| Temples & Legends Of Kerala |
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| Temples & Legends Of India |
SABARIMALA |
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of Ecstasy The feeling of ecstasy and the attains after visiting the Ayyappa shrine at Sabarimala is something quite indescribable. This explains the fact that pilgrims who once undertake the Yatra repeat it year after year. The entire pilgrimage is symbolic of the soul's journey to unite with Supreme-the summum bonum of life. On the way, the pilgrim consumes the contents in the rear portion of the Irumudi, i.e. the prarabdha karma and worldly desires. What remain are only the body (i.e. the coconut) and the ghee (the soul). The soul merges with the Supreme when the ghee is poured on the idol. The body dies when the coconut is thrown into the fire after abhishekam. |
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