Arunjunai Katha Ayyanar
Madurai, Tamilnadu, India
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Lord Sastha is traditionally believed to be the son of Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu (in the form of Mohini, a female avatar). This unique parentage symbolizes the harmony of Shaivism (devotion to Shiva) and Vaishnavism (devotion to Vishnu). The wife of Lord Sastha (also known as Ayyappa or Hariharaputra) varies according to different regional traditions and beliefs. Sastha is believed to have two consorts: 1. Pushkala-Symbolizes virtue and purity. 2. Poorna - Symbolizes completeness and abundance. These two goddesses are often depicted alongside Sastha in temples and artwork, particularly in certain South Indian traditions. Caption by:@_hari_hara_shivanarayana
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Protector of villages and oppressed caste groups. Sickle. Dog companion. Lion and horse vehicle. Short tempered. Meat eater. Pre-vedic, pre-dates Hinduism. Ghost worship. Ayyanar or Sathanar. Horses. Trance or possession ritual dances.
In the Cuddalore Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu, Selvaraj, based on the card his bird picked predicted that PMK candidate Thankar Bachan would be the winner. Bachan had consulted Selvaraj during his recent visit to the Azhagu Muthu Ayyanar temple at Thennampakkam near Cuddalore.
At a 'Ayyanar' Temple in Chettinad locals make offerings of large terra-cotta houses in return for good luck. Ayyanaris the Tamil god 'of everything' ranging from god of children, cattle, villages, earth, nature to villagers. Numbering more than 25,000, Chettinad's mansions were built by a Hindu caste of Chettiars called the Nagarathars. They were bankers and merchants who made their fortunes outside India in Burma, Malaysia, Vietnam and Singapore during the times of the British colonialism. With this new found fortunes they built mansions, exquisite palaces that rivaled those of even the Maharajah's using teak from Burma, marble form Italy, tiles from Japan and steel from England. But these glory days only lasted until after the WWII when the British left Burma and they were forced to leave return to India. Suddenly with no income their mansions began to decay and fall down or were pulled take and the pillars, windows, doors and antiques were sold. Some estimates say that around 20 per month are coming down. Hopefully, with the aid of preservation projects such as the Revive Chettinad Society, and the influx of tourism these mansions can be saved before they all fall down.
