Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.673
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.673
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On the annual festival day the temple priest, the senior pilgrim, mārārs and other employees go to Śabarimala carrying with them rice etc. for food and calling aloud ‘Svāmiye Śaraṇam Ayyappa’ (Oh! lord Ayyappa! you are our refuge), devotees climb the mountain today also repeating this slogan. (See under Śāstā).