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Iravan is generally known as Aravan ( அரவான், Aravāṇ), also spelt as Aravaan in South India. He is revered as a deity in two southern Indian Hindu cults: the Kuttantavar cult (dedicated solely to Aravan), and the cult of Draupadi (Aravan's stepmother and Arjuna's wife).
Iravan, aka, Aravan was the son of Arjuna and the Naga princess Ulupi who was killed in the Kurukshetra battle by Kauravas per Mahabharata.
May 15, 2021 · Iravan was the son of Arjuna and his consort Ulupi, the Naga princess. Iravan’s parentage is mentioned in the Adi Parva of Mahabharata. As described in Srimad Bhagavatam 1.12.21, Arjuna married four wives: Draupadi, Subhadra, Citrangada and Ulupi.
Aravan or Iravan is the son of Arjuna and Ulupi, the Naga Princess. There are two stories of Aravan in vogue. In the Mahabharata, he dies in the Kurukshetra war. In South Indian folklore, he agrees to be sacrificed for Pandava victory in the great war in the Mahabharata.
In common folk manner it is told that a Warrior named Irāvān or Aravan ( Reference from Wikipedia is because it is at folk manner) who was a great warrior and son of arjuna. It is told that he was sacrificed ( Human sacrifice) for mahabharatha war victory.
Mar 12, 2019 · Also known as Iravat/Iravant, and Aravat, this grandson of Pandu is particularly worshiped in South India, by the Tamil cult of Kuttantavar and the Draupadi cult. Iravan is the son of Arjuna and his consort Ulupi, the Naga princess. Iravan's parentage is mentioned in the Adi Parva of Mahabharata.
Oct 3, 2019 · The English translation of the Mahabharata: one of the two major Sanskrit epics of India. Besides its epic narrative of the Kurukshetra War and the fates of the Kaurava and the Pandava princes, the Mahabharata contains philosophical and devotional material, such as a discussion of the four "goals of life". NOTE: this is a Summary Study (...
The son of Pandava prince Arjuna (one of the main heroes of the Mahabharata) and the Naga princess Ulupi, Iravan is the central deity of the cult of Kuttantavar ( Kuttandavar) which is also the name commonly given to him in that tradition—and plays a major role in the sect of Draupadi.
Mar 25, 2023 · Who was Iravan ? Iravan is the deity of all eunuchs across the country. Iravan was the son of Arjuna. He was born in special circumstances. In fact, once Arjuna had broken the marriage rule by seeing Yudhishthira and Draupadi in solitude, due to which he voluntarily left Indraprastha by accepting a pilgrimage for a year.
May 4, 2019 · Also known as Iravan or in some versions, Kuttantavar, he was the son born of Arjun’s five-minute love affair with the Naga princess Ulupi, and yes, thereafter abandoned to be raised by his mum and a hostile maternal uncle.
