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KSRTC will set up a group booking system for devotees coming in groups to book a bus. This way, they will be able to journey together. A group must be 40 members.
The fare for travel on ordinary services from 8 pm to 5 am could be 50% more than the daytime fares if this proposal receives assent.
Devaswom officials had estimated that roughly 70,000 pilgrims were present at the hill shrine on the occasion of 'Makaravilakku'
At least 500 buses will be parked at Pamba and Nilackal, the KSRTC informed.
The Lord Ayyappa shrine reopened Friday ahead of the Makaravilakku Festival.
Erumeli petta-thullal festival will be held on January 11.
Of the total 35 km forest route, 18 km stretch from Azhutha to Pamba goes through the Periyar Tiger Reserve.
Travancore Devaswom Board president K Ananda Gopan said that the board so far received Rs 78.92 crore as total revenue from the temple.
It also told the court that as against the actual fares of Rs 56 and Rs 106 for low floor non A/C and A/C buses respectively, it was only charging pilgrims Rs 50 and Rs 80.
Despite COVID-19 situation, hundreds of devotees have been trekking the hills to offer prayers at the Ayyappa temple.