THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA, INDIA, April 4, 2011: The Travancore Devaswom Board, which manages the hill shrine of Sabarimala, has begun the process of distributing solatium of US$5,668 each to the families of the 102 devotees who died in the stampede at Pullumedu on January 14.
Most of the devotees who died in the tragedy, mainly from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, were returning home after the ‘Makaravilakku’ darshan at the Lord Ayyappa temple.