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Meivahi salai:

Meivazhi (Tamil: மெய்வழி) meaning “The true path”, is a monotheistic religion which maintains an ashram established at pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu, India in the year 1942. Its focus is to elevate follower's spiritual enlightenment and conquer the death through the teachings and example of its founder and spiritual leader, Shri Brahma Prakasa Salai Andavargal, believed to be the incarnation of God himself awaited by all religious Holy Scriptures and said to have lived for 120 years. Meivazhi has its own Holy Scriptures that runs over 7 volumes written in local language, Tamil by its founder and has its own prayer system which shuns the practice of idolatry worship and spiritual festivals which commemorates the founder’s sacred history and his path to enlightenment. The embodiment of MEIVAZHI is in the person of His Holiness Meivazhi Salai Andavargal, the Preceptor of Meivazhi, who proves and upholds all the holy teachings of all the GOD - sent apostles, the moola manthrams, the crest jewels of all the religions in the world (the Word, the Kalima, the Pranava, the Spirit, the Voice of God) and the mystic truths set forth in the symbols and parables of Holy Books. The holy cult meivazhi which was established in the verge of Kali yug’s completion (in accordance with Aryabhata's calculation)under the grace of its founder is being believed to have rendered its followers from the cruel tentacles of Yama, the god of death and bestowing them with blissful life in paradise, free from the torments of age, death and disease. It has followers from as many as 69 different castes who after becoming its chosen members live as one big spiritual family, disregarding their previous caste identity and seeking heavenly benedictions from their spiritual master who is now beneath the soil enduring the “KANNI VIRAT DHAVAM”. The holy shrine inside the ashram is named the “ponnaranga devaaliyam” meaning the golden temple.

The daily rituals in the ashram include blowing of the divine trumpet, rising of the sacred flag which is usually white in color with an upward pointing crescent. These rituals are done with an objective of displaying their leader’s spiritual authority and also to welcome the outsiders. All the followers pay their obeisance to the god by offering him five times prayer consisting of praising of God, thanks giving to God and atonement of their sins .The place has over 1,000 inhabitants who live a life that is detached from the comforts of the material world, electricity, noise, and pollution. The village does not have any electrical aplliances and inhabitants depend on kerosene lamps and solar powered streetlights. Although it draws strongly on Hindu religious cults (Vaishnavism and Saiva), its initiator was born to a Muslim family, and Mevaizhi preaches the "oneness of essence" message of all the previous major scriptures, particularly Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism and Christianity thereby taming serenity, glee, oneness in the hearts and souls of the followers. Meivazh’s followers adhere to the basic beliefs of all religions such as life after death (judgemnent day), hell, heaven, birth of Messengers, Prophets, Yogis, rishis, saints in different yugas send forth by God to carry out redemption of mankind from sins and sufferings. The followers of Meivazhi Salai Andavargal have sacrificed their deep sleep and lust. They do not indulge in smoking, drinking liquor, gambling, theft, and other dismal activities.

Meivahi Salai Andavargal life history:

Meivahi Andavargal's Coming has been prophesied in the Holy Books of all ages under various names as the Andavargal, Salai Andavargal, Marganadha Andavargal, Kalki, Mahadi, Veera Boga Vasanthar etc., all indicating His spiritual acts and deeds. His holiness was born on the year 1857 at Margampattai, a village in palani taluk, Madurai district in Tamil Nadu. He was then named Khader Badsha Rowther by his parents - father being Jamal Hussain Rowther and mother Periya Thayi. He had his primary education in the village elementary school and followed the profession of his father as an agriculturist. Even as a youth he had an innate thirst for a higher spiritual life and in his search, came across as many as twelve Gurus, all of whom he later discovered to be bogus ones. Ultimately he concluded that only through hata yoga, higher spiritual realisation could be attained and practised it to such an extent that he could lift his body 1 foot above the ground level. After marriage, he migrated to Kasukkaranpalayam where from small beginnings he build up a lucrative business as a wholesale

Meeting Of Thanigai Mani Vallal Piran: 

During one of his days as paddy merchant, he came across a very elderly person whom he happened to meet near his shop. He then invited this elderly person to his house where he was convinced that he was so far following a futile path (Hata Yoga), which was nothing but a short cut to hell, since he had already developed symptoms detrimental to normal health. During further discussions, he understood that the elderly person whom he confronted was his chosen Satguru. A week later after their acquaintance, his satguru Shri Thanigai Mani Vallal Piran baptized him through Bramhopadesam, the spiritual rebirth, at Kasukkaranpalayam.  

