Lord Ayyappa : Son of Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva !
Are you shocked ? Are you thinking how is it possible? Is
it possible to have to biological father ? How could two male can give birth of
a baby?
Huh, many questions in your mind. Let me explain you the fact.
Once upon a time Lord Naradmuni(a sage according to Hindu
holly books ) which was known to capable of going anywhere in teen Lok (three
planet : Human, God and Demon) visited to the lord Shiva and explained about
the Mohini avatar of lord Vishnu and her gorgeousness to Lord Shiva and
Goddesses Parvati. Both of them become excited and curious about Mohini avatar
of lord Vishnu. So they along with other God went to Baikunth ( place where
lord Vishnu lives) and requested lord Vishnu to grace them by making appearance
of his Mohini avatar. After request from everybody, Lord Vishnu agreed to
grace. So he did but when he take Mohini avatar Lord Shiva just felt in love
with her and became intimate. Lord Shiva who is known as among few God who has
win over concupiscence became fond of Mohini avatar of lord Vishnu. They
both get intimated and lord Ayyappa was born due to their sexual intercourse.
Lord Ayyappa temple is situated at banks of river Pampa, Pathanamthitta district, Kerala, India. It is a famous
pilgrim center dedicated to lord Ayyappa. Lord Ayyappa temple in Kerala is
named as Sabrimala. This fact is written in shreemad bhagwat puran which is known as holly book of Hindu religion.
Everything happen with God will. So what made lord Shiva and
lord Vishnu let such thing happen. As
we know most of the time such freak are for the death of demon who almost
become immortal by worshiping god and getting boon from them. Reasons of this
is not different. So let me tell you what actually happend.
We
all know how difficult it was to kill Mahisasur for god. After death of
Mahisasur by godeesss Aadi-shakati, his wife Mahisi seek revenge. She decided
to avenge her husband's death and so she started praying to lord Brahama. This
difficult prayig made her almost invincible. She started worshiping lord
Brahma. After praying for years and years she was able to impress lord Brahma.
Finally Lord Brahama make his appearance to her and requested her to ask for
her boon. Mahisi asked for boon of being immortal. But lord Brahama told her
that it was not possible so ask some other boon. After refusal of Lord
Brahma, Mahisi was disappointed but to make herself almost immortal she asked
that her death would be possible only by the son of lord Shiva and lord Vishnu.
She
thought as both of them are male, birth of son from them would not be
possible. But as the cruelty of Mahisi was on its height, lord Shiva and lord
Vishnu decided to go for this. So friends this is the story behind it.
