Ayya Vaikundar

• Born on 1809 at Swamithop,Nagarcoil
• Father: PonnuMadan
• Mother: VeyilalAmma 
• Wife: Thirumalammal
• He was initially named MudisoodumPerumal, meaning "Lord with a crown".
• But the caste Hindus complained to authorities about the naming who forced the parents to       change his name to Muthukutty.
• In 1836 he founded “ThiruvithamkurSamathuaSamajam”.
• AyyaVaikundar founded a dharmic belief system known as Ayyavazhi(Path of Father). 
• The second worship places of ‘Ayyavazhi’ is known as ‘Nizhal Thangal’.
• The main religious text of ‘Ayyavazhi’ is ‘Akhilathirattu Ammanai’.
• His exhortation “One Caste, One Religion, One Clan, One World, One God”.
• Ayya was imprisoned by The King of Travancore(SwathiThirunal) in 1839.
• On 3 June 1851 Vaikundar  died.
• One of the disciples of Ayya, HariGopalanCitar, wrote the holy book, called Akilam.