what is the explanation for the 'MAKARA JYOTHI' which appears only once in an year at SABARIMALA?

Question

what are the explanations for the "makara jyothi",both scientific and religious?

Answer 1

This 'light' miracle, in fact, follows yet another unexplained annual event. The ornaments of Lord Ayyappa, presiding deity of Sabarimala, are kept in the custody of the erstwhile Prince of Pandalam in his palace, 90 km from the temple. These are taken to the temple every year in a three-day-long procession. As the procession approaches the temple, an eagle is seen hovering over it, guiding it towards the sanctum sanctorum. Once the ornaments reach the temple, the eagle mysteriously disappears.

In the early 1990s, after investigations by few N.C.C. cadets who climbed the Kanthamalai on a particular Makara-Sankranthi day, the temple priests had to announce that the Makara-Jyothi was nothing but camphor fires lit by the temple staff. But few care for the truth!

There is also the spotting of a star, ’’Utthra,’’ in the sky at this time which the devotees hail as ’not seen in any other part of the world’. On the other hand, there are no stars of the magnitude of brightness as this one, unknown to the astronomers and not spottable in the rest of the world.

While deifying a powerful king is not a novelty, the mythology circulated amongst the believers of Ayyappan says that he was born out of a romantic encounter between Lord Shiva, and Lord Vishnu in Mohini form (?). Considering the prevalence of Buddhist and Jain shrines in Kerala which were subsequently converted to Hindu temples by Brahminical kings, in all probability, the Sabarimala shrine was an older Buddhist Dharma Sasta shrine around which the myth of Ayyappan was spun subsequently.

In any case, Ayyappan is a post 9th Century phenomenon. None of the ancient Hindu scriptures mention Ayyappan’s name. On careful comparision of the history of Kerala with the events mentioned in mythology, it turns out that Ayyappan is a glorified form of Ayyan Adigal, a 9th century king of Chera dynasty who ruled the Wynad area of Kerala. He seems to have fought and won many battles with other south Indian kings as well as invaders from the north.

Answer 2

At least my name is MAKARA.

Answer 3

http://www.srinithyakalyani.org/ayyappa.html