Thiruvananthapuram, Feb. 12 -- The Kerala high court on Wednesday asked the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) to explain the alleged irregularities in the financial accounts of the Global Ayyappa Sangamam held in September last year after perusing a report filed by an independent team that audited the accounts.

The division bench of Justices Raja Vijayaraghavan V and KV Jayakumar sought an explanation from the autonomous board, that administers hundreds of temples in southern Kerala including the Sabarimala shrine, on the accounts of the conclave and also asked for inputs from the Kerala state audit department.

The Global Ayyappa Sangamam, held on September 20, 2025 on the banks of the Pampa river near Sabarimala, was envisaged as a concl...