Transportation to sabarimala, how locate at the destination via different way

Transportation to sabarimala- what are the facilities to reach at sabarimala

Sabarimala temple is the famous temple in pathanamthitta in dense forest along with western ghats and lies in periyar tiger reserve. the holy temple is located on the hill top. the visiting is usually conducts in mandalakalam since malyalam month vrichikam to makram. there is a great penance before to the destination. sabarimala located at periand grama panchayath of pathanamthitta district by the control of travancore devaswom board. this is a world famous pilgrim center and reach millions of devotees every year. there are different methods of transportation to the destination. however there are some limitation about it because the the temple lies in a forest region. here we discuss about the transportation to sabarimala.

Many devotees choose the foot way to locate at sabarimala. there are no airports in pathanamthitta, the nearest possible airports are located at kochi and trivandrum. kochin international airport is 160 km from the destination and when the pilgrimages travel 170 km from trivandrum international airport. Thiruvalla is the only railway station in pathanamthitta district which is about 95 km from sabarimala and the next is chengannur railway station belongs to alappuzha district which located about 90 km distance with the destination. pilgrims usually choose the chengannur station for headed to the destination. KSRTC buses are easily available

The problem is about the transportation to sbarimala, there are no direct facilities to locate at the destination by train or the air way. so that the devotees choose the road way commonly to reach at the spot. devotees reaching from Chenkotta of Tamilnadu, can come to Punaloor and reach Sabarimala via Ranni and Erumeli. Pilgrims coming by road from Ernakulam can reach via Vaikom-Ettumanoor route to reach Kottayam and from there through the Kanjirappalli-Erumeli route to reach Sabarimala. The total distance is about 165 km. devotees from southern area of tamilandu can be reached via Thiruvananthapuram-Kottarakkara, adoor route