Ayyavazhi marriage is the marriage custom in the Ayyavazhi belief system of South India. Usually Payyans, Panividaiyalars from Thangals or an older person experienced in Ayyavazhi is assumed as a Guru and is seated in the Manvarai for leading the marriage ceremony. As in Hinduism, the institution of marriage has a deep significance and meaning in Ayyavazhi. It is viewed as a sacrament and not a contract. The family-life is also taught as the foremost austerity.
In Ayyavazhi the marriages are conducted in temporary sheds usually when the marriages are conducted at home. But a few thangals used marriages in the Manavarai, which is also called as Kamanam.
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