Swami Ayyappan is an Indian soap opera that debuted on Asianet channel. The show was produced by Merryland Studio and completed four seasons. It is currently airing its fifth season, Malikappuram: Apathbandhavan Ayyappan. It is one of the top-rated series in Indian television. The series was dubbed into Tamil as Swami Ayyapan for Vijay TV and Telugu as Swamiye Saranam Ayyappa for Star Maa. Lord Vishnu incarnates as an enchantress, Mohini, who steals the Amrita for the devas and gains Lord Shiva's heart.

Production

Producer Karthikeyan spotted Kaushik Babu in a magazine and invited him to the studio. After getting into a costume and makeup, Kaushik strongly resembled a painting of Swami Ayyappan and was signed for the show's leading role. Although Kaushik was a child actor in the Telugu film industry, this was his television debut. Later Devan, Aishwariyaa Bhaskaran, Sukanya, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy, Rajan P. Dev, and Nandhu were signed for other lead roles, along with other prominent actors from the Malayalam film and television industries.

Seasons

In 2010, Merryland Studio aired Swami Ayyappan Saranam, a continuation of the series that portrayed additional experiences of Swami Ayyappan. Devan and Kaushik Babu reprised their roles, along with Meenakumari and several Malayali artists. The third season, Sabarimala Shri Dharmashasta, aired on Asianet in 2012 and continued the story of Ayyappa Bhaktha's (Devotees of Ayyappa). This season featured Kaushik Babu's return to the Malayalam television industry, performing with actors K. R. Vijaya, T. S. Raju, Praveena, Maya Vishwanath, Harsha Nair, Indulekha, and Baby Nayana in the other lead roles. The fourth season, Sabarimala Swami Ayyappan, aired on Asianet in 2019. It was a remake of season one with a different format. This season is noted for the debut of Kaushik Babuas an adult actor in Malayalam television. The fifth season, Malikappuram: Apathbandhavan Ayyappan airs on Asianet from 6 November 2023. The show was the story of Ayyappa's devotee. The show stars K. R. Vijaya, Baby Eithal in lead roles and child artist Aarav Umesh plays role of Lord Ayyappa.

Cast

Season 1 - Swami Ayyappan

Main

Recurring

• Master Ajay as Manu • Poornima Anand as Saraswathi • Sreedevi Anil • Anju • Priyanka Anoop as Mayamma • Baby Anushri as Kunjulakshmi • Mohan Ayroor • Fathima Babu as Unnikrishnan's mother • Idavela Babu • Kalasala Babu as Gurumooppan/Malamooppan • Baiju as Kunjulakshmi's father • Anand Bharathi as Vavaru • Kanya Bharathi • Sreeja Chandran as Lakshmi Devi / Seetha • Sarath Das as Murugan • Master Dhananjay as Young Ayyappan • Ibrahimkutty • Irshad • Jayakrishnan • Adithyan Jayan • Keerikkadan Jose as Udayan • Anu Joseph • Kailaasnath as Jyotsyan • Kanakalatha as Manu's mother • Karthika Kannan as Sarama • Baby Devu Krishnan as Subadra • Master Sarath Kumar as Kannan • Vanchiyoor Praveen Kumar as Bhatti Shastri • Meena Kumari as Ratnavathi • Chandra Lakshman • K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Ratnavathi's mother • Lavanya as Chakrapani's Sister / Chandika • T. P. Madhavan • Mahalakshmi • Mahesh as Gurunathan • Mukundan Menon as Shankaran ( Kunju Lakshmi's father) • Shalu Menon as Parvathi Devi • Bindu Murali as Bhasma Devi • Harsha Nair • Kochu Preman as Namoorishan • Rajesh • Poojappura Ravi • Praveena as Kunju Lakshmi's mother • Master Rahul as Rajarajan • Thirumala Ramachandran • Ramya • Master Rashid • Saranya Sasi as Vedavthy • Sreekala Sasidharan • Sathyapriya as Lakshmi (Gurumatha) • Sidhraj • Master Sreejit • Jagathy Sreekumar as Velappan • V. K. Sreeraman as Rishi • Subbalakshmi as Vyttatti muttashi • Sudheer as Dattatreya • Master Sujith as Young Ayyappan • Sajan Surya as Arjuna • Master Ashwin Thampy as Veluthunn • Thilakan as Mahapandithan • Shobi Thilakan as Chandakan • Kollam Thulasi as Karumadi Kaimal • Ravi Vallathol as Unnikrishnan's mother • Jagannatha Varma • Gayathri Varsha as Dharmi • Master Venkatesh as young Kannan • Venuji • Vimalraj as Vrikrasuran or Bhasmasuran • Vishnuprasad • Yathikumar

Guest

Season 2 - Swami Ayyappan Saranam

Cast

• Kaushik Babu • Sreeja Chandran • Devan • Master Dhananjay • Prajusha Gowri • Deepa Jayan • Anu Joseph • Manka Mahesh • Meenakumari • Mukundan Menon • Shalu Menon • Sharika Menon • Maya Moushmi • Sreelatha Namboothiri • Nandhu • Vishu Prasad • Saranya Sasi • Sreekala Sasidharan • Sidharaj • Sukumari

Season 3 - Sabarimala Sree Dharamashastha

Cast

Season 4 - Sabarimala Swami Ayyapan

Cast

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Songs

The television show featured recurring and original music, including: