The number of devotees who reached Sannidhanam (the main temple in Sabarimala) on Tuesday to offer prayers to Lord Ayyappa at the hill shrine of Sabarimala on the occasion of Makaravilakku reached 27,949 by 9 AM, the Kerala Public Relations Department informed. The temples reception of the procession carrying the Thiruvabharnam (sacred jewels of Lord Ayappa) is the most important event in the hill shrine on the day of Makaravilakku.