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	:: Sourashtra ::
		Bhagawan Ayyappan is in married posture with Shri Pushkaladevi of Sourashtra community in Aryankavu.
		The businessman impressed by his daughter's bhakthi towards Lord Ayyappan, left her in charge of an archakar in that temple.
		As he opened the temple door he saw all the lights of the temple lit and a small statue of Pushkaladevi was seen near the Lord, both in a married posture.
	www.sourashtra.com /ayyappan.htm (775 words)

	Sahodaran Ayyappan - Reformist from Kerala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Ayyappan was born on August 21st, 1889 as the son of Kumabalathuparambil Kochavu Vaidyar in Cherai, Ernakulam.
		Ayyappan was very much against the caste system and all the rituals and superstitions of the then Hindu religion.
		Ayyappan was minister for a brief time in the Paravoor TK ministry, but soon resigned from active politics and concentrated his energy into social and cultural activities.
	www.geocities.com /guruforum/ayyappan.htm (240 words)

	Ayyappan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At Kulathupuzha, in Kerala he is worshipped as a child, at Achankovil in conjunction with his consorts, Pushkala and Poorna and at Sabarimala as an ascetic, a celibate meditating in solitude for the benefit of all mankind.
		Lord Ayyappan had His human sojourn as the son of the Raja (King) of Pandalam.
		Ayyappan also explained how the Sabarimala pilgrimage shall be undertaken, emphasizing the importance of " vrutham " and what the devotees can attain by His 'darshan'.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ayyappan (1928 words)

	Canada Sri Ayyappan Hindu Temple
		It is believed that Ayyappan was born as progeny of theunion of Vishnu and Shiva.
		Ayyappan is regarded as the third son of Shiva, the other two being Ganesha and Muruga.
		Ayyappan also advised the king of the nature of the austerities to be observed before the pilgrimage to this temple.
	www.ayyappan.com /ayyappan/history.htm (1314 words)

	Ayyappan.info:: The History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		After the demise of Ayyappan people thought that he was the avathar of Lord Sastha and began to worship him.
		Some say that Ayyappan was the son of a Brahmin but Nalankal Krishna Pillai in his book "Mahashekthrangalkkumunpil" states that Brahmins never had the name AYYAPPAN or AYYAN.
		A number of Ayyappan koils are constructed by Vellalas migrated from Tamilnadu to Kerala e.g.
	www.ayyappan-ldc.com /ayyappan.info_thehistory.html (372 words)

	Ayyappa Cult
		Ayyappan or Sastha, the presiding deity of the Sabarimalai shrine, felt that the king of Pandalam should be made to conduct the annual Makara Sankramam festival in all its glory, which act alone could attract more devotees to the sacred mount.
		Ayyappan appeared before the king as a youth, ready to fight with Udayanan and defeat him on the condition that the king in return should see that the Makara Sankrama festival is conducted every year properly.
		Ayyappan, the young prince was a pet to one and all except to the minister and a few of his confederates.
	www.saranamayyappa.org /Ayyappa_Cult.htm (6383 words)

	The Hindu : Adivasi family caught between Veerappan, STF
		Ayyappan, an Adivasi who bought procured rice for forest brigand Veerappan last Friday when the latter and his 10-member gang visited his hut in the Puthupathy hamlet deep in the Walayar forests, is living in constant fear despite the security cover of the Special Task Force.
		Ayyappan, 40, a pump operator, was approached by Veerappan and his gang last Tuesday for rice and other provisions.
		Ayyappan; however, they returned to the station saying they could not take on the Veerappan gang on their own and promised to come back with more forces.
	www.hindu.com /2001/02/06/stories/02060009.htm (592 words)

	Sabarimala Pilgrimage and evolution of Kerala religious history: a historical perspective by Dr. Zacharias Thundy ...
		The key to the identification of Ayyappan lies in the fact that devotion to Ayyappan is a relatively modern cult even in South India.
		The association of Ayyappan with the Muslim Vavar and the Christian Katuthaswami indicates that Muslims and Christians fought side by side against the invaders of Venad.
		The conclusion is that Lord Ayyappan is the deified hero-king Ayyan Adigal of Venad.
	www.shelterbelt.com /KJ/khsabarimala.html (1349 words)

