Mysuru: What has Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Hill got to do with sandals? If one says that there is no relation between the temple and footwear, he/ she might be wrong as hundreds of pairs of footwear are discarded at the temple by devotees who come there to pray, making it a gargantuan task for the people who clean the temple.
Thousands of devotees visit the temple and the crowd just multiplies during festival seasons and Ashada Shukravaras. These crowds stand in separate queues for hours together to have darshan of the Goddess and before entering the queue system, they leave their footwear outside. Though there are designated places for devotees to keep their slippers by making a small payment, most of the devotees prefer to leave the footwear wherever they find it suitable. And some leave them on the steps leading to the temple. Unfortunately, some devotees do not take away their footwear after darshan.
