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Monday, December 3, 2007

Kerala Police sets up helpline at Sabarimala

With lakhs of devotees thronging the Ayyappa temple during the annual pilgrimage season, Kerala Police has set up a 24-hour helpline to assist pilgrims facing difficulties at the hill shrine. Arrangements for conveying emergency messages for pilgrims from their native places had also been made part of the helpline system, official sources said.

The pilgrims requiring any help from the authorities could contact the telephone numbers "100", "04735-202016", "984700100" and "9946100100", they said. The services of Travancore Devaswom Board which administers the temple, hospitals, fire stations, forest stations, government agencies, BSNL and Ayyappa Sevasangham could also be sought through the helpline.

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