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{{Short description|1=Overview of and topical guide to Ayyavazhi}}
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'''[[Ayyavazhi]]''' – [[Indian religions|Indian belief]] system<ref name= "Ayyavazhi belief system">Arisundara Mani, ''Akilathirattu Ammanai Parayana Urai'' p. 4</ref> that originated in [[South India]].<ref name= "Ayya vazhi religion from Tha.Krishna Nathan">Tha. Krishna Nathan, ''Ayyaa vaikuNdarin vaazvum sinthanaiyum'', p. 62: "அவர் (வைகுண்டர்) மாற்றுப் பிறப்பு பெற்ற நாளே அய்யாவழி சமய மரபு தோற்றம் பெற்ற நாள்(கி.பி.1833) எனக் கூறலாம்." (The day at which Vaikundar is given rebirth could be considered as the date of origin of 'Ayyavazhi religion'.)</ref> It is cited as an independent [[monism|monistic]]<ref>N. Vivekanandan, ''Akilathirattu Ammanai moolamum Uraiyum'', Volume 2, p. 97</ref> religion by several newspapers,<ref>The following morning and evening dailies calls Ayyavazhi as a separate religion:
*[[Malai Malar]] (leading evening [[Tamil language|Tamil]] daily), ''Nagercoil Edition'', 4 March 2007, p. 5, "சுவாமி ஊர்வலத்தை அய்யாவழி பக்தர்கள் சமய தலைவர் பால பிரஜாபதி அடிகளார்..." (this report calls Ayyavazhi ('அய்யாவழி சமயம்') "a separate religion");
*[[Dinakaran]] (Tamil Daily), Nagercoil Edition, 1 March 2007, p. 3: "அய்யாவழி சமய தலைவர் பால பிரஜாபதி அடிகளார் அடிக்கல் நாட்டினார்"("Bala Prajapathi Adikalar the head of Ayyavazhi religion laid foundation stone for the ...");
*[[Dinakaran]] (Tamil Daily), Nagercoil Edition, 14 February 2011, p. 2: "...தலைமை பதிக்கு வந்த ரவிசங்கர்ஜியை அய்யாவழி சமய தலைவர் பால பிரஜாபதி அடிகளார் வரவேற்றார்."("Bala Prajapathi Adikalar the head of Ayyavazhi religion welcomed [[Sri Sri Ravi Shankar]] who arrived here in [[Swamithope pathi]]...");
*[[Dina Thanthi]], Nagercoil Edition, 2/3/2007, p. 5. "மாநாட்டுக்கு அய்யாவழி சமய தலைவர் பால பிரஜாபதி அடிகளார் தலைமை தாங்குகிறார்." Translation – "The religious conference is led by Bala Prajapathi Adikalar, the head of Ayyavazhi religion." This news from a leading news paper in India, on reporting the 175th Ayya Vaikunda Avataram, calls Ayyavazhi a religion, and Bala Prajapathi Adikalar the head of Ayyavazhi religion;
*[[Tamil Murasu]] (4/3/2006), p. 3:"இதையொட்டி குமரி மாவட்டம் சாமி தோப்பில் 'அய்யா வழி சமய' மாநாடு (the conference of 'Ayyavazhi religion') உள்பட..."</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.kollywoodtoday.com/news/nallakannu-watches-ayyavazhi/|title= Nallakannu Watches Ayyavazhi|access-date=9 June 2008 |format= www.kollywoodtoday.com|work=They follow a religion based on his principles, which is called Ayyavazhi.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/05/stories/2010030559770600.htm|title= Ayyavazhi followers visit Swamithoppu|access-date=5 March 2010 |format= The Hindu|location=Chennai, India|date=5 March 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100310201850/http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/05/stories/2010030559770600.htm| archive-date= 10 March 2010 |work= [[The Hindu]]| url-status= dead}}</ref> government reports<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/pressrelease/districts/pr130108/pr130108_KKM_45.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924153745/https://www.tn.gov.in/pressrelease/districts/pr130108/pr130108_KKM_45.PDF |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 September 2020 |title=Bala Prajapathi Adikalar Manivizha |access-date=22 March 2009 |format=www.tn.gov.in |work="The Maniviza (fest) for Bala Prajapathi Adikalar, the head of Ayyavazhi religion ..."(Tamil:Press release No-45/13-01-2008.) }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.textbooksonline.tn.nic.in/Books/12/Std12-History-EM.pdf|title= Sri Vaikunda Swamigal|access-date= 22 May 2010|format= Tamilnadu Text book Corporation|work= By the midnineteenth century, Ayyavazhi came to be recognized as a separate religion and spread in the regions of South Travancore and South Tirunelveli.|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091122122127/http://www.textbooksonline.tn.nic.in/Books/12/Std12-History-EM.pdf|archive-date= 22 November 2009}}</ref> and academic researchers.<ref>G. Patrick, ''Religion and Subaltern Agency'', Chapter 5, pp. 120–121. "it may be concluded that, AV emerged as a 'new and singular' religious phenomenon in that context"</ref><ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ZGlzKB4S8NQC&dq=Samuel+Mateer,+The+Land+of+Charity&cd=1&q=Samuel%20Mateer,%20The%20Land%20of%20Charity|title= The Land of Charity|access-date=23 January 2008|format= Samuel Mateer|work="this singular people display considerable zeal in the defence and propagation" (This author's view is negative over the 'belief of Ayyavazhi', but this book is cited here only to reflect the then structure of Ayyavazhi on the social and religious ground as viewed by an outsider.)|last1= Mateer|first1= Samuel|year= 1871}}</ref><ref name= "Historical Dictionary of Shamanism">Graham Harvey and Robert J. Wallis, (2007), ''Historical Dictionary of Shamanism'', {{ISBN|0-8108-5798-7}}, Scarecrow Press, pp. 101</ref><ref>M.C. Raj (2001), ''Dalitology: The Book of the Dalit People'', Ambedkar Resource Centre, Tumkūr, India, p. 422, "The Shanans also started a non-Brahminic religion called Ayya Vazhi." {{ISBN|81-87367-04-0}}</ref> In Indian censuses, however, the majority of its followers declare themselves as [[Hindu]]s. Therefore, Ayyavazhi is also considered a [[Hinduism|Hindu denomination]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008040650670200.htm&date=2008/04/06/&prd=th&|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201017082146/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008040650670200.htm&date=2008/04/06/&prd=th&|url-status= usurped|archive-date= 17 October 2020|title= Tamil Nadu – Nagercoil |access-date=15 April 2009 |format= Gold ornaments stolen from temple |work=... which was the headquarters of Ayya Vazhi sect, had been decorated with jewels in view of the ongoing festival ...}}</ref><ref>Dr. R. Ponnu, ''Sri Vaikunda Swamigal and the Struggle for Social Equality in South India'', p. 98</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maduraijesuits.org/MNLOCT06.pdf |title=Madurai News Letter |access-date=23 January 2008 |format=Thozhamai Illam, Kanyakumari |work="Fr. Maria Jeyaraj arranged an inter-faith dialogue at Samithoppu, Kanyakumari, on 'Akila Thirattu Ammanai' and 'Arul Nool', the scriptures of 'Ayya Vazhi', an 'important sect of Hinduism'. The present head of Ayya Vazhi, Sri Bala Prajapathi Adigalar, guided the meeting." |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071129185217/http://www.maduraijesuits.org/MNLOCT06.pdf |archive-date=29 November 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Ayyavazhi is centered on the life and preachings of [[Ayya Vaikundar|Lord Vaikundar]]; its ideas and philosophy are based on the holy texts ''[[Akilathirattu Ammanai]]'' and ''[[Arul Nool]]''. Accordingly, Vaikundar was the [[Avatar|Purna avatar]] of [[Vishnu|Lord Narayana]]. Ayyavazhi shares many ideas with Hinduism in its mythology and practice, but differs considerably in its concepts of [[good and evil]] and [[dharma]].<ref>G. Patrick, ''Religion and Subaltern Agency'', pp. 111–113,</ref> Ayyavazhi is closely related to other [[Indian religions]] because of its central focus on dharma.<ref>G. Patrick, Religion and Subaltern Agency, pp. 160–161.</ref>

