Ajavazi (tamilski அய்யாவழி, malajalamski അയ്യാവഴി -{Ayyāvaḻi}-The 'zhi' (ழி) portion of the word Ayyavazhi is a retroflex, and it is correctly transliterated according to the National Library at Kolkata romanization as Ayyāvaḻi. , „Put učitelja”) henoteističko je verovanje koje vodi poreklo iz Južne Indije.Tha. Krishna Nathan, Ayyaa vaikuNdarin vaazvum sinthanaiyum, p. 62: "" (The day at which Vaikundar is given rebirth could be considered as the date of origin of the Ayyavazhi religion.) Nekoliko novina,The following morning and evening dailies refer to Ayyavazhi as a religion: Malai Malar (leading evening Tamil daily), Nagercoil Edition, 4 March 2007, p. 5, "சுவாமி ஊர்வலத்தை அய்யாவழி பக்தர்கள் சமய தலைவர் பால பிரஜாபதி அடிக..." (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..." vladinih izveštaja, časopisa, i akademskih istraživača navodi je kao nezavisnu monističku religiju.. Chapter 5,. '"it may be concluded that, AV emerged as a 'new and singular' religious phenomenon in that context"</ref>. Ambedkar Resource Centre, Tumkūr, India, p. 422, "The Shanans also started a non-Brahminic religion called Ayya Vazhi." Međutim, u indijskim popisima stanovništva, većina njenih sledbenika izjašnjava se kao Hindusi. Stoga se ajavazi takođe smatra hinduističkom denominacijom.<ref>R. Ponnu, Sri Vaikunda Swamigal and the Struggle for Social Equality in South India |location= |publisher= |year= |pages=98}} Zvanično (pravno), ajavazi postoji u hinduizmu kao hinduistička denominacija.
Ajavazi je usredsređen na život i propovedi Aje Vajkundar; njegove ideje i filozofija zasnivaju se na svetim tekstovima Akilatiratu Amanaj i Arul Nul. Stoga je Vajkundar bio puranski avatar Narajane. Ajavazi deli mnoge ideje sa hinduizmom u svojim verovanjima i praksi, ali se znatno razlikuje u svojim konceptima dobra i zla i darme. Ajavazi je klasifikovan kao darmičko verovanje zbog svog centralnog fokusa na darmi.G. Patrick, Religion and Subaltern Agency, pp. 160–161.
Ajavazi je prvi put privukao pažnju javnosti u 19. veku kao hinduistička sekta. Vajkundrove aktivnosti i sve veći broj sledbenika izazvali su reformaciju i revoluciju travankorskogR. Ponnu, Sri Vaikunda Swamigal and Struggle for Social Equality in South India, p. 63, "The religious reform of Sri Vaikunda Swamigal left an everlasting influence on South Travancorean society." i tamilskog društva 19. veka, iznenadivši feudalni društveni sistem Južne Indije.R. Ponnu, Sri Vaikunda Swamigal and Struggle for Social Equality in South India, p. 86. Takođe je pokrenula niz reformskih pokreta, uključujući one Narajana Gurua. Editrice Pontificia Università Gregoriana, i Ramalinge Svamigala.
Iako su sledbenici ajavazija zastupljeni širom Indije,Dina Malar(Leading Tamil News paper), Nagercoil Edition, 4/3/2005 p. 12: "எனேவ இன்று அய்யா வைகுண்டசாமி வழிபாட்டு ஆலயங்கள் இந்தியா முழுவதும் வேராயிரம் பெற்ற விழுதுகளாய் படந்து ஆறாயிரத்துக்கு மேல் தோன்றி வளர்ந்து வருகிறது" Translated to "So today these worship centers of Vaikunda Sami is spread across India and growing with more than 6000 of them". "To propagate his teachings and ideas he opened upon seven Pathis and seven Tangs (The Primary Nizhal Thangals) in Travancore, hundreds of small pagodas (Nizhal Thangals) throughout India." Accrediting the Worship centers of Ayyavazhi across India and so the Ayyavazhi followers. oni su prevashodno prisutni u Južnoj Indiji,. '"At present thousands of Pathis (Nizhal Thangals) are seen throughout South India."</ref> a posebno su koncentrisani u Tamil NaduuDina Thanthi, (Tamil Daily) Nagercoil Edition, 4 March 2007, p. 23: "The Ayyavazhi followers are highly populated in the districts of Chennai, Virudhunagar, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin and Kanyakumari." i Kerali.Tha. Krishna Nathan, Ayya Vaikundarin Vazhvum Sinthanaiyum, Chapter 4, p. 83: "இதற்கு ஆதாரமாக அய்யா வைகுண்டரைத் தெய்வமாக ஏற்றுக்கொண்ட சுமார் 8000 – க்கும் மேற்பட்ட அய்யாவழிப் பதிகள் தமிழ்நாடு மற்றும் கேரளப்பகுதிகளில் இயங்குவதைக் கூறலாம்." (This citation was included here from Tamil Wikipedia article) Procenjuje se da broj sledbenika iznosi između 8.000.000Dinakaran, Nagercoil edition, p. 15, 25 February 2007. i 10.000.000,<ref>31st Indian Social Science Congress, , Plenary IV: People's Struggles and Movements For Gender/ Racial/ Caste-Discrimination-free Equitable Society, p. 47. mada tačan broj nije poznat, pošto se Ajavazi prijavljuju kao Hindusi tokom popisa.
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