# Palani rope car bookings halted after gearbox shaft fault 2026-10-23T17:41:16+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Online booking for the rope car service at the Palani Murugan Temple has been suspended until November 5 following a gearbox shaft fault that halted operations on October 20. The damaged component has been sent to a company in Coimbatore for repairs. The temple administration said the service would resume after repairs and a test run are completed. Devotees have been advised to use the footpath, elephant path or electric train service to reach the hill temple in the meantime. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The suspension of online bookings until November 5 sets a concrete deadline, but the actual resumption depends on repair and test run timelines from the Coimbatore firm. Annual maintenance was carried out from July 20 to September 21 this year, which means the fault emerged less than a month after the service resumed on September 22. The temple administration has not said whether the gearbox issue is linked to that maintenance cycle or is a separate failure. Devotees are left with alternative routes that are far more strenuous. ## Coverage - dtnext.in Leads with the booking suspension and repair facts, no framing slant This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Coimbatore, Daily Thanthi, Palani Murugan Temple Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/palani-rope-car-bookings-halted-after-gearbox-shaft-fault/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/palani-rope-car-bookings-halted-after-gearbox-shaft-fault/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/