Arrest and Imprisonment
See also: Vaikundar's TrialAgainst the background of the growing popularity of Vaikundar, and the convergence of people around him in multitudes, a complaint seems to have been lodged against him with the king of Travancore. The king arrested Vaikundar and tortured him. There is an opinion that Ayya was arrested on 11 November 1839. But the date is not mentioned in Akilam.
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