Ayappa temple, payappar

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Famous ayappa temple in kottayam ,( ayyappan sivan ,malikapurthamma serikovil)
Temple time - 6 am to 10am
Pala - Ezhachery Ramapuram road 5.5 km from pala

There are many popular stories associated with Him among the devotees. The stories differ, but there are certain common elements:
Ayyappa lived in the Pandalam Palace as the son / savior of the King.
He had super-human or divine knowledge, wisdom, and courage and loved the King and his people.
He protected the King and the kingdom from the attacks of enemies.
At the end of His life in Pandalam, He vanished into the forests and is ever since worshiped at the Sabarimala temple.
The most popular and widely accepted story tells that Lord Ayyappa had His human sojourn as the son of the Raja of Pandalam.

The Raja (King) Rajasekhara of Panthalam had no children and both he and his wife prayed to Gods. During one of his hunting expeditions, the Raja was puzzled to hear the wails of a child on the banks of the river Pampa, and was surprised to find a resplendent infant there. The beautiful baby with radiant face wore a bead ('mani') around his neck. The King, though pious, charitable, just, and God-fearing, had no children. He accepted the child as God's gracious response to his fervent prayer for an heir to his throne. The Raja named him 'Ayyappan'. Ayyappan is believed to be an incarnation of Dharma Shasta, who is the offspring of Shiva and Vishnu (as Mohini, in his female form). Ayyappa is also known as "Hariharasuta" because he is the son of Hari (Vishnu), the saviour and Haran (Shiva), the destroyer. His most common name is "Manikandan" because of the "mani" (gem) tied around his "kandam" (neck).

The boy grew up in the palace as the prince till he reached his late teens and became famous as a warrior. He had super-human or divine knowledge, wisdom, and courage and loved the King and his people. He protected the King and the kingdom from the attacks of enemies. Meanwhile the Rani (Queen) became pregnant from her husband, the king, and she started fearing that her own child will be discarded if Ayyappa continues in the palace. The King regarded Manikandan as his elder son. He decided to crown him as the Yuvaraja. The King's corrupt Minister had a deep dislike for Manikandan, and made the innocent Queen believe that ill would befall her if Manikandan was crowned Yuvaraja and that the kingdom actually belonged to her son. They conspired to get rid of Manikandan. They bribed the royal physician into becoming an accomplice of theirs. The Rani pretended to be afflicted with severe pain in the stomach, and the physician prescribed the milk of a tigress as the only cure. The Raja announced great reward for those who fetch it for the Rani but no body was willing to go to the dense forest risking their life and that too for the milk of tiger. The King knew that none could be deputed for a mission that was so patently suicidal. However, the youthful and valiant Manikantan stepped forth and volunteered to fetch the milk. Despite the worried protestations of his foster-father, he set out for the fearful forests.

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