A marriage invitation for Lord Ayyappa

SANNIDHANAM: Faith can move even mountains and so Lord Ayyappa’s devotees send him letters from distant places seeking his blessings to fulfil their desires. A  post-office functions at Sabrimala during the pilgrimage season from November 15 to January 18 every year and the staff have a busy time sorting out letters for the Lord that are sent from different parts of the country and abroad, including the UK and the USA.  Incidentally, the name of the post-master at Sannidhanam is M. Ayyappan.

This time, Lord Ayyappa has received a marriage invitation from Karnataka.  Sindhu and  Prabhakar Ramachandra Raykar from Vidya Nagar near Sirsi have sought Ayyappa swami’s presence during the  marriage of their daughter to be held  on December 3.

The post-master said they get  a  couple of such letters every day during the season. Some devotees believe that they would receive  the Lord’s blessings by sending  letters to him. “Some  send  even  appointment letters to be placed  before the Lord. We also receive money orders in the name of Ayyappa,” he said.

He takes these letters to the presence of Ayyappa as desired by the devotees. The post-office  began functioning at Sannidhanam from 1984 onwards.