This Nizhal Thangal is situated 3 km west to Swamithope. Nizhal Thangal ( Tamil:நிழல் தாங்கல்; also called Inai Thangals) is a simple temple WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Swamithope (alternate spelling Swamithoppe) is the name of a town that lies southeast of the City of There was a zeouse devotee for Vaikundar during his period. Ayya Vaikundar (அய்யா வைகுண்டர் according to Akilattirattu Ammanai, a scripture of the Ayyavazhi, was a Manu (father sovereign During the last phase of the Tavam, Vaikundar avoid speaking to anybody. According to Akilattirattu Ammanai, For ten months Ayya Vaikundar revealed to the people all about the past present and future in the form of songs So for giving message for the people Vaikundar blessed Mr. Swamiyadiyan of Eachan vilai, one of his devotee that, what ever Ayya think in his mind it will be heard by this man. Since he was booned to realize the thoughts of Vaikundar, he was called as "Varam petra Pandaram" - 'The booned mendicant'.
Mr. Swamiyadiyan (Varam petra Pandaram) donated his land, Palvannanthoppu to Ayya. And it was in this place the Nizhal Thangal of Chettikudiyiruppu constructed. Nizhal Thangal ( Tamil:நிழல் தாங்கல்; also called Inai Thangals) is a simple temple 'Varam petra Pandaram' went to Swamithope along with his country-men and carried Ayya here in a cradle under a safron Umbrella. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Swamithope (alternate spelling Swamithoppe) is the name of a town that lies southeast of the City of Saffron ( Kurdish/Persian زَعْفَرَان is a Spice derived from the dried Stigma of the Flower of the saffron crocus ( Crocus sativus
Ayya pointed the place for laying foundation stone with his rattan-cane for the Thangal. This was the first ever Thangal. There was then a Parvati temple near this Thangal where 1001 goats are sacrificed . Parvati ( Sanskrit: Pārvatī sa [[wiktपार्वती पार्वती]] sometimes spelled Parvathi or Parvathy, is a Hindu Sacrifice (from a Middle English verb meaning "to make sacred" from Old French, from Latin sacrificium: sacr, "sacred" It was told that Ayya ordered that deity 'Parvathi' not to consent these sacrificial rituals. And then onwards those offering were stopped. A leaf-roofed structure with brick walls was constructed at the site where Ayya pointed. It was renovated in 1942 and a grand festival was celebrated in 1944 in the Tamil month of Avani. }The Tamil Calendar is used in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry in India, and by the Tamil population in Malaysia, Avani is a small village in Karnataka, India, about ten miles from Kolar TEST Gold Fields. And the festivals have taken place every year since then.
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- K. Pathi ( Tamil:பதி - "The place where God is" is the name asserted to the primary centres of congregational Nizhal Thangal ( Tamil:நிழல் தாங்கல்; also called Inai Thangals) is a simple temple The Pathis and Nizhal Thangals, are centers of worship and religious learning for the followers of Ayyavazhi which are established in different parts of Amalan's, Ayya Vaikundar Punitha Varlaru, Akilam Pathippakam, 2000.
- G. Patrick's, Religion and Subaltern Agency, University of Madras, 2003.