| Photo Credit: LEJU KAMAL
Sabarimala devotees have been amongst these inconvenienced when heavy rain lashed a number of elements of Kerala on Tuesday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing an orange alert in two districts of the State.
The IMD issued orange alert within the districts of Idukki and Pathanamthitta, the place the Sabarimala temple is positioned.
The IMD issued yellow alert in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and Ernakulam districts and in addition predicted thunderstorms with gentle to average rainfall and gusty winds at one or two locations in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam and Idukki districts of the State.
Many roads and hilly areas of Thiruvananthapuram district have been flooded.