New Delhi: As lakhs of devotees queued up for ‘darshan’ at the Lord Ayyappa shrine at Sabarimala here on the second day of the annual ‘mandala-makaravilakku’ pilgrimage season, there were reported complaints of lack of water for pilgrims standing in the line for several hours on Tuesday.

Following the complaints and the large crowd of devotees, many of whom had cut the line, on the temple grounds, newly appointed Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) president K Jayakumar said 200 additional personnel have been assigned to go to the people in the queues and provide them with water.

He also said that instructions have been issued to ensure devotees are able to steadily climb the 18 steps for the darshan and that no one cuts the lines to move in front.

“I have never seen such a massive and dan

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