Pandalam Princess Amba Thampuratty is dead

Pathanamthitta, Jan 1 (UNI) Amba Thampuratty, the senior most Princess of Pandalam Royal Family, passed away today at Pandalam Palace due to old age.

She was 90 and is survived by three sons and three daughters.

The cremation will take place on the palace premises tomorrow morning.

The Valiyakoickal Sastha Temple at Pandalam was closed following her death. The ''Darshan'' of ''Thiruvabharanam'' at Pandalam Srampickal Palace was also stopped.

The Valiyakoickal Sastha Temple will reopen on January 12, the day when the ''Thiruvabharanam Procession'' will start from the palace to Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple.

UNI