16 Facts About Ayya Vaikundar

Ayya Vaikundar, known as Siva Narayana or Vaikunda Swami, was the founder of the Ayyavazhi faith.

Ayya Vaikundar is a central character in the narratives and teaching of the Ayyavazhi scripture Akilathirattu Ammanai.

Ayya Vaikundar's oral teaching are compiled in the Books of Pathiram, Sivakanta Athikara Pathiram and Thingal Patham.

Ayya Vaikundar had special interest in the worship of the Vishnu.

Ayya Vaikundar's appearance was squalid, "long and entangled plait of hair" and frayed clothes.

Ayya Vaikundar, then, ordered these evil spirits to make an oath, in front of the people, to surrender their powers and get burned up in flames.

Ayya Vaikundar performed another action to 'seize the esoteric evil powers'.

The fame of Ayya Vaikundar had begun to spread in the countries of Travancore and Tirunelveli, and he had been gradually recognised socially as a religious person with extraordinary powers.

Ayya Vaikundar encouraged the people to come together around a well to take a ritual bath, irrespective of caste differences.

Ayya Vaikundar encouraged them to dine together in his presence.

Ayya Vaikundar gave out a number of teachings and instructions, the central point of which was that he had come to abolish Kali Yukam, and to usher in an age of Dharma Yukam, during the time of which the now-oppressed and suffering people would be liberated and rule the land under his leadership.

Ayya Vaikundar made some controversial statements like mentioning the Travancore king as 'Devil in Ananthapuri' and the British rule as 'Rule of White Devils'.

Ayya Vaikundar married Saptha Kanniyar as Narayana, the seven deities in the form of Ekam.

Later Ayya Vaikundar was invited by his devotees to their homes and treated in a grand manner.

Ayya Vaikundar came to recognize five individuals as his disciples Through one of his disciples, Hari Gopalan Citar, he wrote the holy book, called Akilam.

Ayya Vaikundar's followers believes that he returned to his celestial abode Vaikundam.