Prabha and Sathyaka are the consort and son of the Hindu deity Dharma Sastha:
Dharma Sastha: The presiding deity of the Sasthamcotta Sree Dharma Sastha Temple, which represents the union of Vaishnava and Saiva beliefs. In South India, Dharma Sastha is also known as Ayyanar, Nattarayan, Sattan, Ayyanayake, and Ayyappan. Prabha: The consort of Dharma Sastha. Sathyaka: The son of Dharma Sastha. Prabha and Sathyaka are also present in the main sanctum of the Maha Sastha temple of Chamravattom, Lord Dharmas Aastha is the unified form of Lord Maha Vishnu and Lord Shiva, who known as the creator and the destroyer of the world. As per puranas Sree Dharmasaastha took eight incarnations in different forms at different events to save the world from evil effects. This is one of the incarnations which having One consort Prabha and son Sathyaka. This incarnated form is consecrated very few places in the world. Another one incarnated form has two consorts known as Purna & Pushkala, and another one is known as ‘Kiratha Saastha’ – a tribal king. Idols in the Temple have also rarest ones. As Lord Shiva makes benign presence with Shakti, ‘Lord Dharmasastha’ makes gracious presence with his consort ‘Prabha’ and son ‘Sathyaka’. All the three idols of Lord Dharmasaastha, Devi Prabha, and Lord Sathyakan are installed on one ‘Peedam’ (Seat) but each idol has its own ‘Padmapeedam’ (Lotus seat). ‘Lord Dharmasastha’ is sitting in Padmasana pose and the left hand keeps on the left knee and right hand holds Poorna Kalasam, which believes “Abhista Varadayi” means unlimited blessing will pour on the seeking devotees. Devi ‘Prabha’ is sitting in Padmasana pose and left hand keeps her left knee and right hand with Varada mudra who is also deliver blessing of prosperity to seeking devotees. Lord ‘Sathyaka’ is in standing posture and holds one banana in the right hand which believes a pleasant and satisfied form. Which symbolises giving energy to youth and children. Upadevathas: Upadevathas and importance in the temple are as follows Ganashji: Ganeshji in the pleasant pose is consecrated inside Sreekovil (outside Garbhagriha) near the south entrance. In which, believes Ganeshji stand for removing all obstacles from the day to day life. Dakshina moorthy: Is the saint form of Lord Shiva, as mentioned in the Shivpuran, the Lord shiva did a fervent penance in ‘Kailash’ underneath of one benien tree, then he known as Dakshina moorthy. In this form he is kind enough to bless with Vidhya –wisdom - to the seeking devotees. Dakshinamoorthy is consecrated inside the Sreekovil but (outside Garbhagraha) near south entrance. Offering and pry to Dakshinamoorthy will be importance to all, especially for students and children Annapoornaswari: Sree Parvathy’s presence in this temple is in the form of Annapurnaswari who incarnated to eliminate starvation. Temple for Annapurneswari’s shall be north west part of the Nalambalam, Devi will be standing posture facing east with ‘Varada hastha’ for blessing the seeking devotees with wealth. Hanumanji: There is a presence of a pleasant form of Lord Hanuman in this Temple Temple for Hanumanji shall be north east part of the Nalambalam, Hanumanji will be standing posture facing west with ‘folded hands’ for blessing the seeking devotees with health. Navagraha: All Navagrahas will be consecrated in the Navagraha Mandapam at the southeast side of the main Temple. Every person are influenced by the effect of each planet (Graha’s) in his life cycle according to the birth time. Astrology, the study of the movements of planets, says that good and bad at certain juncture of life depends upon the planetorial changes, the influence of the planets are varied. One should please the Grahas with poojas and offerings to change the planetorial effect in the life cycle to prevail blessings and overcome all obstacles to attain salvation. Lord Sani: It is believed that Lord Sani’ is the most evil affected Graha amongst Navagraha. At this holy place the divine effect of the pleasant ‘Lord Sani’ is at the pinnacle, It is well known that the effect of Lord Sani provides extreme misery and losses. But one propitiate Lord Sani and attains the virtuous effects of Lord Sani’s blessings, gets devoid of the miseries and contracts prosperity in abundance, as is experienced. The rituals/ poojas for eradication of evil effects Lord Sani is being performed in this Temple being considered to be the most auspicious and effective one to attain salvation. Naga Devatha(Serpent God): The presence of ‘Naga Devatas’-known as living Gods -are very rare at outside Kerala. In this Temple Naga Devathas shall be consecrated in the North east part of the main Temple. Tahanthri: Every Temple has Thanthri, he differs from poojari, is the Guru Priest and very close to the deity of the Temple. He is the authority to consecrate the deity, and decide the