Swami Ayyappan

For months now, Sabi has built a connection with Swami Ayyaapan, the revered deity of Sabarimala, Kerala. She first discovered him via a cartoon on ‘Amazon Prime Video.’ In the movie, a young boy Manikandan went on to become Swami Ayyaapa. Sabi immediately deeply related to him because:

• Manikandan was a young child, like Sabi.
• Manikandan was on a journey of learning and practiced martial arts with his guru. Sabi too is learning Seido Karate from her guru – Kiyoshi Hardeep.
• Manikandan did not have superhero powers. He was simply a dedicated human being who transformed into Swami Ayyappan through persistent effort.

It was not possible for us to take Sabi to Sabarimala pilgrimage. We took Sabi to an Ayyaapan temple (Sree Dharmasaastha Temple) in Saket, Delhi.

Sabi being Sabi, decided to wear her Gujarati Shreenathji clothes and carried a bow and arrow to the temple.