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Harivarasanam is a Sanskritised Malayalam ashtakam sung as a lullaby to Hindu god Ayyappan at the Sabarimala Temple, in Kerala, India. The traditional version of the song is sung vocally inside the temple during the closing ceremony, while various popular versions of the song are sung by the devotees.
Harivarasanam is an ashtakam (eight metre stanzas) composed in Malayalam. The song is used as a lullaby to Hindu god Ayyappan at the Sabarimala Temple, in Kerala, India. [1] [2] The exact origin of the original song is unclear. Kambakudi Kulathur Srinivasa Iyer, who authored a collection of devotional songs, is claimed to the author of the song. However, descendants of Konnakathu Janaki Amma claimed that she had composed the song as an offering to Ayyappan when her father, Ananthakrishna Iyer, was the chief priest of Sabarimala. [1] [2] Swami Vimochanananda was the first to recite the song at Sabarimala in the early 1950s, at the end of the day's rituals to put Lord Ayyapa to sleep, and the tradition has continued since. [1] [2]
The popular version of the song, often sung by the devotees, was part of the 1975 Malayalam film Swami Ayyappan . The song was rendered by K. J. Yesudas with background music by G. Devarajan. [1] [2] The centenary celebrations of the composing of the song was celebrated in 2023 by the Sabarimala Ayyappa Seva Samajam. [3]
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ഹരിവരാസനം വിശ്വമോഹനം | ஹரிவராசனம் விஸ்வமோகனம்0 | హరివరాసనం విశ్వమోహనం | हरिदधीश्वरमाराध्यपादुकम् । अरिविमर्दनं नित्यनर्तनम् हरिहरात्मजं देवमाश्रये ॥ १॥ चरणकीर्तनं भक्तमानसम् भरणलोलुपं नर्तनालसम् । अरुणभासुरं भूतनायकम् हरिहरात्मजं देवमाश्रये ॥ २॥ प्रणयसत्यकं प्राणनायकम्प्र णतकल्पकं सुप्रभाञ्चितम् । प्रणवमन्दिरं कीर्तनप्रियम् हरिहरात्मजं देवमाश्रये ॥ ३॥ तुरगवाहनं सुन्दराननम् वरगदायुधं वेदवर्णितम् । गुरुकृपाकरं कीर्तनप्रियम् हरिहरात्मजं देवमाश्रये ॥ ४॥ त्रिभुवनार्चितं देवतात्मकम् त्रिनयनप्रभुं दिव्यदेशिकम् । त्रिदशपूजितं चिन्तितप्रदम् हरिहरात्मजं देवमाश्रये ॥ ५॥ भवभयापहं भावुकावकम्भु वनमोहनं भूतिभूषणम् । धवलवाहनं दिव्यवारणम् हरिहरात्मजं देवमाश्रये ॥ ६॥ कलमृदुस्मितं सुन्दराननम् कलभकोमलं गात्रमोहनम् ।कलभकेसरीमाजिवाहनम् हरिहरात्मजं देवमाश्रये ॥ ७॥ श्रितजनप्रियं चिन्तितप्रदम् श्रुतिविभूषणं साधुजीवनम् । श्रुतिमनोहरं गीतलालसम् हरिहरात्मजं देवमाश्रये ॥ ८॥ ॥ इति श्री हरिहरात्मजाष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ॥ शरणं अय्यप्पा स्वामी शरणं अय्यप्पा । |
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The Harivarasanam Award was instituted in 2012 and is jointly awarded by the Government of Kerala and the Travancore Devaswom Board. It is awarded for contributions towards propagation of secularism, equanimity, and universal brotherhood of Sabarimala through music. [5] The award winner is announced ahead of the annual Makaravilakku festival. [6]
