The Swami Ayyappan was released in theaters on 17 Aug 1975.
The Swami Ayyappan was directed by P. Subramaniam
Movies like L2: Empuraan, Oru Kattil Oru Muri, Anand Sreebala and others in a similar vein had the same genre but quite different stories.
The movie Swami Ayyappan belonged to the Blaxploitation, genre.