Place · Folk · South India · Pathanamthitta district, Kerala
Pandalam
Seat of the royal house that, in the Sabarimala tradition, found the infant Ayyappa by the Pamba and raised him as Manikandan. The Pandalam palace still sends the god's ornaments to Sabarimala for the Makaravilakku festival.
Sources: Sabarimala: Mythology — Kerala Tourism (Government of Kerala); Ayyappan — Wikipedia · see Pandalam's web