Areekkara Subramanian Sankaran Namboothiri Selected as Sabarimala Melsanthi

Sabarimala: Areekkara Subramanian Sankaran Namboothiri has been selected as the melsanthi (chief priest) of Sabarimala. A Damodaran Namboothiri has been selected as the melsanthi of Malikappuram.

The selection was made through a draw held at 7.30 am on Sunday at the Sopanam and at the Malikappuram.

Subramanian Sankaran Namboothiri, a native of Pulimoodu in Thiruvananthapuram, is currently the melsanthi of the Pazhavangadi temple. He had previously made it to the shortlist for the Sabarimala melsanthi position on three occasions. Damodaran Namboothiri is a native of Vadakara in Kozhikode.

Devanandan, son of V Arjunan of the Nalukettu Palace in Pandalam and Sharmada R Varma of the Elayakoyilakam in Karappuzha, Kottayam, drew the lot to select the Sabarimala melsanthi.

Anaswara, daughter of the couple Mythili Raj and Ranjith Rajan of Lakshmi Vilasom Palace in Thripunithura, drew the lot to select the Malikappuram melsanthi.