New Delhi, Oct 30 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Thursday said the 'Udayasthamana Pooja' in the Guruvayur Sri Krishna temple in Kerala on the occasion of 'ekadashi' shall be conducted on December 1 as per tradition without making any change.

On Guruvayur Ekadasi, the Udayasthamana Pooja is a special, day-long ritual that runs from sunrise to sunset, involving a continuous series of 18 poojas, homam, abhishekam, and other rites.

A bench of Justices J K Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi noted that the ritual was being conducted since 1972.

The apex court asked the parties to complete the pleadings and posted the matter for hearing in March 2026.

The top court had last year slammed the Devaswom administration of Sri Krishna temple in Kerala’s Guruvayur for deciding not to conduct the age-old Udaya

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