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==Theology==
* [[Ayya Vaikundar]]
* [[Tavam of Vaikundar]]
* [[Katuvai Sothanai]]
* [[Vinchai to Vaikundar]]
* [[Ekam]]
* [[Ayyavazhi theology]]
* [[Ayyavazhi Trinity]]

==Mythology==
* [[Detchanam]]
* [[Detchana Puthumai]]
* [[Ayyavazhi mythology]]
* [[Chathura Yukam]]
* [[Netu Yukam]]
* [[Kretha Yukam]]
* [[Dharma Yukam]]
* [[The Naming ceremony of Santror]]
* [[Ayotha Amirtha Gangai]]
* [[Fostered by the acclaimed Deity Patrakali]]
* [[Kalimayai]]
* [[Thirukkalyana Ekanai]]
* [[Boons offered to Kaliyan]]
* [[Pushpa Vimana]]
* [[Tava lokam]]
* [[Neetiya Yuga]]
* [[Deiva Loga]]
* [[Yama Loga]]
* [[Thirumal in Thiruvananthapuram]]
* [[Ayyavazhi regulations for God-heads]]
* [[Swarga Loga]]
* [[Brahma Loga]]
* [[Vaikunda Loga]]
* [[Siva Loga]]
* [[Para Loga]]
* [[Vitthakalai]]
* [[Parvatha Ucchi Malai]]

