The Kerala government appointed former chief secretary K Jayakumar as the new president of the TDB, which manages major shrines including Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala.
According to a gazette notification issued on Monday, the term of the outgoing Travancore Devaswom Board president, P S Prasanth, will expire on November 13.
"The council of ministers has nominated K Jayakumar, retired IAS officer, as the president of the board from November 14," the notification said.
He will serve as the TDB president for a period of two years from November 14, 2025, it added.
Jayakumar had earlier served as Devaswom Special Commissioner at Sabarimala for a year during his tenure in government service.
After retiring as Kerala chief secretary, he also served as the founding vice-chancellor of Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University.
The government appointed the former bureaucrat to the top post of the temple body amid a political row over the loss of gold from the Sabarimala temple.
Jayakumar has already said that his "immediate concern" would be to ensure the smooth conduct of the two-month-long Mandala-Makaravilakku pilgrimage season.
The annual pilgrimage is scheduled to begin on November 17. -- PTI
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