Every year lakhs and lakhs of people throng to Sabarimala irrespective of caste or creed and adorn themselves with garlands and irumudis, chant slogans on Lord Ayyappa, bathe in holy river Pampa, climb up the eighteen stairs and get the grace of Lord Ayyappa, the Dharmasastha. Vaavar Swamiyae Saranam Ayyappa 7. Karuppanna Swamiyae Saranam Ayyappa 8. Periya kadutha Swamiyae Saranam Ayyappa 9. Siriya kadutha Swamiyae Saranam Ayyappa 10. Vanadevatha maarae Saranam Ayyappa 11. Durga bhagavathi maarae Saranam Ayyappa 12. Achchan kovil Arasae Saranam Ayyappa 13. Anaatha Rakshakanae Saranam Ayyappa 14. Annadhana Prabhuvae Saranam Ayyappa 15.
One day Lord Shiva requested Lord Vishnu to show the Mohini Vesham once more. As the Mohini appeared in front of Lord Shiva, Kamadeva sent his arrow at Lord Shiva and thus the disaster began for Mahishi. A male child was born(Uthram Star,wendesday )from the thigh of Lord Vishnu. The child was born with a bell in his neck and so he was named as Manikandan(The one who was born with a bell in his neck). Lord Shiva took him to Kailasam. The boy learnt all mantra and tanthra under the tutelage living of Lord Shiva and became a good warrior. At the age of 12, Manikandan was told about his mission of life and sent to earth as a child.
The king and queen were very happy and they brought up the child as their own. After three years, the queen gave birth to a son and named him Raja Raja. Manikandan was sent to Raja Guru for learning.
Manikandan completed his studies quickly and bcame expert in all fields. When the time for leaving the Gurukul came, Manikandan wanted to give Dakshina to his Guru. The Guru then told Manikandan to cure his son from blindness. As soon as Manikandan rubbed his hands over the eye of the boy, his vision was restored. The Guru then told Manikandan that one day he would become Lord of the Universe. Manikandan requested guru to keep it as a secret and left the Gurukul. The Minister then persuaded the queen to make her own son the next king.
Persuaded by the Minister, the queen created a drama of suffering from severe headache and the King, believing this, called the Diwan to bring in the best physicians to treat her. The Physician, brought by the Diwan examined the Queen and told the King that the Queen had been suffering from a dangerous disease and it could be cured only by applying Tigress' milk.
The King sent several of his men to the forest for bringing this milk. The King understood that it was an impossible task and wanted his dear Queen to be cured at any cost and offered half of his Kingdom to anybody who brought the milk. In the jungle Manikandan was welcomed by the VAVAR and Panchbutha of Lord Shiva.On his way seeing the atrocities of Mahishi in the Devaloka, he went there and in the battle between them, Mahishi was pushed by Manikandan into the earth, where she fell on the banks of Azhutha River.
Manikandan clashed with her there. At the end of the battle between Mahishi and Manikandan at Azhutha River banks, Manikandan climbed up her chest and danced violently. The impact of his dance was felt in the Earth and Devloka and the Devas were afraid. Mahishi knowing that the divine power dancing on her body was none other than the son of Hari and Haran, prostrated before Manikandan and died.
This dance was witnessed by Lord Shiva and Mahavishnu from a place called Kalakatti. A divine lady( Leela daughter of Karaban) came out of the body of Mahishi and requested Manikandan to consider her as his Shakti. Manikandan expressed his inability to accept her as his wife as he has taken Brahmcharya for welfare of the Universe. He offered a suitable place near his temple and named her as Malikapurathamma.
Then Lord Shiva appeared before Manikandan and told him that though he had done good for the Devas, still there was one main task and that was to give comfort to the King Rajasekara who was very concerned about him and also to cure the Queen's ailment. Lord Shiva further told him that he could go to the Palace with the tigresses and Lord Indran would help him. As stated by Lord Shiva, all female devas in the disguise of tigresses and male devas as tigers with Lord Devendran as the tiger on whom Manikandan rode, started their journey to the Palace. The Sanyasi who appeared at the forest at the time of King Rajasekara's visit there when he heard a child's cries, again appeared at the palace and told King Rajasekara the identity of Manikandan.
Hearing this, the King stood in great surprise and silence. He stood non plused as he saw Manikandan riding a tiger and people running away.
Seeing the King, Manikandan descended from the tiger's back and told him that since the tigresses were there, he could get the Queen cured with their milk. King Rajasekara, fell at his feet and begged to forgivence for whatever happened without his knowledge, and asked him to send back the tigers as the Queens ailment had been cured the moment Manikandan went to the forest. King Rajasekara told Manikandan that the Diwan was responsible for all these things and hence he should be punished. However, Manikandan told the king that he need not punish the Diwan and all had happened only through the will of God. He also gave necessary advice to Raja for the salvation of soul (Which is known as Boothanatha Geetha). After giving necessary guidance and information for the construction of temple at Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa(Dharma Sastha) informed Raja,that he is going for meditation at Ponnambalamedu for the welfare of the universe and to protect Dharma.
King Rajasekharan was heart broken hearing this and implored Ayyappa, 'I have made all arrangements for your coronation and what shall I do with all the ornaments which were made for your coronation ceremony?' To this Lord Ayyappa replied, 'I am entering eternal meditation for the betterment of the world. However, every year at the time of Makara Sankranthi, I will wake up from my meditation and open my eyes to see the world. At that time you may adorn my idol with all the ornaments that you have made for my coronation ceremony and Makara Jyoti will appear in the Ponnambala Medu. The Lord then merged in to the idol of Lord Dharma Sastha in the Ponnamlamedu for meditation for the welfare of the universe and to protect Dharma. At the advice of Saint Agasthya, King Rajasekara laid the foundation stone for the building Shabarimala Temple. Bhagwan Manikandan, had made it clear that he would grace only those devotees who offer Dharshan after performing Viradha for forty one days keeping themselves isolated from family desires and tastes and leading a life like Brahmacharyas, thinking of good things always, and that while coming for his darshan, they shall adorn themselves with three eyed coconut and foodstuff/Aantha Garland in their heads, as the Bhagwan did when he went to the forest to fetch tigress milk, and bathe in River Pampa raising slogans of Saranam and climb the eighteen stairs.
As graced by the Bhagwan, King Rajasekara completed building of the temple with eighteen stairs to reach it. When the King was thinking how to put Dharmasastha's figure in the temple for darshan to devotees, he recalled the words of the Bhagwan, the River Pampa was a holy river as River Ganga, Sabarimala was a holy place as Kasi. Dharmasastha sent Parasuraman to Sabarimala who carved the figure of Lord Ayyappa and installed it on the day of Makarasankranthi.
Every year lakhs and lakhs of people throng to Sabarimala irrespective of caste or creed and adorn themselves with garlands and irumudis, chant slogans on Lord Ayyappa, bathe in holy river Pampa, climb up the eighteen stairs and get the grace of Lord Ayyappa, the Dharmasastha. The Jewel Casket is carried on head from the ancestral residence of the royal family of Panthalam to the Shrine on the day. A Garuda, the Brahman kite, follows this ornaments carrying procession, hovering about in the sky.
After these ornaments are adorned on the Lord the bird circles the temple in the sky three times and disappears. Excited by this sight the devotees begin to chant ' Swamiye Saranam Ayyappa'. A Nakshathra) never seen before in the sky appears on the day of day before the sighting of the Jyothi.
A Jyothi is seen for a little time on the hilltop showing the presence of Swamy Ayyappan gracing his devotees.
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