LORD AYYAPPA, GOD OF UNITY.
ONCE IN INDIA DIFFERENT GROUPS OF HINDUS WERE BEEN STRUGGLING EACH OTHER ON THE DIFFERENCES IN THEIR FAITH.MAINLY THEY WERE “VAISHNAVAS” AND “SAIVAS”. VAISHNAVAS WERE BELIVEING IN THE LORD VISHNU AND SAIVAS IN LORD SHIVA. ONE OTHER GROUP BIG SHAKTIKAS WERE ALSO THERE, WHO WERE BELIVEING IN SHAKTI I.e, DEVI.
BUT THE MAIN STUGGLE WERE AMONG VAISHNAVAS VS SAIVAS. THEIR CUSTOMS WERE ALSO DIFFERENT FOR EXAMPLE WHEN THE VAISHNAVAS APPLYING SANDLE PASTE (CHANDAN) ON THEIR FORE HEADS, BUT SAIVAS APPLY ASHES (BHASMA) ON THEIR FOR HEAD. WHEN VAISHNAVAS TAKING MEALS IN BANANA LEAVES PUTTING OUT SIDE ON RIGHT SIDE, SHIVAS KEEP BANANA LEAVES PUTTING CUT SIDE ON BOTTOM.
VAISHNAVAS NAMES WERE GENERALLY LIKE RAMA, GOVINDA, KRISHNA, KESHAVA ETC, WHILE SAIVAS NAMES LIKE SHANKER, PARAMESHWARA, NEELKANTHA ETC.
FROM HISTORY WE CAN SEE EVEN BLOOD SHEDING FROM THEIR STRUGGLE. THE “AVATHAR” OF AYYAPPA BROUGHT THESE GROUPS TOGETHER AS AYYAPPA IS “HARI HARA SUTHA” (SON OF LORD OF VISHNU AND LORD SHIVA). THUS UNITY IN HINDUISM ESTABLISHED IS IN THOSE DAYS.
AS YOU KNOW VAVAR SWAMI, WAS SHRI AYYAPPA’S FIRST FRIEND AND LIEUTENANT. VAVAR SWAMI WAS A MUSLIM.NEAR SHABARIMALA TEMPLE VAVAR SWAMI’S “PRATISHTA” FOR HIS MEMORY IS ALSO THERE. WHEN “MANIKANTHA”(AYYAPPA) WAS IN PANDALAM (RAJA’S PALACE) WENT FOREST TO BRING THE TIGRESS’S MILK FOR HIS STEP MOTHER’S TREATMENT VAVAR WAS ALSO WITH HIM AND HELPLED AYYAPPA IN HIS MISSION. WHEN MANIKANTHA LEFT PANDALAM PALACE TO SABARIMALAI, HE HAD TAKEN VAVAR ALSO WITH HIM, WHEN AYYAPPA TAKEN HIS SEAT AT SABARIMALAI, ONE PLACE NEAR HIM WAS CHOOSEN BY VAVAR SWAMI ALSO.THE DEVOTEES WHO VISIT AYYAPPA, VISIT VAVAR SWAMI TOO. THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN AYYAPPA AND VAVAR SWAMI IS THE SYMBOL OF HINDU MUSLIM UNITY.
FAMOUS MALAYALAM HISTORIEN LATE SHRI K. DAMODARAN OPENED SOME WHERE THAT “MALIKAPPURAM” WAS A MEMBER OF VEERAPPAN CHIRA FAMILY OF ALLEPPEY DISTRICT IN KERALA STATE.SOME HISTORIANS DIFFERS FROM THIS OPINION. “VEERAPPANCHIRA” IS AN HINDU (“AVARNA”) FAMILY WHETHER ABOVE OPINION IS TRUE OR NOT, ONE THING IS CORRECT THAT THE ANNUAL AUTHORITY OF FIRE WORKS IN SABARIMALAI TEMPLE BELONGS TO VEERAPPAN CHIRA FAMILY SINCE BEGINNING. THIS SHOWS AYYAPPA WAS HAVING GOOD RELATION WITH THAT FAMILY. AT THE TIME OF CHATURVARNYA ALSO THE FRIENDSHIP OF AYYAPPA WITH AN “AVARNA” FAMILY IS A SYMBOL OF UNITY BETWEEN ADVANCED COMMUNITY AND BACKWARD COMMUNITY.
