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There is a small Mukkalvetti Ayyappa temple at Cheerappanchira, near Kollam which hold 3/4 power of Ayyappa and rest in Sabarimala. [23] [19] Valiya kadutha swami and kochu kadutha Swamy who were warrior brothers worshipped at Shabarimala are considered as ‘Shaundikans’, who hails from the Malabar Thiyyar community. [24]
Mini Sabarimala, situated on a hillock surrounded by hills and valleys within the precincts of NCH Colony, Kanjurmarg (West), Mumbai, is the first ancient Ayyappa Temple outside Kerala State. As revealed by the astrologer Shri Karuvatta Kochugovindan, there was a big Devi temple and a small Ayyappa temple at this place, where today stands the ...
Sabarimala Ayyappa Seva Samajam (SASS) is an organization of Ayyappan devotees [4] and an affiliate of the Sangh Parivar. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It is a registered public charitable trust started on 13 November 2008 with headquarters at Pathanamthitta in Kerala . [ 7 ]
The temple is built as an exact replica of the original Ayyappan Temple at Sabarimala in Kerala. The temple was constructed in three floors presumably to lend the feeling of being atop a hill similar to the Sabarimala hill. [3] The architecture follows the Kerala style and tradition with 18 steps to the main shrine and the sanctum sanctorum.
On the day of Makara Jyothi, Ayyappa's idol at the Sabarimala temple is adorned with Thiruvabharanam. After the pilgrim season, the return procession of the Thiruvabharanam starts from Sabarimala and reaches back Pandalam. [citation needed] The Thiruvabharanam procession follows the traditional routes through forests, hills, and rivers.
A painting of Lord Ayyappan is depicted in Yogapattasana, a sacred yogic posture. Ayyappan is a warrior deity and is revered for his ascetic devotion to Dharma, the ethical and right way of living, to deploy his military genius and daring yogic war abilities to destroy those who are powerful but unethical, abusive and arbitrary. [14]
Sabarimala, the holy abode of Ayyappa. It is believed that the royal family of Pandalam belonged to the Bhargava gotra while other royal families in Kerala were included in the Viswamitra gotra. The kingdom is famed for its kinship with Ayyappa, the son of Harihara (the fusion of Shiva and Vishnu).
Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala. Although devotion to Ayyappa has been prevalent earlier, his popularity rose in the late 20th century. While there are many temples in South India whose presiding deity is Ayyappa, the most prominent Ayyappa shrine is at Sabarimala, nestled in the hills of Western Ghats on the banks of river Pamba in Kerala. It is ...