	Hindu Gods (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The legend and history are intermingled in the genesis of Ayyappan.
		It is believed that Ayyappan was born as progeny of the union of Vishnu and Shiva.
		On the day of consecration and installation of the idol, amidst the sound of saranam chanting and conches, pipes and drums, Ayyappan was transformed into a stroke of lightning and got absorbed in the idol of Dharma Sasta.
	mailerindia.com /god/hindu/index.php?ayappa (1678 words)

	Hinduism Today \| Sabrimala \| July, August, September 2002
		When the ghee is released from the coconut and anoints the icon of Lord Ayyappan, the essence of the soul of the devotee is said to unite with the essence of God, thus bringing the pilgrimage to its zenith.
		According to those chronicles, Lord Ayyappan was the foster son of the king of Pandalam, a small princely state in the erstwhile region of Travancore.
		Ayyappan's father wrote a letter to the Pandalam king and sent Ayyappan to the palace with it.
	www.hinduismtoday.com /archives/2002/7-9/20-27_sabrimala.shtml (4677 words)

	Tehelka - The People's Paper
		Ayyappan himself seems to have entered Kerala’s Hindu mainstream about 600 years back, and fabulist mythologies mushroomed around him as his deep-jungle dwelling became a magnetic destination.
		The hang-over of an Ayyappan mythology with a strongly negative female role — that Ayyappan was a motherless foundling, that his step-mother ill-treated him, and that he renounced his girl-friend — also might have had something to do with the anti-women taboo.
		He must be horribly bored by the never-ending flow of that fl-robed, bearded, grim and glum crowd of male brahmacharis in a hurry to get back to their routine after dumping their sins on him.
	www.tehelka.com /story_main18.asp?filename=hub071506Ayyappan.asp (1119 words)

	Re: ARTICLE : A stotra on skanda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		As a God, ayyappan seems to have been a much later > day invention and not found anywhere except in Kerala and one or two > modern day temples in Madras and elsewhere.
		ayyappan is said to be > the son of Siva and Vishnu in Mohini avatar.
		It is thought that murugan took the form and name of ayyappan and came down again.
	www.hindunet.org /srh_home/1996_8/msg00075.html (354 words)

	AEGiS-AP: India to Fight AIDS With Female Condoms
		A government study in 2004 showed that despite annual sales of 1.6 billion male condoms, cases of HIV in India had reached 5.1 million, second only to South Africa, and that a third of them were women.
		According to the study, 15 percent of cases were sex workers and another 22 percent housewives with a single partner.
		Ayyappan said some male clients resisted using condoms when they visited sex workers which was one reason why the government's strategy to promote male condoms as the primary protection against infection had achieved only limited success.
	www.aegis.com /news/ap/2005/AP050755.html (688 words)

	Sabarimala Sree Ayyappan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Ayyappan: Another name of Sastha - main deity of Sabarimala.
		It is a folk-art in which songs on the life history of Ayyappa is told.
		Ayyappan Vilakku: A ritual conducted by the devotees in an open place making replica of Sabarimala temple using plaintain trunks and tender coconut leaves.
	www.sabarimalatemple.org /glossary.htm (276 words)

	Ayyappan Theeyattu. Songs rendered in praise of the tiger-mounted Lord Ayyappan
		Ayyappan Theeyattu - Songs rendered in praise of the tiger-mounted Lord Ayyappan forms a vital part of the age-old ritual called Ayyappan Theeyattu.
		Pattu means song and through Ayyappan Pattu, devotees narrate the various stages of his divine birth, love and devotion to his parents, valour and heroic deeds.
		Ayyappan theeyattu performed at Sree Ayyappa temples is one of the two classifications of the religious ritual art called Theeyattu.
	www.naturemagics.com /kerala-art-tour/ayyappan-theeyattu-ritual.shtm (464 words)

