DOne such belief that is often quoted in discussions on homosexuality is the one surrounding the worship of Lord Ayyappa. Ayyappa, also known as Hariharaputra and Manikantha, is worshipped mainly in South India. Medieval texts narrate how Lord Ayyappa was born of the sexual union between two male gay Gods Shiva and Vishnu when the latter temporarily took a female form. To date the worshippers of Ayyappa are mainly men, pre and post-pubertal women but he is also found to be popular with gay men. Strange no one explains why Ayyappa%u2019s rituals exclude sexually active women!
Ayyapan was born out of a crisis that overtook the gods. The asura princess Mahishi was burning up with anger at the dirty trick the gods had pulled on her brother the asura king Mahisasura.
Blessed with invulnerability to all men, the gods had sent a woman, the goddess Durga, to fight and kill him. Mahishi therefore began performing a fearsome set of austerities, and so surpassed all records in that grim tapasya or askesis, that Brahma The Creator had really no option but to give her what she wanted. Her boon was to rule the universe and to be invulnerable except to a being that had the combined strength of both Shiva and Vishnu. Since such a person did not exist, she thought she was safe and began the usual asura career of conquest and plunder. In passing let it be said that Mahishi strikes a note in mythology that was last seen only in Mesopotamia, that of the Cosmic Villainess, like Tiamat, the Mother-Serpent.
The gods implore Shiva and Vishnu to save them from this catastrophe. The two great gods really do not know what to do until from the ever-active mind of the great Vishnu comes a possible solution. When Vishnu had taken on the Coorma Avatar, he also had to manifest himself as Mohini, the enchantress, to save the nectar of immortality from the demons who were not willing to share it with the gods. If he became Mohini again, then the female Mohini and the male Shiva could have the divine child who would combine their powers and beat Mahishi.
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by Mike Gandhi on Mar 07, 2007 11:25 PM Permalink
OH HO, YOU TELL ME CHANDA MAMA COMIC. IS YOUR RELIGIONS IS COMIC LIKE STORIES. WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DRAW, DRAW IT AND WHATEVER YOU WANT CALL, CALL IT LIKE CHINTU, NANGU, PUNGU, LALLU PANJU. FOR THAT MR. KAVI WON THE CASE IN BOMBAY COURT AND JUDGE PERMIT HIM TO GAY GAME LIKE SHIVA-VISHNU. OFCOURSE IF ANY SON WILL BE BORNED FROM GAY PLAY, THEY WILL FIX HIS NAME "GADOOPPA" NOT AYYAPPA.
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by chaitanya kumar on Mar 07, 2007 11:27 PM Permalink
Gays, i hate them. But for the kind of insanity you keep posting, gays are much better i think.
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by chaitanya kumar on Mar 07, 2007 11:33 PM Permalink
you post like an insane Muslim from Kerala. Your addiction to Ayyappa confirms that a bit and for the siginificant muslim population in Kerala, it's possible.
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by chaitanya kumar on Mar 07, 2007 11:39 PM Permalink
truth to you. You live in a land of delusions. Evident from all your postings. It rarely matters if i tell anything you or not. Most of the guys posting here realize that you are Insane and need a treatment.
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by chaitanya kumar on Mar 07, 2007 11:41 PM Permalink
the thing is, you people are taught so much hatred from your infancy and you are regurgitating here the same thing. Anyway you are a different case. All your posts lack consistency and you might break loose anytime blowing yourself.
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by Dr_Ramanand Rao on Mar 08, 2007 07:43 AM Permalink
When you can't understand theses things, you should not comment. Why don't you comment on how wrong the Adam and Eve story is?
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by Rationalist on Mar 09, 2007 05:09 PM Permalink
R u a nut?Is ur skull empty? How can a child take birth from gay act? Is that how that u r born?
R u a nut?Is ur skull empty? How can a child take birth from gay act? Is that how that u r born?
Dont u know that no human in this world 100% male or 100% female? Human body consists of both hormones. They both are interconveteble.
U brainwashed idiot, have u ever dared to questioned how did a virgin give birth.What about Adam & Eve stories.Did their children have sex with each other. Dont u have enough substance in ur skull to question that that u have come here raising questions in Hinduism after getting converted?
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by Dr_Ramanand Rao on Mar 09, 2007 07:59 AM Permalink
and what about your stories? Adam & Eve, Mary giving birth despte being a virgin etc.?
