Sidelights

Extend all help: RSS

The RSS urged the countrymen to extend all possible help to the flood-hit people of Kerala, saying the southern State is on the verge of a catastrophe.

‘Donate 10% of Eid budget’

The Islamic Centre of India has appealed to Muslims to at least donate 10 per cent of their Eid-ul-Adha budget for flood-ravaged Kerala. Head of the Islamic Centre of India and senior member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi said the amount should be deposited in the Kerala CM's relief fund.

Devotees end pilgrimage

With heavy rain and floods making the famous hill shrine of Sabarimala in Kerala out of bounds, several Ayyappa devotees from Tamil Nadu chose to end their pilgrimage at local temples.

Several devotees here who had planned to visit the Sabarimala temple for the 'Chingam' monthly pooja season (August 16-21) and later Onam between August 23 and 27, ended their pilgrimage by offering prayers at the Ayyappan temple  at Raja Annamalaipuram.