Story Of Swami Ayyappa
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Story Of Swami Ayyappa
Ayyappa is a very popular God, who is worshipped all over India, especially in the South and particularly in the state of Kerala. Also known as Sastha, Dharmasastha, Hariharan, etc., he has a unique origin, believed to be born out of the spiritual union of Lords Shiva and Vishnu.
Lord Ayyappa is usually depicted as a handsome, celibate god seated in a yogic posture with legs crossed and tied with a band and wearing a bell around his neck. Celebrated as a warrior deity, he is also shown riding a tiger. In other cases, he carries a bow and arrow in his left hand and holds a bow or a sword in his right hand.
Legends speak elaborately about the birth and life of Lord Ayyappa. There was once a female demon called Mahishi. She did severe penance and got from Lord Brahma the extraordinary boon that she can be killed only by someone who is born to Lords Shiva and Vishnu. As two males together, cannot produce an offspring, she began taking herself to be indestructible and started committing various atrocities. Somewhere else, Bhasmasura, another demon managed to obtain a deadly boon from Shiva to the effect that any person on whose head he places his hand, would turn into ashes the next moment. But no sooner he got the boon he wanted to test its efficacy on the Lord himself. Realizing the implication, Shiva rushed to Lord Vishnu and sought his help. The God of protection assumed the form of Mohini, a bewitching beauty and stood before the demon, who was in hot pursuit of the boon-giver. Smitten by Mohini’s charm, the demon fell for her guiles, began acting as she wanted and ultimately ended up placing his hand on his own head. And true to the boon, he burnt himself to ashes. The relieved Shiva himself then felt deeply impressed with the damsel’s charm, and the spiritual union of the two great Gods happened for the good of the world. The divine child Ayyappa was born to them, bearing the name Hariharan (Hari is Vishnu and Haran is Shiva), with his Nakshatra or birth star being Uttaram or Uttara Phalguni. This child was later found by king Raja Rajashekara Pandiyan of Pandalam and was brought up as the childless king’s own son. As there was a bead tied around the neck of the child, the king named the boy Manikantan, the one who has a bead in the neck.
Later a son was born to the king himself, but still considering only Manikantan as his elder son, the king started making arrangements for declaring him the crown prince. However, the queen had other ideas and wanted her son to ascend the throne after the king. She hatched a conspiracy to get rid of Manikantan and pretending to suffer from severe head ache, and she made the physician to prescribe the milk of tigress as its only cure. While none came forward to undertake this dangerous mission, Manikantan, on his own accord, ventured into the jungles, perhaps to fulfill the purpose of his advent on earth.
He encountered the female demon Mahishi in the forest, fought a fierce battle with her and destroyed her. But it was actually a blessing in disguise for the demon, as, in the process, she assumed her original form of a beautiful woman and is now worshipped in the Sabarimala temple of Ayyappa. Supremely pleased with the annihilation of the feared Mahishi, the Devas assumed the forms of tigers, riding on whom, Manikantan returned to the palace. Realizing the divinity and greatness of the young lad, the king and the others bowed to him with great respect.
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Please make video on hamsa avtara
pls make video on difference between Bhagvad Geeta and Bhagvatam.
Please make an video on all 18 purana episode wise episode please
in which yuga did ayyappa swami born?
Following monotheism is better than worshiping idols of monkeys, elephants, humans, etc.. shaped Gods. Worship the creator not his creation. Worshiping Genderless god is better than God having gender, because a male god can commit sin with female god ( that is se x) . God can never commit sins. God can never have offspring, no race, no gender, no body, and is unaffected by the characteristics of human life because he is absolutely pure and not bound by any physical limits. He is perfect, singular, immortal, omnipotent, and omniscient, completely infinite in all of his attributes.God is transcendent, and that he is above and beyond anything that exists in the universe .Each religion on Earth has its own defects. That is why I am a Atheist. I only trust on science 😇
As a Gujarati i was always wanted to know about ayyappa because we are not that much aware of Lord Ayyappa. Thank you for making it easier for us. 🙏
In Andhra and telangana he is more famous than in kerla itself, swamy saranam
Do u know tamil god murugan
@@abishekchinnusamy5666 unfortunately don't know about lord Murugan. But i would love to know!
If you cannot quote the relevant slokas from the scriptures this story is to be considered fake. There no mention of this story in Srimad Bhagavatam. Regarding the light appearing at dusk is a complete fairy tale. There is no such light appearing in the sky but there people light big fire in the adjacent hill at dusk which can be seen from sabrimala. On seeing this fire the devotees shout makara jothy.