Akilavalam:

The first meeting of Salai Andavargal with the holy guest, his guru and entertaing him with milk, honey and ragi-dosai by Andavargal is celebrated as a festival during pournami day of the pangunai month(April), known as “Piravaa Naat Prapputh Thirunaal” Thiruvizha. Renouncing his family profession and all worldly attachments, for many years he followed his master as a shadow, covering on foot the entire South India. During this period he was bestowed with all the higher initiations and the Truth that all religion are one, and that their Moolamanthirams identical – there being one GOD and only universal brotherhood of religion – Onnre Kulam Oruvene Deven – known as Samarasa Sudha Sanmargam, a philosophy adumbrated by his predecessor Vadaloor Ramalinga Swamigal in the spiritual hierarchy.

Shepherd-hood:

After Akilavalam (a spiritual progression one undertakes with his holy Guru to understand and live out the divine attributes for achieving the sanctified path to enlightenment), he was engaged in tendering a flock of sheep at Reddiyapatti village to harness the quality of humbleness, at the order of his master Thanigai Vallal Piran, for a period of one year. This is annually celebrated as a festival “Aaadumeyippu Thirukkola katchi” shepherding man from the clutches of YAMA to his shelter, symbolically.

Tapas:

Thereafter he was directed to observe severe Thapas in the cave on the western side of Thirupparankunram hill (near Madurai) which he carried out for many years bereft of sleep and near starvation diet on Prickly pear (Kathali). Thereby he acquired divine symbols (sannadams) in his sacred hand – such us Udukkai, Vel, Shanku, Sakkaram etc. as well as “Khill Namam” which is now used by his followers as a their religions righteous symbol. His holiness acquiring the holy symbol is commemorated by celebrating the festival of “Kodaayudha Sannathath Thirukkappu Kangganath Thirunall“ in the month of Vaikasi(June) He was then christened “Maarganadhar” by his Guru. The savant then understood that his disciple Salai Andavargal is fully endowed with wit and power to commence his holy mission “Meivazhi”(True Path), and departed from him after persuading Salai Andavargal to proceed forward in his holy mission alone. Cladding himself in saffron robe, Andavargal first preached to sanyasis, but failed to turn them to true faith. Thereupon he understood that most of the sanyasis were impostors not because of their ignorance but deliberation to loot innocent people’s money for satisfying their lust and hunger. Andavargal then gave up the garb of sanyasi and took to preaching family people engaged in worldly occupations. Later at Thirupathur he married Panimathi Nachiyar as per his Guru’s wish

Salai Andavargal's Noble Endeavors:

The first Meivazhi Ashram was founded at Rajagambiram, and the next at Thirupathur where the Saba was registered in 1933. From small beginnings, the number of followers gradually increased, year by year. In 1939 he built the Ponnaranga Devalayam at Madurai (Aruppukkottai Road) and the saba was shifted to the new premises. In 1942 the then British Government acquired the place by paying Rs.1, 37, 750.00 as compensation. Consequently Andavargal migrated to the present site at Pappancahivaval (Meivazhi Salai)in 1942, purchasing the land for about Rs.6,000.00 and clearing the jungle land for habitation. Here he married Elya Nachiyar, younger sister of Panimathi Nachiyar. The saba was re-registered in 1944 (in the then Pudukkottai State) where it has been functioning ever since.

