Guest guest Posted January 28, 2001 Report Share Posted January 28, 2001 > > According to a "long since departed from ISKCON" Keralite godbrother, > > who told me this story "way back when", he asked Srila Prabhupada if > > Ayyappa Swami was a bona fide Deity. According to him SP replied that > > "if it's in the Puranas, it's true..." > > You probably mean Atma-tattva Prabhu... No, his name was "Stidisha" das and he left ISKCON - maybe even back in the '70s... I just met Atmatattva das at Bombay about a month ago, and although he's an independent householder, he's still somewhere around the ISKCON periphery... > > However... I for one cannot profer the story from the Puranas... but > > then there are literally 100s & 1000s of shlokas in the puranas... > > > > If someone would/could research this question, it would be very > > interesting indeed to know more... > > In his autobiography (incomplete file available at Krsna Katha file area: > ATMANAND.ZIP 178679 05-Apr-97 Autobiography of Atma-tattva P. ACBSP) > he describes the Ayappa story from Skandha P. (without specifying where) > and the pilgrimage with some special events which happened during it. > Interesting reading. > > Hope this helps > > ys bh. Jan In fact I did read several parts of AT's autobiography, although I don't remember the pilgramige to Sabarimala specifically... but if there is no specific place in the Skanda Purana for the story... I, for one, wouldn't be so inclined to accept it... But that's just my humble opinion. :-) Hope this finds you well. Vaishnava dasanudas, Basu Ghosh Das Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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