@@abishekchinnusamy5666 He's God for every Hindu dharma followers. Please stop dividing gods by languages. I am not a tamil but we worship Subrahmanya Swami or Murugar or Karthikeya. Swamiye Sharanam Ayyappa 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thankyou for making HINDUISM so easily accessible, THE HINDU SAGA is one of my favorite channels hope you grow to a million subscribers
Indeed
This channel made me fall in love with God after months of not trusting the Almighty Lord Vishnu now I beg for forgiveness and want to meet the supreme one
Study Hare Krishna books.
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In Karnataka tooo he is worshiped ♥️🙏🏻
And even Mohini was also appeared with the Amrita kalasha when the devas and the Asuras churned the milk ocean for the amrita or the divine nectar
Swami Ayyappan........❤️ Is an emotion to me
Swamiye......Sharanam Ayyappaaa.....🙏
🙏🚩🕉️Swamiye Sharanam Ayappa 🕉️🚩🙏
Ur videos not only gives divine knowledge but also it helps me to enhance my english ty 🙂
Many of us pray ayyappa but we never know the beautiful history of ayyappa. After hearing stories i started to relate ,vibrate and more respect to deity. TH-cam as a platform and The Hindu saga as a channel helped me to explore my unanswered questions and bring in more peace within me.
హరిహరసుతనయ్యప్పస్వామియేయ్ శరణం అయ్యప్ప
Swami sharanam ayyappa sharanam
Not only in kerala , Manikanta ia also widely worshiped in Telangana and Andhra during the maasams of Kaartheka and dhanur until the Holy day of Makara Sankranthi
Thanks for sharing your knowledge
It's an honor to learn
Helps me be a better father, teaching my daughter the beauty of our country and culture
Gratitude
Now I know the tradition of Sabrimala.
Thank you 🙏
Om Swamiyea Saranam Ayyappa 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
I have read most of the vedas, purana but this channel show totally different meaning of god.
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Thanks a lot for profound information on Ayappa Swami. Could have also mentioned why women under a certain age group aren't allowed. There a lot of pseudo hindus who aren't sure and don't know anything about customs and talk about equality everywhere. 😶
Ayyappa is a brahmachari , he was once proposed by a women , he being a bhramachari replied that when a women (who reached age and didn't lost her age ) visits his temple then at that moment he will marry her. Hence women of a certain age are not allowed there, also the scientific reason behind it is that to enter Sabarimala temple a person had to undergo a lot of rituals , you can't easily go to the temple you have to climb the hill barefoot carrying loads on your head , a women undergoes a lot of pain during mensturation and the lord don't want the women to take extra pain , that's why women of certain age group are allowed.
One more interesting thing is that there are temples in Kerala where men can't enter like Atukal temple .
@@sreejithsiva7885 nah that isn't the exact reason, Bhramachari's have many rules to follow, but it's them who follow it not the people who are after them, Swami also said he would marry maligapurathamma when devotees stop coming there. Even physical pain due to menstrual cycle might not be it, the real reason probably is because of the second last chapter, do you remember when the Queen tried to kill Ayyappa by sending him to tigers, the complaint was probably in the name of menstrual pain, and then it's also to signify how mother's get partial when it comes to their own child over another's, thereby he made that rule.
@@ramanunnikrishnan7354 Thanks for sharing this information
@@ramanunnikrishnan7354 ayyappa told he would marry maligapurathamma only if no kanni swamy (people wearing first time ayyappa deeksha)would visit him every year....that's why Swamy who put deeksha for first they will stick an arrow at sarangutti alay
The Lord Shree Aayappa Swami
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There is a correction: Shasta is the son of Shiva and Vishnu, but Swami Ayyappan is an incarnation of Shasta who reborn on earth to restore dharma, hence he is also known as Sri Dharma Shasta.
There is a significant difference between them: Shasta is mentioned to have two wives known as poorna and pushkala devi while Ayyappan is a Naishtika Brahmachari (eternal celibate) and a great yogi.
It makes me Fall in love with God more and more.
Your voice is so soothing. And along with that soundtrack, it's like I'm meditating! Thanks for making these videos!
Lord Shiva didn't move an inch from his space.The Asura was moving ahead to Lord Shiva but no matter how long he run,he jus wasn't able to cover up the distance.Meanwhile,Lord Vishnu,Bramha and Indra with the other Gods conspired the plot against the asura as already known to us and the rest followed.
Jai Hari-Hara...❤️❤️🙏
That's only in mahadev bollywood serial. In reality Shiva ran and Vishnu saved Shiva.
