"Ambalam Vizhungi" is a figurative expression. It means "one who not only swallows the donation box and the idol, but also the entire temple"! Such temple devourers are present in all our public institutions and corporations. However, the phrase "Ambalam Vizhungi" has become a reality as the devaswom officials in their power palaces, the middlemen and sponsors who are always in the presence of Ayyappa, have been revealed to be a gang of thieves who devour the gold plates of the Dwarpalaka sculpture in front of the shrine, the Pratishtha Peetha, the thazhikakudam, and the Vaji Vahana sculpture on top of the flagpole, in the sannidhanam of Ayyappa Swamy, where devotees from all over the world bow down with their souls.

Shocking stories are emerging every day about the massive frauds being p

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