20 Facts About Ayyavu Swamikal

Thycaud Ayyavu Swamikal was a spiritualist and social reformer.

Ayyavu Swamikal was the first to challenge caste customs in Kerala during a time when caste restrictions and untouchability were at their peak.

Ayyavu Swamikal was born in 1814 in Nakalapuram, Tamil Nadu.

Ayyavu Swamikal traveled with them to Burma, Singapore, Penang, and Africa, meeting teachers of various religions and saints along the way.

Ayyavu Swamikal began writing and composed Brahmothara Khandam and Pazhani Vaibhavam.

Ayyavu Swamikal started a business to support them and, following his guru's advice, Subbarayan got married.

Ayyavu Swamikal delivered spiritual discourses in Chennai and, as part of his business, supplied goods to a military camp in Chennai.

Ayyavu Swamikal already knew that he had to permanently withdraw from the material world and enter into Samadhi on that day.

However, Ayyavu Swamikal insisted that his Samadhi should be at the Thycaud cremation ground and that it should be a very simple and small structure.

Ayyavu Swamikal wrote several books on Bhakti, Jnana, and Yoga in Sanskrit, Tamil, and Malayalam.

Ayyavu Swamikal played a crucial role in shaping the personalities of many spiritual, cultural, and social leaders in erstwhile Travancore during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Ayyavu Swamikal demonstrated through his own life that the realization of the Supreme Self is achievable even for ordinary people by practicing Siva Raja Yoga.

Ayyavu Swamikal Swami had about fifty disciples from diverse fields and castes, ranging from palace residents to those living in huts, including Nambuthiries, Nairs, Ezhavas, Nadars, princesses, administrators, doctors, engineers, Muslims, Christians, and Hindus.

Ayyguru Ayyavu Swamikal was an accomplished astrologer and possessed the siddhi to predict future events.

Ayyavu Swamikal's predictions included that the younger Maharani's son would become the last Maharaja, North India would eventually separate, Ayyankali would be appointed to a participative administrative body to help the downtrodden, and the date of his own Samadhi.

Ayyavu Swamikal was an adept in 'Siva Raja Yoga,' an ancient technique practiced by Tamil Saiva Yogis such as Agasthyar, Bhogar, and their lineage.

Ayyavu Swamikal was one of the great teachers of Siva Raja Yoga in modern times and belonged to the line of Tamil Siddhas, including Agasthyar, Bogar, Tirumular, Tirujnana Sambhandhar, and Manikka Vachakar.

Ayyavu Swamikal's disciples, including Chattampi Swami, Narayana Guru, Swayam Prakasini Amma, and others, continued this lineage.

Ayyavu Swamikal taught his disciples the principles of Advaita and emphasized the practice of one God, one religion, and one caste.

Ayyavu Swamikal proclaimed, "Intha Ulakathile Ore Oru Matham, Ore Oru Jathy, Ore Oru Kadavul Than".