Unique excellence of Salai Andavargal:

Meivahi salai andavargal is endowed with all the Divine Symbols such as the Conch, the Chakra (the Wheel), the Vel, the Crescent - like KILNAMAM etc., on his holy palms[revealed to the realized ones, spiritually uplifted], in token of the Heavenly Titles conferred on Him by the Supreme God for carrying out His Great Mission. The distinctive signs, besides the Heavenly Tokens, that distinguish Him from the mushrooms of impostors, masquerading as master all over the world, and identify Him as the only True Master of the Age, are:-

1. He has Conquered Slumber and Sleep. 
2. The Breath never Passes out of His Nostrils. 
3. He has Practically overcome the Need of Food. His mission, unparallelled in the history of spiritual hierarchy, consists, among many other spiritual values, in i) eradicating the falsehoods and half-truths about religions, ii) bringing home to man the Lost Truth that the very purpose of religion is to rescue him from the death-throes iii) baptizing with the spirit, thereby enlightening and expanding the dark and constricted heart and opening the vistas of soul, a series of eternal revelations iv) warning against the impending disaster and destruction, the whole universe is facing. v) offering mankind a helping hand to escape the 'sting of death' and to win the 'victory of the grave', and vi) resurrecting the dead which is evident even now from the fact that mere water taken at the word of His Command from His August Presence, passes through the gullet, as in live state, when administered to His true disciples, even many days after their final departure from the mortal coil to reach their rendezvous(heavenly destination), which is the Abode of Bliss.

Salai Andavargal message to the world:

We have a long history of endless and time-consuming human endeavor of search and research for the locating of the seat of the soul and region of reasoning and the where about of wisdom and knowledge-box in the human body. The research scientists acquire the heads of dead persons at a valuable price for conducting research to locate the seat of wisdom and its transcendental tract of reasoning in the physical body of the human race. The research scientists of the human bodies operate the human head and search for the seat of wisdom. This endless time-Consuming endeavor at a huge cost has resulted only in fruitless labor with negative result. With all their endeavor consuming time, energy and money, it is impossible for them to find this seat of wisdom and the soul of reasoning in the human body since they search in a place where it does not exist. It is our earnest desire to inform the human race to discontinue this wasteful endeavor of searching in a place where it does not exist. The spiritual, divine and basic axioms of all religions and all the divine descriptions of the scared names of GOD and the religious names which mankind has adopted denote only this seat of wisdom and region of reasoning. The immortal religions which exist for conquering death also denote the same thing. Therefore, Our message to the human race is that We know positively the location of the seat of wisdom and the soul of reasoning. Thousands of Our disciples in India and elsewhere also have been initiated into the divine knowledge about the seat of wisdom and soul

Exhibits Immortal Proof of Salvation:

Meivazhi says that the True God & the God's kingdom is present within our body. So our soul has to reach the True God present within our body so that it attains salvation at the time of death. This Immortal Salvation are taking place to people of Meivazhi till Today. Meivazhi teaches the way for our Soul to reach the true God present within our body so that it attains Salvationat the time of Death. There are 10 symptoms shown in body at the time of Death to find whether the person has attained Heaven or Hell. The symptoms of the person reaching the Heaven are

1.  No bad stench of the body showing only pleasant aroma from the body. No discharge of foul-smelling liquid. 
2. No stiffening of the body,Thus showing signs of flexibility of parts.
3. The body will be light in weight like a flower-basket. 
4. The body sweats as the people nearby sings the divine songs of Meivazhi Andavar. 
5. The complete body exhibits warmness. 
6. The natural conditions of the throat path. Hence the body takes in the holy water when given. 
7. The knuckles giving out sound when cracked. 
8. The disappearance of deformities such as hunch-back, with which they may have been afflicted. 
9. The pure and pleasant state of the body reflecting youthfulness and cheerness blooming on the face. 
10. The body does not decay after death. Also the earth does not affect the body even for years. Still more symptoms can be found in the body of Meivazhi people who attained Immortal Salvatio

Meivazhi's Dress Code:

The followers have their own spiritual dress code for both males and females which becomes mandatory while entering the ashram. Male who received the “Upadhesam” (the absolute spiritual enlightenment that takes aboard a person to celestial heaven when he is still alive and absolves him from all erroneous acts committed.), from Salai Andavargal, array themselves with saffron shirt and panchakacham (a traditional trouser worn by Hindus) and wear saffron turban, they are Christened as “Anandars” and all the other male followers who did not receive the Upadesam wear white turban and use clothes that are dyed with colors other than saffron and dark colors. Women who received the Upadesam wear sarees and cover their head with saffron scarf, while other women wear sarees and cover their head with saree’s end.