A 'divine' post office on the holy hillock

 Sabarimala is itself is a unique place among many other devotional places in the country and this is the only place also has a post office where one can send letters addressed to god. The Indian President is the only individual in the country having a pin code of his own other than the Lord Ayyappa.  Moreover, people come to this post office to send letters to make it as a souvenir of their remarkable pilgrimage to the holy shrine of Lord Ayyappa. Devotees regard it as a divine act to send letters from the Sabarimala post office which carries the unique seal of Lord Ayyappa. The posture of Lord Ayyappa sitting on a meditational mood is the seal that is imprinted on the letters sent from here.

It was in the year 1984 that the post office has started functioning.

Located atop the holy hillocks, the post office here gets a huge number of letters, money orders, marriage letters, housewarming letters and many other requests in letter form to the god Ayyappa.

The post office daily receives money orders from Rs 10 to Rs 5000 every day and this is handed over to the Executive Officer the same day, said the postmaster. Though the post office is open only during the Mandala-Makaravilakku festival, there are many things to do for this postmaster. This post has an instant money order, mobile recharging, and speed post services also. The officers and staff taking duty at Sabarimala are largely on this post office for recharge and other services. There are many takers for the instant money order service where one can receive money at the time it is posted.

On a day around 50 people will avail of this service from the Sannidhanam post office. Officers use this post office to return the lost and found goods to the addressees. Government officials observing duty at Sabarimala considers this post office as the source for official communication. A large number of officers send and receive many official documents through the Sannidhanam post office.