Sri Hariharathmajashtakam

'Harivarasanam' is the creation of Kumbakudi Kulathur Iyer. In 1955,
Swami Vimochananad recited this Ashtakam for the first time at
Sabarimala.
Sannidhanam, in early 1940s, 50s and 60s , was just wild jungle which
few pilgrims visited. It is understood that a VR Gopala Menon of
Alapuzha used to stay on at Sannidhanam even when the temple was closed.
He built a shack and stayed there even when no human being was anywhere
nearwhere nearby during those days when the temple was closed. It was
said that the wild animals never troubled him and that he used to feed
the wildest of animals. Some years later, when Devaswom Board was
formed, the Web Master understands, he was asked to move out. He died as
an orphan of the world at a tea estate at Vandiperiyar. He was the only
companion to Thirumeni Eashwaran Nampoothiri (an old Mel Santhi of
Sannidhanam) in those wild old days of solitude and dedication.
Revered Menon used to recite `Harivarasanam' with all devotion. It was
with immense grief that Thirumeni Eashwaran Nampoothiri heard about the
demise of Revered Menon. At that end of the pooja that day, when he was
about to close the doors of the Sanctum Sanctorum, he remembered Revered
Menon and recited 'Harivarasanam' starting a nostalgic tradition that
remains unbroken to this day.
Harivarasanam is recited just prior to closing of the temple doors at
night.
As the final verses are being sung, all the assistant Santhis leave the
Sanctum Sanctorum one by one. As the song ends, only the Mel Santhi is
inside the Sreekoil. He extinguishes the lamps one by one and closes the
doors for the night after the last lamp is extinguished.

Harivarasanam Viswamohanam
Haridadhiswaram Aaradhyapadhukam
Arivimardhanam Nithyanarthanam
Hariharatmajam Devamashreye
Saranam Ayyappa Swamy Saranam Ayyappa
Saranam Ayyappa Swamy Saranam Ayyappa
Saranakirtanam Bakhtamanasam
Bharanalolupam Narthanalasam
Arunabhasuram Bhoothanayakam
Hariharatmajam Devamashreye

Saranam Ayyappa Swamy Saranam Ayyappa
Saranam Ayyappa Swamy Saranam Ayyappa
Pranayasathyakam Praananayakam
Pranathakalpakam Suprabhanjitham
Pranavamanidram Keerthanapriyam
Hariharatmajam Devamashreye
Saranam Ayyappa Swamy Saranam Ayyappa
Saranam Ayyappa Swamy Saranam Ayyappa
Thuragavahanam Sundarananam
Varagadhayudham Vedavavarnitham
Gurukrupakaram Keerthanapriyam
Hariharatmajam Devamashreye
Saranam Ayyappa Swamy Saranam Ayyappa
Saranam Ayyappa Swamy Saranam Ayyappa
Tribuvanarchitam Devathathmakam
Trinayanam Prabhum Divyadeshikam
Tridashapoojitham Chinthithapradam
Hariharatmajam Devamashreye
Saranam Ayyappa Swamy Saranam Ayyappa
Saranam Ayyappa Swamy Saranam Ayyappa
Bhavabhayapaham Bhavukavaham
Bhuvanamohanam Bhoothibhooshanam
Dhavalavahanam Divyavaranam
Hariharatmajam Devamashreye
Saranam Ayyappa Swamy Saranam Ayyappa
Saranam Ayyappa Swamy Saranam Ayyappa
Kalamrudusmitham Sundarananam
Kalabhakomalam Gathramohanam
Kalabhakesari Vajivahanam
Hariharatmajam Devamashreye
Saranam Ayyappa Swamy Saranam Ayyappa
Saranam Ayyappa Swamy Saranam Ayyappa
Srithajanapriyam Chinthithapradam
Sruthivibhushanam Sadhujeevanam
Sruthimanoharam Geethalalasam
Hariharatmajam Devamashreye
Saranam Ayyappa Swamy Saranam Ayyappa
Saranam Ayyappa Swamy Saranam Ayyappa