The Devaswom Bench of the Kerala High Court had in February, 2025, asked the Travancore Devaswom Board and the Kerala Police to issue an advisory to Sabarimala pilgrims that the project is not part of the Police Bandobast Scheme from the Mandalam-Makaravilakku festival season of 2023-24 and that the name of the project cannot be used for any activity connected with Sabarimala