Significance of chanting 'Swami Sharanam'

'Swami Sharanam' is a common incantation uttering by every Sabarimala devotees at the moment they started 41 day austerities. This is one of the most important incantations chanted by the devotees of Swami Ayyappa. This conjuration is uttered as a greeting when two Ayyappa devotees or pilgrims meet. During the 41 day penance of Sabarimala devotees, everything starts and ends in Swami Sharanam. Literally, the word 'Swami Sharanam means that the presence of Swami Ayyappa is the 'one and the only'...