Vavar is said to protect pilgrims going to visit Lord Ayyappa.Īs per this legend claiming historicity of Lord Ayyappa, the presiding deity of Sabarimala Temple took a vow to answer prayers to every devotee walking up to his shrine. Ayyappa defeated Vavar, who thereafter turned into his devout follower.Īs Lord Ayyappa resides at Sabarimala, Vavar lives in spirit in a shrine at Erumeli, a place situated on the 40 km trek to Sabarimala temple. Ayyappa is said to have grown up into a lovable prince for his subjects for he cared for the well being of the people living in his kingdom.Ī small continent of intruders led by an Arab commander called Babar or Vavar attacked the kingdom during the time. As it happened, Lord Ayyappa defeated her in a battle. She had got a boon from gods that she could only be defeated by the son born out of the union of Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu. While Lord Ayyappa was still a minor, a lady-demon had created havoc in the down south. Legend has it that Lord Shiva got swayed by the charm of Mohini and Lord Ayyappa was born of their union. Lord Vishnu took the form of Mohini to have destroyed a deadly demon Bhashmasur and acquire the elixir (amrut) for the gods during the great churning of oceans. According to puranic and oral traditions, Lord Ayyappa was born out of the union of Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu, when the latter was in Mohini form. There are different versions as to why menstruating women were not allowed to enter the Sabarimala Temple.
Till the Supreme Court today struck down Rule 3 (b) of the Kerala Hindu Places of Public Worship (Authorisation of Entry) Rules, 1965 declaring it unconstitutional, women of menstruating age (10-50 years) were not allowed to enter the temple. They earnestly prayed to Lord Dharma Saastha for a son who would be able to fight Udayanan, destroy him and liberate Sabarimala Temple.Ī commentary on Kirathaashtakam - a lecture giv.Lord Ayyappa is the presiding deity at Sabarimala residing in the hilly forest in Naishtik Brahmachari (eternal celibate) state.
So Jayanthan eventually married the princess and they settled in an inaccessible forest region (near the present Ponnambalamedu), engaging in intense austerities and meditation. Since she was missing for more than 21 days from the palace, the royal family considered her to be dead and performed all her last rites. While the burglars with their booty were traveling through the mountain routes, the son of the priest made a lightning attack on them and set the princess free. Concurrently Lord also appeared in the dream of Jayanathan who was at Ponambalammedu and instructed him to rescue the Princess and marry her so that he could take birth as their Son. That night Lord Sastha appeared in her dream and informed that she will be soon rescued and Lord himself will take birth as her son. Uadayanan dumped her into a dark prison and gave her one month to make up her mind or face demise. Enraged by the King’s denial he attacked the palace, plundered it and abducted a princess. He saw the princess of Pandalam and wished to make her his consort, he sent the marriage proposal to the King, which was respectfully refused by the King. Udayanan in one of his marauding expeditions reached up to the Kingdom of Pandalam. Jayanthan, son of the priest, distressed by the gruesome murder of his father,decided to take revenge by killing Udayanan and his band, and to rebuild and consecrate Sastha temple at Sabari Hills. He wandered amidst the mountain ranges awaiting an opportunity to wreak the vengeance up on Udayanan. They also murdered the priest so that it would not be possible to conduct poojas there.
Udayanan and his hordes plundered this temple, destroyed it and broke the idol of Dharma Sastha into pieces. The temple of Sabarimala where Dharma Sastha was worshipped from the very ancient past was on the route - a highway between Tamilnadu and Kerala, along which the merchants have traveled. Udayanan used to plunder wealth from the travelers and the villages nearby. This amount of success made Uadayanan so brutal, that he attacked the Dharmasasta Temple at Sabarimala. Udayanan built up many fortresses on the mountain of Talappara, Inchippara and Karimala in the forests of Pandalam. Udayanan, had come with his hordes from Tamil regions beyond the borders and dominated the regions of Kerala. People around Pandalam lived in perpetual fear of attack by Udayanan, and his gangsters who committed dacoit and murder. Around tenth century - anarchy prevailed in those days in Kerala.
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