Veluthachan or Arthunkal Church Myth

A Cursory glance at the article shows how mythical and impossible this part is woven into the Pilgrimage circuit. Pseudo Secularization of Sabarimala by portraying Vavar or Jaicomo Fenicio known as Veluthachan (Foreigner Priest), when both of them were not Contemporaries, to exaggerate separated by yugas, as Bhagawan Ayyappa’s friends, and surreptitiously including into Sabarimala circuit caused what I call Cultural Contamination. Traditions then went for a toss. Until today the advocate for Veluthachan, Rahul Easwar has not been able to explain the significance of removing the Mala after Pilgrimage in Arthunkal Church in Arthunkal.

With Bhagawan Ayyappa’s blessings I have completed 63 Pilgrimage (by 2024) and never once went to Arthunkal. We remove the mala after we return to the starting place, where Irumudi Kettu was performed (Details in my article linked below) and break coconut on the same stone. The practice includes lighting a lamp to the stone on which the Coconut is broken during departure, every morning and evening by the family members. All conditions, reverence that is accorded to the Swamis on Vrat is accorded to this stone. This stone represents the entire group of pilgrims that have embarked on pilgrimage and the pilgrimage is considered over once they return and break a coconut on the same stone and remove the mala.

Sabarimala Pilgrimage – Kettunira or Palli Kattu

But we have Fake Apostles like Rahul Easwar of that reality show’s infamous dance fame. He dared “Hindus with spine to create any issues in Vavar Mosque or Arthunkal Church, then you will see reaction of “Good” Hindus”

This part of article hereon is primarily based on “X” thread by https://x.com/DarkNghtUvacha. All credits to him for this Factual expose of the Sickularisation of Out and out Hindu Pilgrimage. Corrected typos and used high resolution pictures for brevity

“Vavar being Abrahamic” myth emerged from a stage play by nawab Rajamanickam Pillai. Whatever you see in the video is mob behavior without any basis. Not just Vavar (Muslim), Sabarimala devotees have to visit Arthunkal Basilica also.

Seculars have converted a Hindu deity into Amar Akbar Anthony script. Okay, let’s look at how this myth became a reality.

In the early 1940s, Nawab Rajamanickam Pillai, a well-known dramatist, visited Alapuzha, and a devotee asked him to adapt Ayyappa’s biography into a play. Though first hesitant, the dramatist who heard the deity’s account was touched enough to not only create the play “Swamy Ayyappa” but also trekked the holy hill of Sabarimala himself. Without any verification, he heard all folk stories and infused them into his script.

He wanted an interval bang in the middle of the play and created this Muslim Pirate Vavar character (an enemy from the other religion becoming a bhakta), fighting with Ayyappa and becoming his devotee. This was so powerful that it stayed etched in the minds of the audiences. And this led to devotees visiting the Vavar mosque at Erumeli as practice. Hence this became a myth where people like sheep followed this script, not the actual puja vidhanam.

You can watch the video by Shri Arvind Subramaniam (busting myth based on Bhootanatha Upakhyanam)

Further Evidence:

Sri Maha Shasthu Pooja Kalpam, written in Kollam Year 1114 (1938 AD). This significant book, authored by “Yogi Baladandayudhapani Swamikal” also says the same: It is a common misconception that Vapuran is a Muslim. This misconception likely arises because of the Vavar mosque in Erumeli. However, Vapuran is, in fact, a Shiva Bhuta, a guardian deity, and a parivara devata (companion deity) of Bhagawan Ayyappa.

Okay this is the last twist : Secular Hindus calling masjid/mosque don’t even know that one should not offer prayers to Allah where graves are present So whatever is happening in Kadapa or Vavar mosque is invalidated by Islam itself.