Published on : 22 Nov 2025, 12:09 pm 4 min read

The Kerala High Court on Friday issued comprehensive directions to the Guruvayoor Devaswom Managing Committee for revamping and streamlining crowd management at the Guruvayoor Sree Krishna Temple [PN Radhakrishnan v State of Kerala & ors and connected cases].

A Division bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V and Justice KV Jayakumar noted that although the temple is open for long hours, the actual darshan time is limited to 10–11 hours a day due to ritual closures.

Hence, it suggested categorising devotees into groups of 300–500 persons and allotting time bands to reduce crowd density.

This was after the standing counsel for the Devaswom said that the capacity of the temple is around 7,000 to 10,000 devotees.

"If the permis

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