<span style="color: #222222;">The famous Ayappa temple in Kerala's Sabarimala was opened for 70-day long Mandala-Makaravilakku annual pilgrimage season on Friday at 5 pm amidst tight security. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The temple tantri Kandararu  Rajeevaru and chief priest AV Unnikrishnan Namboothiri opened the 'sanctum sanctorum' of the temple. Thousands of devotees have reached the temple premises for darshan.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Foreseeing protest from devotees opposing the Supreme court verdict allowing the entry for women of all ages into the temple, a seven-day prohibitory order has come into effect from yesterday night at four places in and around the temple premises. </span><br />''