Cable car service suspended at Palani Murugan temple for annual maintenance

Thousands of devotees visit the Murugan temple in Palani and they mostly make use of the steps to reach the temple.

Update: 2024-10-07 07:56 GMT

Cable car (Daily Thanthi)

CHENNAI: As part of the annual maintenance works, the cable car facility at the Arulmigu Dhandayuthapaniswamy Temple in Palani would be closed for the public over the next 40 days.

Thousands of devotees visit the Murugan temple in Palani and they mostly make use of the steps to reach the temple.

However, to make the journey easier for elderly people and children, the temple had organised a rope car that would drop the devotees at the temple from 7am to 8pm everyday.

According to a report from Daily Thanthi, the yearly maintenance would be carried out from Monday over the next 40 days.

Until then, the devotees have been requested to use alternative modes such as stairs or electric trains to the reach the temple.

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