The petition was filed by the Mahamagha Mahotsava Organising Committee convener MK Vijaykumar.
As per the plea, the competition ‘Mahamagh Mahotsavam‘, scheduled to be held from January 16 to February 3 at Thirunavaya in Malappuram district, is described because the ‘Kumbh Mela of South India‘.
It marks the revival of an historic Hindu ritual that was discontinued through the British interval.
In line with the petitioner, almost 50,000 devotees from throughout South India are anticipated to take part day by day and preparations for the competition started final 12 months within the month of November.
The organisers had approached varied authorities, together with the District Collector, Income, police and fireplace authorities in addition to the Native Self Authorities Establishments, searching for permissions and for coordination.
Within the assembly convened by the Tirur Sub-Collector on December 5 final 12 months, it was determined that three momentary bridges could be constructed to facilitate the motion of devotees. The organisers additionally took the accountability of deploying 600 volunteers for crowd administration.
Officers had been additionally assigned duties, together with monitoring the water ranges within the river, regulating site visitors, putting in CCTV cameras and arranging different amenities within the space the place the competition is scheduled to occur.
