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Thiruvananthapuram, India
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The TIAL mentioned the flight companies can be suspended from 4 pm to 9 pm on April 21. It mentioned the up to date timings of the flights can be found with the respective airways.
Flight companies from the Thiruvananthapuram Worldwide Airport will probably be suspended for 5 hours on April 21 for the sleek continuation of the holy ‘Painkuni Arattu’ procession of Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple throughout the runway, TIAL mentioned on Wednesday.
The Thiruvananthapuram Worldwide Airport Ltd (TIAL) mentioned the flight companies can be suspended from 4 pm to 9 pm on April 21. It mentioned 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 cross by way of the runway.
The observe of the temple procession taking that path to achieve the Shangumugham seashore for the holy bathtub 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 specific 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 through the bi-annual Alpassi pageant which falls in October-November and the Painkuni pageant in March-April.
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