The procession of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple, as a part of the Painkuni pageant, crosses the runway of the Thiruvananthapuram worldwide airport in Kerala. File
| Photograph Credit score: C. Ratheesh Kumar
Flight providers from the worldwide airport in Thiruvananthapuram shall be suspended for 5 hours on April 21 for the graceful continuation of the holy ‘Painkuni Arattu’ procession of Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple throughout the runway, TIAL stated on April 17.The Thiruvananthapuram Worldwide Airport Ltd. (TIAL) stated the flight providers could be suspended from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. on April 21.It stated 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 move by way of the runway.The observe of the temple procession taking that path to succeed in the Shangumugham seaside 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 explicit place, the then Travancore King Sree Chithira Thirunal had made it clear that facility could 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 line with 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 throughout the bi-annual Alpassi pageant which falls in October-November and the Painkuni pageant in March-April.