Ponnambalamedu

Ponnambalamedu is where the fire lit event of Makaravilakku is conducted secretly by the Travancore Devaswom Board annually in the presence of nearly half a million pilgrims annually. It is a summit in the Western Ghat mountain ranges of Pathanamthitta District, Perunad grama panchayat, Kerala, India. It is located near the Sabarimala Ayyappan temple.

Raman Nair, who headed the Devaswom Board under the Congress government said “It’s the police and officials of the Travancore Devaswom Board who would jointly light the fire at Ponnambalamedu on the orders of the state government.”