Sabarimala Ayyappa Swamy
Lord Ayyappa is a celebrity god, and he is worshipped mostly by the people in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, though during the annual Mandala Puja Festival, devotees from all parts of India would throng to the Sabarimala temple to have the glimpse of the beautiful Ayyappa. Lord Ayyappa is a form of Lord Dharma Shasta, who contains the features of both Lord Shiva and Vishnu. Similar to our Tirupati Balaji, who had incarnated in this Kali Yuga, exclusively for fulfilling the wishes of his devotees, Lord Ayyappa also fulfills the wishes of his devotees, and invokes them in the spiritual path.
Lord Ayyappa is known by various names such as Manikanda, HariharaSudhan, Sabarimalai Vasan, Ponnambalam and Thatvamasi, is considered as a pious, pure and virtuous god, who has entered into the shrine of Sabarimala as a deity at his young age itself. Being brought up at the palace as a prince and instead of enjoying the worldly pleasures, Lord Ayyappa had sacrificed everything in his life, for the sake of doing goodness to his devotees, and it is believed that he still dwells at his Sabarimala Shrine in divine form in a sitting posture, with a smiling face, and he blesses all of his devotees with his golden hands.
Apart from offering prayers and performing pujas to Lord Ayyappa, reciting his 108 divine names would please him very much, and he would immensely grant boons and would fulfill our reasonable needs and wishes.
The beautiful 108 names of Lord Ayyappa are as follows:-
1. Ommahasastavenamaḥ
2. Ommahadevayanamaḥ
3. Ommahadevasutayanamaḥ
4. Omavyayayanamaḥ
5. Omlokakartrenamaḥ
6. Omlokabhartrenamaḥ
7. Omlokahartrenamaḥ
8. Omparatparayanamaḥ
9. Omtrilokaraksakayanamaḥ
10. Omdhanvinenamah
11. Omtapasvinenamaḥ
12. Ombhutasainikayanamaḥ
13. Ommantravedinenamaḥ
14. Ommahavedinenamaḥ
15. Ommarutayanamaḥ
16. Omjagadisvarayanamaḥ
17. Omlokadhyaksayanamaḥ
18. Omagraganyayanamaḥ
19. Omsrimatenamah
20. Omaprameyaparakramayanamaḥ
21. Omsimharudhayanamaḥ
22. Omgajarudhayanamaḥ
23. Omhayarudhayanamaḥ
24. Ommahesvarayanamaḥ
25. Omnanasastradharayanamaḥ
26. Omanaghayanamaḥ
27. Omnanavidyavisaradayanamaḥ
28. Omnanarupadharayanamaḥ
29. Omvirayanamaḥ
30. Omnanapraninisevitayanamaḥ
31. Ombhutesayanamaḥ
32. Ombhutidayanamaḥ
33. Ombhrtyayanamaḥ
34. Ombhujangabharanojvalayanamaḥ
35. Omiksudhanvinenamaḥ
36. Ompuspabanayanamaḥ
37. Ommaharupayanamaḥ
38. Ommahaprabhavenamaḥ
39. Ommayadevisutayanamaḥ
40. Ommanyayanamaḥ
41. Ommahaniyayanamaḥ
42. Ommahagunayanamaḥ
43. Ommahasaivayanamaḥ
44. Ommaharudrayanamaḥ
45. Omvaisnavayanamaḥ
46. Omvisnupujakayanamaḥ
47. Omvighnesayanamaḥ
48. Omvirabhadresayanamaḥ
49. Ombhairavayanamaḥ
50. Omsanmukhapriyayanamaḥ
51. Ommerusrngasamasinayanamaḥ
52. Ommunisanghanisevitayanamaḥ
53. Omdevayanamaḥ
54. Ombhadrayanamaḥ
55. Omjagannathayanamaḥ
56. Omgananathayanamaḥ
57. Omganesvarayanamaḥ
58. Ommahayoginenamaḥ
59. Ommahamayinenamaḥ
60. Ommahajnaninenamaḥ
61. Ommahasthirayanamaḥ
62. Omdevasastrenamaḥ
63. Ombhutasastrenamaḥ
64. Ombhimahasaparakramayanamaḥ
65. Omnagaharayanamaḥ
66. Omnagakesayanamaḥ
67. Omvyomakesayanamaḥ
68. Omsanatanayanamaḥ
69. Omsagunayanamaḥ
70. Omnirgunayanamaḥ
71. Omnityayanamaḥ
72. Omnityatrptayanamaḥ
73. Omnirasrayayanamaḥ
74. Omlokasrayayanamaḥ
75. Omganadhisayanamaḥ
76. Omchatuhsastikalamayayanamaḥ
77. Omṛgyajuhsamatharvatmanenamaḥ
78. Ommallakasurabhanjanayanamaḥ
79. Omtrimurtayenamaḥ
80. Omdaityamathanayanamaḥ
81. Omprakrtayenamaḥ
82. Ompurusottamayanamaḥ
83. Omkalajnaninenamaḥ
84. Ommahajnaninenamaḥ
85. Omkamadayanamaḥ
86. Omkamaleksanayanamaḥ
87. Omkalpavrksayanamaḥ
88. Ommahavrksayanamaḥ
89. Omvidyavrksayanamaḥ
90. Omvibhutidayanamaḥ
91. OmsamsaratapavichChetrenamaḥ
92. Ompasulokabhayankarayanamaḥ
93. Omrogahantrenamaḥ
94. Ompranadatrenamaḥ
95. Omparagarvavibhanjanayanamaḥ
96. Omsarvasastrarthatatvajnayanamaḥ
97. Omnitimatenamaḥ
98. Ompapabhanjanayanamaḥ
99. Ompuskalapurnasaṃyuktayanamaḥ
100. Omparamatmanenamaḥ
101. Omsatangatayenamaḥ
102. Omanantadityasankasayanamaḥ
103. Omsubrahmanyanujayanamaḥ
104. Ombalinenamaḥ
105. Ombhaktanukampinenamaḥ
106. Omdevesayanamaḥ
107. Ombhagavatenamaḥ
108. Ombhaktavatsalayanamaḥ
“OM SRI SWAMIYE SARANAM AYYAPPA”
WRITTEN BY
R.HARISHANKAR