Guest guest Posted January 13, 2000 Report Share Posted January 13, 2000 Namaskara, Please note that my response to Sri Prasanna Krishna's email is in no way to influence any madhva in the VMS list to believe the pressence of Lord Ayyappa. If Prasanna had just mentioned the first sentence in his email that Ayyappa is not an avathara of any devatha and does not exist per Madhva Philosophy, I would not have responded at all. But his second sentence strongly recommending that I should stop worshipping Lord Ayyappa calls my response and accordingly I did that. Then Sri Prsanna Krishna comes back and talking about Duryodhana. I wonder how many Duryodhana temples are there in the world and how many millions of baktas go there to get his blessings. For that matter, besides Sri Venketeshwara Temple in Thirumala, how many temples are there in India which attracts about 35 million baktas every year and the number is increasing every year in Sabarimala. Lord Ayyappa was known to people in Kerala only for more than 700 years. During the last 30-40 years only, baktas started coming to sabarimala from out of state.About sixty years back, Ayyappa baktas including my father used to walk 30-40 miles through forest to reach the sabarimala temple since there were no ground transportation at that time. I can only say that I am fortunate to go to the Lord Ayyappa Temple in sabarimala a few times. One of the stops during the climbing of sabarimala is Sabari Peedham where Lord Sri Rama spent some time during vanavasa. Baktas get tremendous happiness by the fact that they are also in the same place as Lord Sri Rama once upon a time. There is a web page www.sabarimala.org if anyone cares to look at it. Gopal Krishna Potti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2000 Report Share Posted January 13, 2000 --- Gopal Potti <gpotti wrote: [snip] > > There is a web page www.sabarimala.org if anyone cares to look at it. The actual address is www.sabarimalai.org Anyway, the history given there doesn't match with what you said ealier. It says that ayappa was the son of some Yogi who was married to a princess. -Nataraj > Gopal Krishna Potti Talk to your friends online with Messenger. http://im. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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