@@paramshabdam2332 Shiva is God. He doesn't need saving
@@sirfin459 Do you know anything about leela? Even Lord Vishnu doesn't need to take any avatars to kill demons but he does.
@@Glamsss-ss Bcoz there were many other important issues for him to handle which is only possible by being a part of this mortal existence.
@@paramshabdam2332 Okay,let's dissect it logically.Do you think Mahadev the God of the Gods can't stop a demon from reaching him.Was it running as the only one option!!!Even a human being can show some resistance by throwing rocks, pebbles and whatever hard and/or sharp objects would have been available to him and here we're talking that Devon Ke Dev Anadi-Ananta Mahadev had only option and that is too run like a coward mortal creature...😂😂😂...never possible.
Now,yes there might be some confusion whether both the Leelas performed solely by lord Vishnu or was it lord Shiva who bought the other Devas some time to come up with a solution.
So underrated channel! Explaining the culture nicely with visual and soothing voice!!!! Want to see 1M subscriber soon!!
Could you please recommend some books about hindu mythology? I'm greatly interested and want to read more about it. Thank you, love your videos ♡
i think you can try books of author Devdutta Patnaik
Srimad Bhagavagtha Mahapuranam
@@ankitaiitmee he is fraudster
The word "mythology" isn't suitable to use with the term "Hindu" as there's no Myth associated with later.
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Was waiting for this and you uploaded 😃
5:55 It's Clearly Being Said Again And again That Sabrimala Has no Connection With Mensuration But Still This Channels Show Them.
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Lord Ayyappa and Saint Vavar best friends
powerful god
Beautiful story telling❤️
Ty. Jay ayyapa🙏
Swamiye Saranam 🙏
Beautiful channel, thank you!
Swamiye saranam ayyappa
This is the real growth in this channel ❤️❤️❤️
Swami sharanam Ayyappa I am sending Dubai
Swamiye sharanamayyappa
One of the best Channel on TH-cam
Excellent
Beautiful video...As always....All your videos are gems...Keep up the good work
SWAMY SARANAM ! AYYAIPPAH SARANAM !
जय हो 🙏
To be frank ayyappa/manikanta and shastha are two different ideas... ayyappa was poorna or amsha avatar of shastha/harihara/karthikeya... ayyappa after killing mahishi became a priest of original shastha temple which was supposed to be built by agastyar or parasuram... he later merged with sasthavu... ayyappa was celibate... sastha was not.... so ayyappa is the avatar of sasthavu at sabarimala.. and there are many other sastha temles in kerala...
Voice makes me sleep every night
Waiting for your videos.🤗🤗
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Thank you
My new favorite channel!!!
Swamiye Sharanam Ayyappa 🐅🏹
Enlightment.happy holidats
Thanks
Pranaam 👏👏
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Thank you for the information
Awesome 👍
Thanks for making this video
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the mohini part is like a symbolism, when we are attracted to something or someone we do what they want us to do which causes our destruction
What about the child ?
@@divit00 which child???
@@user-rb9vp1of4z Ayyappa.
@@divit00 I can't find any symbolism in that bro
Some main points of the Lord are missing as to why he stayed away from Women and why he chose to live in the secluded mountain where only men can reach. I'm not trying to bring gender trouble here, but it was the lord's instructions that's why he chose to live in the mountain.
Okay explain please
Kudo to this beautifully crafted video. The image starting at 4:11 - where can we find a copy and who is the artist?
U missed explaining Shiva and Vishnu ,this incident occured 9000 years ago and at that time Shiva's 8 th incarnation rudra was born, Vishnu's incarnation was mohini , a Vasu born of kshatriya family, 2000years before Rama . But as the incarnation was a girl , she is not counted as or considered as vishnu. So rudra and mohini's son was ayyappa, not Shiva n Vishnu. Please correct
Lol
Make a video on Dattatreya
Ayyappa is mostly worshiped in south part of india and some parts of maharasthara and crores of devotes visit this holy place every year
Maharashtra are you sure about it ?
@@santoshkanitkar4340 yeah I have some relatives there they yearly visit the temple without missing
Could you please make a video on dakshinamoorthy??
Great explanation
According to Sri Sri Sankar's tweet on twitter :
"Homosexuality has never been considered a crime in Hinduism. Infact, Lord Ayappa was born out of Hari Hara. (Vishnu & Shiva)"
Dear Vishnu was in Mohini Avatar at the time of Marriage.