	Ayyappan > Image Gallery > Freebies > EPrarthana.com
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	www.eprarthana.com /html/iayyappan.asp (33 words)

	Sahodaran Ayyappan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sahodaran Ayyappan was born into a traditional Ezhava family of Cherai in Ernakulam district as the son of Kumabalathuparambil Kochavu Vaidyar and Unnuli on August 21, 1889.
		By this time the social revolutionary in Ayyappan had come of age and was ready to fight against the social evil of caste system.
		In 1928 Ayyappan was elected to Cochin Legislative Council of which he continued to be a member for the next 21 years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sahodaran_Ayyappan (630 words)

	Ayyappan
		Ayyappan is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		Ayyappan: (Tamil) The popular God of a recently formed sect that focuses on pilgrimage to the top of Sabarimalai, a sacred hill in Kerala, where He is said to appear at night as a divine light.
		Ayyappan is revered as a son of Vishnu and Siva (Hari-Hara putra).
	www.experiencefestival.com /ayyappan (802 words)

	The Hindu : Ayyappan finally gets plenty of water to drink and shower
		After being denied a proper supply of water for more than two weeks, the tusker, Ayyappan, was today provided with a lavish supply of water to drink and have a cool shower.
		The development was also highlighted by the media following which the District Collector and the Forest Department intervened and came to the rescue of the tusker.
		This morning Ayyappan was provided with a good meal of watermelons and the Kollam City Corporation dispatched a tanker load of water for him.
	www.hindu.com /2004/02/28/stories/2004022804530300.htm (231 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Rajeev Srinivasan looks at the Hindu and Buddhist past of Sabarimala, the shrine in the hills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The appeal of Sabarimala, a remote and tiny temple in a valley in the Western Ghats of Kerala, has increased phenomenally in the last couple of decades; it is now believed to be the world's second largest annual pilgrimage in terms of the number of devotees, second only to the Haj in Mecca.
		Furthermore, the very sitting posture of the Ayyappan deity is suggestive: almost every Buddhist image anywhere, including those sometimes unearthed in the fields of Travancore by farmers, is in sitting position.
		Those devout Ayyappan pilgrims in their dark clothes symbolising the abandonment of their egos, who flock to the hill temple in the cool winter months, are thus, in a way, celebrating two of the great religious streams of Mother India: both the Hindu present and the Buddhist past.
	www.rediff.com /news/dec/31rajeev.htm (1315 words)

	FTEN Management Team
		Ayyappan has over 20 years of experience in software development life cycle management.
		Ayyappan was at Polaris for over 10 years where he managed large project implementations in various positions such as Project Leader, Project Manager, Delivery Head and Program Manager.
		Ayyappan holds a Bachelors degree in Commerce from University of Madras and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications from University of Pondicherry.
	www.ften.com /management.html (602 words)

	Sabarimala-The pilgrimage is a symbol of love, equality, and devotion
		Ayyappan took the form of a baby with a golden chain and bell around his neck and placed himself near the Pamba river.
		The Jewel Casket is carried on head from the ancestral residence of the royal family of Panthalam to the Shrine on that day.
		A Jyoti is seen for a little time on the hilltop showing the presence of Swamy Ayyappan gracing his devotees.
	www.sabarimala.org /ayyappanlegend.htm (1995 words)

	Jalahalli Sree Ayyappan Temple... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		There are many Temples dedicated to Lord Ayyappan in Kerala, the most famous and the holiest being the one at SABARI HILLS.
		The FIRST such Ayyappan shrine outside Kerala is the Temple at Jalahalli West, Bangalore, installation ceremony of which was conducted in the April 1967.
		The beautiful PANCHALOHA idol of Lord Ayyappan was performed along the idol of Lord Ganapathi on 17th April 1967.
	www.sreeayyappantemple.org /history.htm (780 words)

	Ayyappan
		Ayyappan is also known as the son born of Shiva and of Vishnu in the form of Mohini.
		He is currently most popularly worshipped in Sabarimalai.
		Article "Ayyappan" created on 30 November 1997; last modified on 28 February 1998 (Revision 2).
	www.pantheon.org /mythica/articles/a/ayyappan.html (49 words)

