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The court made the observations on a batch of petitions challenging the decision of the Guruvayur Devaswom Managing Committee in May this year to donate the temple funds to the CMDRF for flood hit victims in the state.
According to temple sources, as many as 22 employees of the devaswom tested positive for the infection on Frida
Union Minister of State for Tourism, Prahlad Singh Patel, praised the state government for the optimum use of the funds released by the Government of India for creating the facilities of international standards.
Uthraja and Uthrajan along with their mother Rema Devi took care of all the wedding preparations.
The Devaswom provided rice, groceries, blankets and clothes. Volunteer outfits brought in vegetables. The municipality started a kitchen. A total of 530 people slept peacefully at these camps. This initiative also prompted the government to start camps for those living on the streets.
After their shelter was shifted to Punnathur Fort, the number of elephants gradually rose to 65 at one time. At present, there are 47 elephants at the facility.
The Kerala government is planning virtual queues to regulate devotees at Sabarimala and Guruvayur in view of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Weddings were stopped at the mandapams, in front of the eastern gate of the temple, due to the COVID-19 lockdown that was in place since March 24.
As per the latest reports, 40 people, including foreign nationals, have been diagnosed with coronavirus in the state.
The elderly woman and her daughter take a bus every day to the Guruvayur Temple, which is at a distance of 50km in the neighbouring district of Thrissur.