Kochi:, Sept. 21 -- Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday underscored the importance of making the Sabarimala temple more universally accepted through developmental projects, while hitting out at his detractors for misinterpreting his administration's efforts and attempting to create divisions.

The chief minister was speaking after inaugurating the Global Ayyappa Sangamam, a confluence of Ayyappa devotees, on the banks of the Pampa River, as part of the platinum jubilee celebrations of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB). The TDB is an autonomous body that administers Sabarimala, a hill shrine located in Pathanamthitta district, where the Hindu god Ayyappa is worshipped and which attracts lakhs of pilgrims every year, partic...