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Ayyavazhi (a word meaning "path of the father") is a polytheistic religion that originated in South India in 1,809 CE as a revolutionary part of the reformations in Travancorean and Tamil societies.  Although it shares some similar ideas and traditions with Hinduism, it is a distinctly different religion with unique concepts regarding "good and evil" and its more intense focus on the cultural concept of Dharma.

Deities:		Supernatural agents:		Beliefs:		Traditions:
Ayya Vaikundar (evolution, and creator of deities) Ekam (supreme deity of soul and the "ultimate oneness") Sivam Sakthi Natham (voice) Trimurthi Kali Yuga (supreme power) Vishnu		Narayana (Ayya Vaikundar's father) Siva (supreme power; replaced by deity Kali Yuga) Kalimayai (a.k.a., Kroni; six fragments of primordial anti-Vishnu evil)		Ayya Vaikundar rules eternally as King		Ayya Vaikunda Avataram (20th day of the Tamil month Masi, approximately March or April) Thiru Edu-Vasippu (17-day festival during the Tamil month of Karthigai, straddles November and December) Various rituals that attempt to break Hinduism's caste-based inequalities Various rituals intended to help those who are downtrodden or have been ill-treated

See also

• Hinduism