	India Book House Pvt Ltd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		There, as Lord Ayyappan, he is worshipped as the presiding deity of the whole range.
		They travel through dense forests full of wild animals, over steep hills and in inclement weather for a darshan (glimpse) of Ayyappan on Makar Sankranti (a festival which falls on the 14th of January).
		It is said that the Lord comes down to the Shabari Hills on Makar Sankranti in the form of light to give darshan to his innumerable devotees and that he himself lights the temple lamp.
	www.amarchitrakatha.com /store/viewItem.asp?idProduct=59 (212 words)

	Ayyappa Temple kochi- hariharasudha, kerala, sastha, hinduism, india, pilgrimage, devotion
		Before the rays of the rising Sun touch Mother Earth, the reverberations of the chanting of hymns and devotional songs permeating from the holy precincts of a temple at the eastern entrance to the City of Kochi start filling the minds of the umpteen city comers with piety and freshness.
		Those who alight at Palarivattam can have a gratifying darshan of the Lord and even those who pass by vehicles cannot miss the high temple mast and help bowing their head in reverence.
		It was not long before the Madom grew into a small temple with Swami Ayyappan as the presiding deity and other UpaDevanmar in appropriate locations.
	ayyappatemple.com /abt_at.html (521 words)

	AYYAN AYYAPPAN OF SABARIMALA,KERALA INDIA
		Rajasekhara, Pandian King reconstructed the destroyed Sastha temple at Sabarimala with the help of Ayyan, Vavar, a muslim youth from Kanjirappally, Kadutha, a nair youth from Muzhukeer,Chenganoor, Alapuzha dist.During the clash Ayyappan was killed.
		In the same compound ther still is one 300 year old, thatched, diapilated, mud house, the house of Perissery Pillai,the Vellal Chieftain of Erumely.
		"Ayyan / Ayyappan" Pillai is very common name among vellalas of Kottayam, Alapuzha,Pathanamthitta, Idukki and Ernakulam districts of Kerala.A number of Ayyappan koils are constructed by Vellalas migrated from Tamil nadu eg,:Erumely,Kanam etc.Lakhs and lakhs of Tamilian AYYAPPA DEVOTEES - "ayyappans" -come to Sabarimala evey year to worship Tamil origin "VELLALAR KULA JHATHAN AYYAN AYYAPPAN".
	expage.com /page/ayyanayyappan (156 words)

	rediff.com US edition: Death of Sridevi's mother is recalled, as America gets tough on medical errors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		When D Ehud Arbit operated on the wrong side of the brain of Rajeswari Ayyappan, mother of movie star Sridevi, five years ago, the mistake was widely reported in the American media.
		Ayyappan died shortly after the botched operation, and Arbit was dismissed from the Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York and the hospital had a financial settlement, reportedly worth several millions, with the Ayyappan family.
		Despite the Ayyappan incident, he had continued to be gainfully employed and had become the head of the neuro-surgery department of Staten Island.
	www.rediff.com /us/2000/feb/24us2.htm (515 words)

	K.S.Ayyappan Pillai ,Thonduvelil,KanamPO Kottayam,Kerala.India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		PARUKUTTY is married to Raveendran Pillai son of Aklathu Chellappan Pillai of Pramadom Pathanamthitta and retired as the Head Mistress of Nethaji High School, Pramadom.Ther son Dr. Sunil Kumar MSc PhD is married to Dr Lakshmi Rekha D/o Mr Madhavan Pillai Rtd Chief Engineer KSEB.They have one son.
		Their daughter, Sunitha Bsc,BEd is married to Ayyappan, Mangalam lane, Sasthamangalam, Trivandrum.
		Ayyappan Pillai’s three grand children(Ajesh,Anju & Lakshmi) are Doctors, one (Sunil)PhD and two (Anju& Sunil) are married to Doctors.
	expage.com /ksap (262 words)

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