Kottayam/UNI: The revenue from Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala on the 27th day of its opening for the festival season has touched Rs 100 crore, up from Rs 60 crore in the previous year, temple authorities said on Saturday.
The two-month-long pilgrimage season of the temple opened for the pilgrims on November 17.
The revenue is generated by way of offerings and sale of 'Appam' and 'Aravana' as the 'prasad' and through cash and coins.
The total collection of cash and coins this time has gone up from Rs 21 crore to Rs 35 crore.
According to temple traditions, women in the age group of 10 to 50 are not allowed.
This time however, the Left Democratic Front government has made it very clear that this season they will not make any effort to take any women in the banned age group into the temple.
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