rituals/ poojas for the deity. The person who becomes the Thantri should be well knowledgeable on Vedas and Shastras. Brahamasree Puthumana Damodaran Sreedharan Namboothiri, who belongs in a famous Thanthri family at Ambalappuzha [Alleppey (dist) Kerala] Puthumala Illam is the Thanthri of this Temple. He is Thanthri for about 800 temples in India. He is a well known Veda Sastra Pandit, hundreds of students learning Vedic classes from him. K R IRS 191224 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 at 10:14 Subject: [iyer123] VEDIVECHAN KOVIL – VETTUVENNI SASTHA TEMPLE- To: Iyer <[email protected]> *VEDIVECHAN KOVIL – VETTUVENNI SASTHA TEMPLE-* *NAGERKOVIL DISTRICT* Dear friends, Today my posting is about Vedivechan kovil Sastha temple near Kuzhithurai, after Kuzhithurai river in the Nagerkovil District, Tamilnadu. As the name indicates the temple is famous for offering fire crakers works to the Lord Dharmasastha. Most of the buses plying between Trivandrum and Nagerkovil in the NH slow down or stop for a minute near the temple so that devotees can drop money as offering for fire crackers or get down to go to the temple. I have visited the temple many times while working at Nagerkovil and Trivandrum. The information furnished here are compiled from Nagerkovil tourism website. Gopalakrishnan 19-12-2024 1. Introduction Vedivechan Kovil – Vettuvenni Sastha Temple is located 2 km from Kuzhithurai Bus Stop towards Nagerkovil. It is just by the side of the national highway that connects Trivandrum with Nagercoil. This temple attracts many pilgrims from all over the world. It is commonly known as either Vettuvenni temple or Vedi Sathan Kovil. The name Vedi Sathan Kovil is due to the firecrackers that are burnt in the temple as a mark of prayer for Lord Ayyappa. 2 History of the Temple Vettuvenni Sastha temple was originally known as Irumpudayaan Kandan Sasthan kovil. The temple complex was re-built built in 1981. The history of the temple is based on the period of the Ramayana. The primary god of the temple is Sree Dharma Sastha. Other sub deities are Prabha and Sathyaka. My note- Prabha is another wife of Grihastha Dharama sastha and Sathyaka is son. It is believed that Sri Rama came along with his wife, brother and his whole tribe of monkeys after defeating Ravana in a battle. He then visited Sasthamcotta to perform a ritual of honour to Sri Dharma Sastha. Sri Rama offered rites to ancestors. Devotees believe that Neelan is the predecessor of the existing tribe of monkeys found around the temple. Another legend has it that, a prince from Pandalam and a princess from a royal family united in wedlock and camped here. The prince used to pray at the Sabarimala shrine. With time he found it hard to visit the shrine routinely. This made Lord Ayyappa angry at the prince, and the prince had to ask for forgiveness for the mistake. So the prince went to Sabarimala and worshipped there for twelve days. On the last night of the twelve days worship, the Lord appeared. The prince was asked him to go to Sasthamcotta and worship Sri Dharma Sastha. Lord Ayyappa knew that the holy presence of Sabarimala also occurred there. This meant the prince would no longer need to go to Sabarimala for worship. The king of Kayamkulam then refurbished and redecorated the temple. 3 Specialty of the Temple The interesting attribute of this temple is the number of monkeys that hang around. Locals believe that the temple monkeys are the divine advisers of Sree Dharma Sastha. The temple is popularly known as the tribe of monkeys that reside there. This is one temple that has a large population of monkeys. 4 Festivals The important festivals of Vettuvenni kandan sasthan Temple fall in May, (Pankiniutthiram) are celebrated for 3 days with gaiety. The dawn of the Vrichikam month occupies a special place in the pilgrimage calendar. On this day pilgrims walk to reach the shrine of Lord Ayyappa reverberating chants ‘Swamiye Saranam Ayyappa’, meaning ‘Lord Ayyappa – the only refuge’. The Malayalam month of Vrichikam (November) ushers another period to visit the hill shrine dedicated to Lord Ayyappan or Dharma Sastha. Devotees agree that a pilgrimage to Sabarimala is a symbiotic combination of mind power, determination, physical stamina, and faith to reach the sanctum sanctorum! 5 Vedivechan Kovil – Vettuvenni Sastha Temple Timing The temple is open every day including Saturdays and Sundays. The temple is opened from 0500 to 2000 hrs. The temple is also open during public holidays. My note- There is another small Vedivechan kovil temple near Pravachambalam, Trivandrum. -- To go to your groups page on the web, login to your gmail account and then click on https://groups.google.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iyer123" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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