Sabarimala - more images

The waters of the Pamba were placid this time, with hardly a crowd at the banks as the first two pictures show. But there was lot of litter / leftovers and the authorities had done nothing to keep the place clean. The tender coconut vendor here waits for customers even as the mercury hits a high for March. The typical shelter you find along the way, usually packed with hardly a place to rest, but this time the number were few. And a view of devotees arriving and returning early morning, about an hour after the sun had risen.