The startling revelation about makarajyothi being man made has drawn the attention of millions of ardent ayyappa devotees. The age long belief about the jyothi not being man made has been thrashed mercilessly by the scientific answer seekers. I am very happy with the scientific explanation about the jyothi being lighted by man because I have been bugging people continuously for a scientific explanation for the light sighted by millions of devotees from sabarimala temple after the aaradhana. It gives me immense satisfaction that science is able to give a sensible answer for makaravilaku. The explanation goes thus:
The light sighted by the devotees from sabarimala is actually divided into two parts – the pre aaradhana and the post aaradhana light. The pre aaradhana light is the celestial star as we all know. The question arises only about the light that appears after the aaradhana. The logical explanation behind the light sighted somewhere in pponnambalamedu is that the practice of lighting a lamp at that day of a year was practiced by the tribal people living in that as a means of showing their devotion towards lord ayyappa. There is also another belief that lord ayyappa’a statue was initially at the hilltop at ponnambalamedu and it was later on shifted to sabarimala as the access to ponnambalamedu was very difficult. In order to remember the fact that lord ayyappa once stayed at that hill top, a lamp is lighted every year on one particular day. Though the lord is no longer at that hill top in ponnambalamedu, the powers which he had gained while staying there was too great. In an attempt to impart an idea among the devotees about the greatness of the lord, the lamp is lighted every year and this light is hence considered very auspicious. Though the tribal people moved down from the inaccessible village, their practice of lighting the village is still followed. The term makaravilaku cannot be used synonymous to makarajyothi because there is a vast difference in the meaning of the two words. While makaravilaku in Malayalam means the festival wherein lord ayyappa is adorned with all the ornaments brought from the ayyappa palace, the term makarajyothi must be associated with the process of actually lighting the lamp on ponnambalamedu hill top.
This is the logical reasoning which makes us understand about the makarajyothi that appears every year atop ponnambalamedu village.
Cheers,
Aishwarya Kumar
The light sighted by the devotees from sabarimala is actually divided into two parts – the pre aaradhana and the post aaradhana light. The pre aaradhana light is the celestial star as we all know. The question arises only about the light that appears after the aaradhana. The logical explanation behind the light sighted somewhere in pponnambalamedu is that the practice of lighting a lamp at that day of a year was practiced by the tribal people living in that as a means of showing their devotion towards lord ayyappa. There is also another belief that lord ayyappa’a statue was initially at the hilltop at ponnambalamedu and it was later on shifted to sabarimala as the access to ponnambalamedu was very difficult. In order to remember the fact that lord ayyappa once stayed at that hill top, a lamp is lighted every year on one particular day. Though the lord is no longer at that hill top in ponnambalamedu, the powers which he had gained while staying there was too great. In an attempt to impart an idea among the devotees about the greatness of the lord, the lamp is lighted every year and this light is hence considered very auspicious. Though the tribal people moved down from the inaccessible village, their practice of lighting the village is still followed. The term makaravilaku cannot be used synonymous to makarajyothi because there is a vast difference in the meaning of the two words. While makaravilaku in Malayalam means the festival wherein lord ayyappa is adorned with all the ornaments brought from the ayyappa palace, the term makarajyothi must be associated with the process of actually lighting the lamp on ponnambalamedu hill top.
This is the logical reasoning which makes us understand about the makarajyothi that appears every year atop ponnambalamedu village.
Cheers,
Aishwarya Kumar
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