In A similar legend relevant to the beginning of Ayyappa, the demon Surpanaka earns the facility to turn any one into ashes by his austerities. Mohinī (मोहिनी, “interesting female”):—Identify of one of the sixty-four mātṛs for being worshipped for the duration of Āvaraṇapūjā (“Worship in the Circuit of Goddesses”, or https://www.youtube.com/@Mahavidyabaglamukhi