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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

Dear BhAgavatas,

I was under the impression that the information about
Ayyappa was not found in any of the accepted puranas;
that is, while there is the story of Mahishasura in
the puranas, the story of him having a sister is a
latter day addendum.

Also, the habit of wearing a black dress to a temple
also appears to be not in line with common tradition
of Hindus, let alone Srivaishnavas.

So, I am not even sure that there is validity in saying
that Ayyappa was an avatar of Sriman Narayana or even 
had His sambandham.

No offence is meant by these queries, so kindly forgive
me if any was felt.

adiyEn
TCA Venkatesan

--- Malolan Cadambi <cadambi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sri
> Srimathe nigamAntha mahAdesikAya namaha
>
> Coming to Ayyappan, the latter is not worshipped as
> Narayana by Sri
> Vaishnavas since he is not a purnAvataram. After
> finishing the task of
> Bhamasura, the lord divests his powers from Mohini,
> whereby she becomes a
> plain jIvatma. Since she had the sambandham with sriman
> naarayanar, Ayyappan
> is revered as harihara putram.

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