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Who was Adhyapayana?

After he divided the Veda into four parts, Sage Vyasa had given the charge of Atharva Veda to his disciple Sumantu. Adhyapayana was Sumantu's disciple. He further divided Atharva Veda into two; gave one part to Utatthya and the other to Vedadarshana.

Harivarasanam

The song Harivarasanam is sung every day at Sabarimala temple at the time of closing since the 1950s. For a long time, it was believed that its author was Kambakudi Kulathur Srinivasa Iyer. Of late, there has been a claim that the song was written by Konnakathu Janaki Amma. Her father was the chief priest of Sabarimala from 1907 to 1920. The popular version of the song was sung by Yesudas for the film Swamy Ayyappan in 1975. The original title of the song is Hariharatmaja Ashtakam.