Parakotti pattu is done for Lord Ayyappa’s kindness

Parakotti pattu

Parakotti pattu is done for Lord Ayyappa’s kindness
Parakotti pattu is a devotional percussion at Sabarimala is done for the favor to keep away Sanidosham, Sarppadosham and Kaaldosham. It is believed that the Queen of Pandalam and the minister plotted against Lord Ayyappa to oust him from the Palace and this special form of song done with the aid of a drum is conducted against this act. There is also some belief that it done in
order to maintain the divinity and purity of Sabarimala as orders given by the Pandalam King.
At the initial days this is done under the holy step and later, shifted to
Malikappuram temple premises due to the space limit. People from velan cast are doing Parakotti pattu here. They sing kesadipadam by asking the name and star of every devotee. Nine velan families are doing the act here.

Cleaning Pathinettampadi at Sabarimala

Cleaning Pathinettampadi at Sabarimala

Lord Murugan appearing before his devotee Arunagirinathar

* Lord Murugan appearing before his devotee Arunagirinathar *

“I should give up the sense of doership. I desire to attain the mauna state where there is no feeling of insufficiency, the brahmic state of non-differentiation and the house of moksha by surrendering at the lotus feet of God Murugan.

I have had enough of the company of those persons belonging to one or the other of the six religious faiths, shouting, doubting, disputing, asserting and debating with each other about the superiority of the tenets of their respective faiths. Also I have had enough of those who have only taught themselves for the purpose of engaging in such controversies or for the sole purpose of performing ritualistic worship. Enough also of those who spend their times in mantras and calculations concerning yantras and chakras, their layouts with angles and junctions as found in Siva Tantras and Agamas. O Lord Murugan! Grant me moksha without my having to meander by fruitless and circuitous routes.

O yogis, by concentrating your two eyes on the tip of your nose and by controlling your breath from the muladhara to the head so that not even a single breath goes out of your body, you are trying to get moksha. You have forgotten to follow the easier and simpler way. If you concentrate your mind on Vallinayaka's [Murugan's] feet, it is easy to get moksha.

I do not want to be a foolish yogi by practicing the control of respiration and consuming large quantities of herbs and roots, hoping to preserve and protect this mortal body as long as one wishes. Bless me, O Muruga, to avoid the ordeals of such disciplines that produce a certain rigidity by mala maya [the contaminating power of maya] and instead lead me to a daily life disciplined by jnana and possessed of religious piety. Bless me further, O Lord, to become a great yogi established in the reality of Siva, a state without differentiation of the Self from the objects around.”

Om Namah Shivay!

Om Namah Shivay!

Hara hara mahadeva

Hara hara mahadeva

This temple is in Dwarapudi at Andhrapradesh.

Shivling picture from mahakaleswar mahadev. ..Borsad.

Shivling picture from mahakaleswar mahadev. ..Borsad.

Rudra absolutely loved the crisp air of Kailash.

Rudra absolutely loved the crisp air of Kailash.
There was a very pleasing aroma in the air always, which, Rudra thought , was “the smell of freshness itself.”
There was no sense of time, only the golden sunrise and sunset would indicate dawn and dusk.
Rudra loved all the birds and beasts that came to visit the mountains from the forests at their baseline. They were in absolute contrast to the people he had known in the city. Always natural, always spontaneous , always unabashed in their play, unlike the contrived displays in speech and gestures in the mannerisms of society. These were exactly the kind of beings that would be termed Uncouth, He thought to Himself, but smiled, because His own spirit resonated with them. ‘This was the way to be, in the lap of Nature itself, one is Natural’, He thought.