Makara Jyoti Darshanam - Sankranti Jan 14, 2008 @ 6:39PM IST

centre in Kerala, India. It is widely believed by devotees that this Jyoti appears miraculously at Ponnambalamedu - the abode of Swami Ayyappan, the presiding deity of Sabarimala temple - and is the celestial manifestation of Lord Ayyappan himself. Some others believe that the Jyoti is the Arati performed by the rishis and devas residing in the Kantamala hills. The Makara Jyoti marks the climax of...