THUS AYYAPPA BROUGHT UNITY AMONG VAISHNAVAS AND SAIVAS, HINDUS AND MUSLIM, “SAVRNAS” AND “AVARNAS”.
IN THIS STAR WAR WORLD FAITH IN LORD AYYAPPA WILL BRING UNITY AND PEACE.
BUT THE MAIN STUGGLE WERE AMONG VAISHNAVAS VS SAIVAS. THEIR CUSTOMS WERE ALSO DIFFERENT FOR EXAMPLE WHEN THE VAISHNAVAS APPLYING SANDLE PASTE (CHANDAN) ON THEIR FORE HEADS, BUT SAIVAS APPLY ASHES (BHASMA) ON THEIR FOR HEAD. WHEN VAISHNAVAS TAKING MEALS IN BANANA LEAVES PUTTING OUT SIDE ON RIGHT SIDE, SHIVAS KEEP BANANA LEAVES PUTTING CUT SIDE ON BOTTOM.
VAISHNAVAS NAMES WERE GENERALLY LIKE RAMA, GOVINDA, KRISHNA, KESHAVA ETC, WHILE SAIVAS NAMES LIKE SHANKER, PARAMESHWARA, NEELKANTHA ETC.
FROM HISTORY WE CAN SEE EVEN BLOOD SHEDING FROM THEIR STRUGGLE. THE “AVATHAR” OF AYYAPPA BROUGHT THESE GROUPS TOGETHER AS AYYAPPA IS “HARI HARA SUTHA” (SON OF LORD OF VISHNU AND LORD SHIVA). THUS UNITY IN HINDUISM ESTABLISHED IS IN THOSE DAYS.
AS YOU KNOW VAVAR SWAMI, WAS SHRI AYYAPPA’S FIRST FRIEND AND LIEUTENANT. VAVAR SWAMI WAS A MUSLIM.NEAR SHABARIMALA TEMPLE VAVAR SWAMI’S “PRATISHTA” FOR HIS MEMORY IS ALSO THERE. WHEN “MANIKANTHA”(AYYAPPA) WAS IN PANDALAM (RAJA’S PALACE) WENT FOREST TO BRING THE TIGRESS’S MILK FOR HIS STEP MOTHER’S TREATMENT VAVAR WAS ALSO WITH HIM AND HELPLED AYYAPPA IN HIS MISSION. WHEN MANIKANTHA LEFT PANDALAM PALACE TO SABARIMALAI, HE HAD TAKEN VAVAR ALSO WITH HIM, WHEN AYYAPPA TAKEN HIS SEAT AT SABARIMALAI, ONE PLACE NEAR HIM WAS CHOOSEN BY VAVAR SWAMI ALSO.THE DEVOTEES WHO VISIT AYYAPPA, VISIT VAVAR SWAMI TOO. THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN AYYAPPA AND VAVAR SWAMI IS THE SYMBOL OF HINDU MUSLIM UNITY.
FAMOUS MALAYALAM HISTORIEN LATE SHRI K. DAMODARAN OPENED SOME WHERE THAT “MALIKAPPURAM” WAS A MEMBER OF VEERAPPAN CHIRA FAMILY OF ALLEPPEY DISTRICT IN KERALA STATE.SOME HISTORIANS DIFFERS FROM THIS OPINION. “VEERAPPANCHIRA” IS AN HINDU (“AVARNA”) FAMILY WHETHER ABOVE OPINION IS TRUE OR NOT, ONE THING IS CORRECT THAT THE ANNUAL AUTHORITY OF FIRE WORKS IN SABARIMALAI TEMPLE BELONGS TO VEERAPPAN CHIRA FAMILY SINCE BEGINNING. THIS SHOWS AYYAPPA WAS HAVING GOOD RELATION WITH THAT FAMILY. AT THE TIME OF CHATURVARNYA ALSO THE FRIENDSHIP OF AYYAPPA WITH AN “AVARNA” FAMILY IS A SYMBOL OF UNITY BETWEEN ADVANCED COMMUNITY AND BACKWARD COMMUNITY.
THUS AYYAPPA BROUGHT UNITY AMONG VAISHNAVAS AND SAIVAS, HINDUS AND MUSLIM, “SAVRNAS” AND “AVARNAS”.
IN THIS STAR WAR WORLD FAITH IN LORD AYYAPPA WILL BRING UNITY AND PEACE.
“SWAMIYE SHARANAM AYYAPPA”
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