The procession of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple, as a part of the Painkuni pageant, crosses the runway of the Thiruvananthapuram worldwide airport in Kerala. File
| Picture Credit score: C. Ratheesh Kumar
Flight companies from the worldwide airport in Thiruvananthapuram can be suspended for 5 hours on April 21 for the graceful continuation of the holy ‘Painkuni Arattu’ procession of Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple throughout the runway, TIAL stated on April 17.
The Thiruvananthapuram Worldwide Airport Ltd. (TIAL) stated the flight companies can be suspended from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. on April 21.
It stated the up to date timings of the flights can be found with the respective airways.
The airport has been pausing operations and rescheduling flights twice yearly for many years to allow the bi-annual centuries-old ceremonial procession of the shrine to move via the runway.
The apply of the temple procession taking that path to succeed in the Shangumugham seashore for the holy tub of the idols started centuries in the past and it has been persevering with even after the institution of the airport in 1932.
When the airport was constructed on the explicit place, the then Travancore King Sree Chithira Thirunal had made it clear that facility can be open for public for 363 days in a yr and for 2 days for Lord Padmanabha, the titular deity of the royal household, in response to historians.
The royal period ritual has been persevering with even after the Adani Group took over administration of the airport.
The airport points a NOTAM (Discover to Airmen) twice yearly earlier than the runway is closed in the course of the bi-annual Alpassi pageant which falls in October-November and the Painkuni pageant in March-April.
