Kazhakam staff perform duties essential to temple function—crafting floral garlands, sweeping the nalambalam (inner courtyard), cleaning puja utensils and brass lamps and ensuring the space ...

Meanwhile, Koodalmanikyam Devaswom administrator Ushanandini Sabu filed a counter affidavit stating that Thekke Varriam never held exclusive rights over the kazhakam duty. Until 1984, three ...