Hinduism is not a religion. People are seen worshipping lingam (penis) and Yoni (vaginas) in kamyakhya temple. Hinduism is idolatry in true sense, with each person holding to his own imagination. You need divine scriptures and research. If you research well, you will find out that the creator of entire humanity and universe, your creator and my creator is Allah, the one and only, who deserves to be worshipped alone, without association of any partners which are an insult to his utmost glorified position.
Allah is one, the prophets sent by him were many. All with the same message. Abraham, Jesus, Moses, Solomon, David, Noah, Muhammad ﷺ etc all preaching same message :
"There is none worthy of worship except Allah"
Laa ilaha illa Allah
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Do a video on triputi Bala
Can you please make video about Lord Vitthal, avatar of Shri Krishna🙏🙏
and story about his devotee Pundalik and तुकाराम
Lord ayyapa's mother ( the queen of pandalam dynasty) loved thim dearly but it was the king' s minister who was jealous of lord ayyappa and manupulated the queen ( similar to what manthara did to matha kaikei)
Swami sharanam 🙏
Good video and rendition.
Please take care while pronouncing words like deity ,bow, mythology etc.
Consider it as a constructive criticism.
pls make a video on kalbhairav
Hello how can I please get that background music as would love to play it when doing Japa 🙏
How is it possible
Sabarimala was actually budha monastery
Stop talking foolishness
Today only i wore ayyappa maala for the first time 😅
So nice
can you please tell me more about yagyavalkya rishi
Please make video on hamsa avtara
please refer the book "itehya mala" for real story of dharma shasta of shabarimala... this story is a cenematic version with lots of add ups as lords story was made in to movie during the classical period of malayalam movie.... 🙏 real myth en story totally is defferent 🙏
Could you please write the story
I haven't learned any language from southern part of India
Please write the story
Ayyappa is son of harihara , known as Harihara Putra 😊🙏
Plz tell about immortal ruler
Can you explain in hindi
How are you editing like this
I am Hindu 🕉
Btw, makar jyothi is lit by people and the supreme court verdict gives permission and support to women of all ages to enter the temple and the right to worship and practice their faith.
Despite the verdict, women between the ages of 10-50 are still not allowed to visit Sabarimala.
As it is currently under stay, the judgment has no relevance now.
Because temple rituals are faith, not tourist attractions.. If one wants to go there one should follow the temple rules
Also, Makara vilakku is a tribal ritual and Makara jyoti is a star which is considered the birth star (Sirius) of Dharma shasta. On Makara sankranti, The idol of ayyappan is adorned with holy jwells sent by the pandalam royal family, and at the same time tribals worship ayyappan at ponnambala medu near Sabarimala hill, where they burn camphor, which devotees consider auspicious as it can be seen from the temple.
At timestamp 05:56, you say that menstruating women do not pray at Sabrimala. This statement is factually wrong and paints a wrong picture of the temple, the deity and the faith. It has been said numerous times that the restriction of young women not given permission to pray at the temple has nothing to do with menstruation and it is because the deity is himself a Nasthika Bhramhachari, and so young women are not allowed to pray at the temple.
Please correct your mistake or be ready to face the sorrow and anger of the believers in the faith.
But she said that he was a celibate (bhramachaari) and that's why young women are not allowed there
@@holywater3976 young AND MENSTRUATING WOMEN. More than welcome when they are not menstruating.
The belt is called yoga pattam, and Ayyapa Swami is sitting in Yoga asana called Harivarasanam.
That posture is called chinmudra & Harivarasanam (Hari = Tiger var = great asanam = Seat) i.e. God who seats on Great Tiger
Mahishi is the sister of Mahishasur..
Ayyappa is called harihara puthran or harihara suthan. Hariharan is not ayyappa but vishnu and shiva.
Also Mahishi was the sister of Mahishasur who was killed by Durga.
This god have two fathers
In other versions of the story, it was the king's minister who poisoned his wife's mind against Manikandan & asked her to act as if she was ill & the disease could b cured only by tigress milk & made the plan that when Manikandan will go b4 the tigress he would b immediately killed by her!
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Stop saying mythology mythology..
You have live proof to show that Sabarimala exists, then why call it mythology mythology. When will you people understand this?
Swamiye Sharanam Ayyappa 🕉️🔥🙏🏻
how did you manage to not mention Ayyappans friendship with Vavar that embodies the very nature of Kerala's secularity
There is some mistakes in this video.....
Malayali ivide indo?
Is Ayappa Swami other name Kartik?
I am from Bangladesh.
No. That is Muruga