As A Hindu Renaissance
Based on the utmost philosophy of Akilam, Ayyavazhi is viewed also as a Hindu Renaissance. It constructs a typical and unique mythical-story line which includes enormous quantity of events from the Hindu mythology including Ramayana and Mahabharata which are independent to one another. Philosophically Akilam gives space for all - from the deep-rooted polytheism (in the Hindu society) to the supreme monism of an intellectual Hindu. It also deals with the Siva-dominant Saivite ideology, Vishnu-dominant Vaishnava, Sakthi dominant Saktism, and Smartism where all the Siva, Brahma and Vishnu gains equal status, though with limited time spans.
All scriptures of Hinduism including Vedas, Agamas, Upanishads, Purana, Shastras are referred to in Akilam, their core concepts are churned out on one hand and on the other all those above mentioned scriptures are rejected and the uniqueness of Akilam os portrayed. Almost all god-heads of Hinduism including the higher-forms such as Siva, Brahma, Ganesh, Muruga etc. and the lower folk deities such as Kali, Madan (Ayyanar) etc. are included with appropriate mythical power-relations.
In Akilam all those high-sensible knowledge in the Hindu scriptures is made understandable for the common mass in the ordinary language (colloquial Tamil) being mixed up with an interlinked story line. It also says about the travel of Atman through yugas and its final stage in which it loses its individuality and become the supreme. It also says the evil and its further classifications which acts against the evolution of Atman and also the evolotions of living beings from one form to another again with the same storyline, which is not found n Hinduism. As a whole, Akilam gives the overall ideology, Philosophy, mythology, theology, etc. of the Hindu scriptures collectively in brief, maintaining their own basic patterns.
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