Write up about 108 Shivas

57. HARI HARA MOORTHY

        There is an interesting myth behind this peculiar idol of Lord Shiva. The idol is unity of     Lord Shiva and Lord Maha Vishnu .who is the brother of goddess Umadevi.

        Nectar is a sacred liquid which offers immortality. Those who drink it, they will never face death. Divines longed to have it. The milky ocean was then churned. The churner used there was the mountain "MAHA MERU". Divines with the help of demons carried out the job of obtaining Nectar. The longest snake "VASUKI" was used as rope to churn. On the head-side of Vasuki the demons agreed to operate while the tail-side was for divines. When the nectar came out of the milky ocean, the divines prayed Maha Vishnu and exposed their fear. Nectar was to be shared and they had to give the half of it to demons who could attain immortality and cause danger to divines. In order to oblige the divines Lord Maha Vishnu came to the scene as a beautiful lady and took the pot of the nectar to distribute. The demons fell asleep as soon as they looked the appearance of the beautiful lady with Nectar. Lord Maha Vishnu obliged to the prayer of divines and distributed all the nectar to divines. The lord Shiva much attracted to the beautiful appearance of Maha Vishnu in female form and He wished the unity of power of beautiful appearance of Lord Vishnu, which resulted at once, and the deity Sree AYYAPPA came to the world as son of Lord Shiva and Lord Maha Vishnu. The unity of two incomparable powers solemnized and executed a potential divinity to the universe. That is Lord Shri Ayyappa who is being worshiped by crores and crores of devotees. Name Hari is for  Lord Vishnu and Hara for Lord Shiva. This unity is named as “Hari Haran”

           This particular idol Hariharan will plays an important role in the lives of people who need their success, comparably big and hard task.