===Mythical figures===
* [[Sampooranathevan]]
* [[Kroni]]
* [[Three God heads]]
* [[Chanars]]
* [[The Santror]]
* [[Kalineesan]]
* [[Ravana]]
* [[Kaliyan]]
* [[Kalicchi]]
* [[Punal Rhishi]]
* [[Venneesan]]
* [[Narayana]]
* [[Natalvar]]

==Religious studies==
* [[Ayyavazhi beliefs]]
* [[Thuvayal Thavasu]]
* [[List of Ayyavazhi organisations]]
* [[Worship centers of Ayyavazhi]]
* [[Thuvayal Thavam]]
* [[Ayya Vaikunda Avataram]]
* [[Ayyavazhi religious practices]]
* [[Ayyavazhi publications]]
* [[Etymology of Ayyavazhi]]
* [[Ayyavazhi religious studies]]
* [[Anna Dharmam]]
* [[Ayyavazhi in reports by Christian missionaries]]
* [[Thirunamam]]
* [[Main teachings of Ayya Vaikundar]]
* [[Vaikunda Avatara Orvalam]]
* [[Kodiyettru Thirunal]]
* [[Structure of Ayyavazhi]]
* [[Ayyavazhi symbolism]]
* [[History of Ayyavazhi]]
* [[Panguni Theertham]]
* [[Timeline of Ayyavazhi history]]
* [[Inclusiveness and exclusivity in Ayyavazhi]]
* [[Ayyavazhi Dharma]]
* [[Ayyavazhi ethics]]
* [[Ayyavazhi phenomenology]]
* [[Ayyavazhi festivals]]

==Scriptures==
===Akilattirattu Ammanai===
* [[Thiru Edu-Vasippu]]
* [[Thiruvasakam (Ayyavazhi)]]
* [[Adiyeduttharulal]]
* [[Akilam one]]
* [[Akilam two]]
* [[Akilam three]]
* [[Akilam four]]
* [[Akilam five]]
* [[Thiru Nadana Ula]]
* [[Thiru Eadu Vasippu]]
* [[Akilam fifteen]]
* [[Akilam seventeen]]
* [[Akilam sixteen]]
* [[Akilam six]]
* [[Akilam seven]]
* [[Akilam eight]]
* [[Akilam nine]]
* [[Akilam ten]]
* [[Akilam eleven]]
* [[Akilam twelve]]
* [[Akilam thirteen]]
* [[Akilam fourteen]]
* [[Palaramachandran version]]
* [[Sentratisai Ventraperumal version]]
* [[Vaikundar Thirukkudumbam version]]
* [[Vivekanandan version]]

===Arul Nool===
* [[Nadutheervai Ula]]
* [[Saattu Neettolai]]
* [[Panchadevar Urppatthi]]
* [[Patthiram]]
* [[Sivakanta Athikarappatthiram]]
* [[Thingal patham]]
* [[Saptha Kannimar Padal]]
* [[Pothippu]]
* [[Kalyana Vazhthu]]

==People==
* [[Seedars]]
* [[Payyan dynasty]]
* [[Bala Prajapathi Adikalar]]

==Places==

* [[Swamithope]]
* [[Nizhal Thangal]]
* [[Pathi]]
* [[Pancha pathi]]
* [[Ambalappathi]]
* [[Muttappathi]]
* [[Tamaraikulampathi]]
* [[Pooppathi]]
* [[Vakaippathi]]
* [[Thiruchendur]]
* [[Avatharappathi]]
* [[Ayyavazhi holy sites]]
* [[Thamaraiyur]]
* [[Thuvaraiyam Pathi]]
* [[Tamaraikulam]]
* [[Poovantanthoppe]]
* [[Singarathoppe]]
* [[Swamithope pathi]]
* [[Nizhal Thangal of Chettikudiyiruppu|Chettikudiyiruppu]]
* [[Nizhal Thangal of Agastheeswaram|Agastheeswaram]]
* [[Nizhal Thangal of Paloor|Paloor]]
* [[Nizhal Thangal of Sundavilai|Sundavilai]]
* [[Nizhal Thangal of Vadalivilai|Vadalivilai]]
* [[Nizhal Thangal of Kadambankulam|Kadambankulam]]
* [[Nizhal Thangal of Pambankulam|Pambankulam]]
* [[Marunthuvazh Malai]]
* [[Vaikunda Malai]]
* [[Nizhal Thangal of Nelli-ninra Vilai]]
* [[Nizhal Thangal of Attoor]]
* [[Nizhal Thangal of Nadusalaiputhur]]
* [[Vaikunda Chella Pathi]]
* [[Thulangum pathi thuvaraium pathi]]

==Philosophy==
* [[Kosas]]
* [[Tatvas]]
* [[Neetham]]

==Others==
* [[Anbukkodimakkal Thirucchabai]]
* [[Ayyavazhi marriage]]
* [[Elunetru]]
* [[Muthirikkinaru]]
* [[Shamanism in Ayyavazhi]]
* [[Vatakku Vasal]]

==See also==

* [[List of Hinduism-related topics]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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