There
are four main approches the Sabarimala Sabarimala Sastha
Temple
1.
Kottayam to pamba (via) Erumeli and from Pamba to Sabarimala
(by foot) 136 kilometers. Kottayam to Pamba (via) Manimala
and there to sabarimala 116 Kilometers.
2.
Erumeli to Sabarimala (via) Kalaketty, Azhutha, Inchipra,
Karimala, Pampa- 45 kiliometers(traditional route by walking).
3.
Vandiperiyar to Mount estate by vehicle and there by waling
to sabarimala
4.
Climb down sabarimala is Vandiperiyar to Kozhikanam 15 kilometers.
Kozhikanam to Uppupara 10 kilometers, Uppupara to Sabarimala
3.5 Kilometers (climb doen on foot). Nearst railway stations
are kottayam and Chengannur.
DISTANCE
CHART
2008
| Route |
Distance
|
| Erumeli
to Pamba |
80
km |
| Kottayam
to Erumeli (via) Kanjirapally |
55
km |
| Kottayam
to Erumeli (via) Manimala |
54
km |
| Kottayam
to Pamba (via) Manimala |
116km |
| Kottayam
to Pamba (via) Thiruvalla (Kozhencherry, Vadasserikkara
) |
119
km |
| Kottayam
to Pamba (via) Thiruvalla |
123
km |
| Chengannur
to Pamba |
93
Km |
| Ernakulam
to Pamba (via) Kottayam |
200
km |
| Allappy
to Pamba (via) Ac Road |
137
km |
| Punalur
to Pamba |
101
km |
| Pathanathitta
to pamba |
65
km |
| Thiruvananthapuram
to Pamba |
180
km |
| Ernakulam
to Erumeli (via) Vaikkam, Pala, Ponkunnam |
121km |