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According to Akilattirattu Ammanai the holy text of Ayyavazhi the present universe has eight aeons and we are in the seventh aeon, Kali Yukam. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Ayya Vaikundar was the Manu avathar (to born as a human being) of Lord Narayana according to Akilattirattu Ammanai the holy script of Ayyavazhi religion. ... Lord Krishna Krishna (कृष्ण, Sanskrit for black), is, according to common Hindu tradition, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. ... Akilathirattu Ammanai அகிலத்திரட்டு அம்மானை (Tamil: akilam (world) + thirattu (collection) + ammanai (ballad)), also called Thiru Edu (venerable book), is the main religious book of the Southern Indian Ayyavazhi faith, an offshoot of Hinduism. ... This article needs copyediting (checking for proper English spelling, grammar, usage, etc. ... This is the seventh of the Eight Yukams according to Ayyavazhi Mythology ...


In the sixth aeon called Dwapara Yukam, the fifth fragment of Kroni, the primordial personification of evil, was apportioned into hundred pieces, and made into Thuriyothanan and ninety-nine brothers to support him. The three brothers of Raman, along with Vibushanan and Sampoovan of the preceding epoch, were created as Pancha Pandavas in this aeon. In the battle drawn between the forces of Thuriyothanan and Panchapantavarkal, the wicked Thuriyothanan was killed by the later with the support of Mayon who came in the form of Krishnan. Even at the point of death Thuriyothanan refuse to repent, saying that, “only with your cunning mind you was able to defeat me and otherwise not”. Mayon then told him: You will be created with knowledge, intelligence, and artistic skills in the next Yukam, and if you do not repent in that age, that will be your eternal annihilation. Kroni is a mythical figure found in Ayyavazhi mythology. ... Vibushanan, is a mythical figure found in Akilattirattu Ammanai the source of Ayyavazhi mythology and holy script of Ayyavazhi religion, who was created from the Sweat of Narayana in the Thretha Yukam. ... In Hinduism, the Pandavas are the five acknowledged sons of Pandu. ... In the Mahabharata Duryodhana is the eldest son of the blind king Dhritarashtra by Queen Gandhari, and the eldest of the Kaurava brothers. ...


See also

  • List of Ayyavazhi-related articles

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Kroni - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (397 words)
According to the Akilattirattu Ammanai, the Ayyavazhi holy book, Kroni was born in the first of the Eight Yukams (aeons) with multitudinous limbs each the size of a mountain, and was the first evil to be born in the Universe.
The six fragments of Kroni were then born as evil spirits (or Asuras) in six successive Yukams (aeons).
In all the yukams Mayon had to incarnate in the world to destroy the evils.
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