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*[[Dinakaran]] (Tamil Daily), Nagercoil Edition, 14 February 2011, p. 2: "...தலைமை பதிக்கு வந்த ரவிசங்கர்ஜியை அய்யாவழி சமய தலைவர் பால பிரஜாபதி அடிகளார் வரவேற்றார்."("Bala Prajapathi Adikalar the head of Ayyavazhi religion welcomed [[Sri Sri Ravi Shankar]] who arrived here in [[Swamithope pathi]]...");
*[[Dina Thanthi]], Nagercoil Edition, 2/3/2007, p. 5. "மாநாட்டுக்கு அய்யாவழி சமய தலைவர் பால பிரஜாபதி அடிகளார் தலைமை தாங்குகிறார்." Translation – "The religious conference is led by Bala Prajapathi Adikalar, the head of Ayyavazhi religion." This news from a leading news paper in India, on reporting the 175th Ayya Vaikunda Avataram, calls Ayyavazhi a religion, and Bala Prajapathi Adikalar the head of Ayyavazhi religion;
*[[Tamil Murasu]] (4/3/2006), p. 3:"இதையொட்டி குமரி மாவட்டம் சாமி தோப்பில் 'அய்யா வழி சமய' மாநாடு (the conference of 'Ayyavazhi religion') உள்பட..."</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.kollywoodtoday.com/news/nallakannu-watches-ayyavazhi/|title= Nallakannu Watches Ayyavazhi|accessdate=9 June 2008 |format= www.kollywoodtoday.com|work=" They follow a religion based on his principles, which is called Ayyavazhi."}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/05/stories/2010030559770600.htm|title= Ayyavazhi followers visit Swamithoppu|accessdate=5 March 2010 |format= The Hindu|work=" By the middle of nineteenth century, Ayyavazhi was recognised as an independent religion..."|location=Chennai, India|date=5 March 2010| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20100310201850/http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/05/stories/2010030559770600.htm| archivedate= 10 March 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> dokumen pemerintah,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.tn.gov.in/pressrelease/districts/pr130108/pr130108_KKM_45.PDF|title= Bala Prajapathi Adikalar Manivizha|accessdate=22 March 2009 |format= www.tn.gov.in|work="The Maniviza (fest) for Bala Prajapathi Adikalar, the head of Ayyavazhi religion ..."(Tamil:Press release No-45/13-01-2008.)}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.textbooksonline.tn.nic.in/Books/12/Std12-History-EM.pdf|title= Sri Vaikunda Swamigal|accessdate=22 May 2010 |format= Tamilnadu Text book Corporation|work="By the midnineteenth century, Ayyavazhi came to be recognized as a separate religion and spread in the regions of South Travancore and South Tirunelveli."}}</ref> dan kajian ilmiah.<ref>G. Patrick, ''Religion and Subaltern Agency'', Chapter 5, pp. 120–121. '"it may be concluded that, AV emerged as a 'new and singular' religious phenomenon in that context"''</ref><ref>{{cite book|url= http://books.google.co.in/books?id=ZGlzKB4S8NQC&dq=Samuel+Mateer,+The+Land+of+Charity&ots=yyUQ78KIQY&sig=7ZfAdI3aGuMZhqWNEffHA_7aYTM&prev=http://www.google.co.in/search%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3DSamuel%2BMateer%252C%2BThe%2BLand%2Bof%2BCharity%26btnG%3DGoogle%2BSearch%26meta%3D&sa=X&oi=print&ct=result&cd=1&q=Samuel%20Mateer,%20The%20Land%20of%20Charity&pgis=1|title= The Land of Charity|accessdate=23 January 2008|format= Samuel Mateer|work="this singular people display considerable zeal in the defence and propagation" (This author's view is negative over the 'belief of Ayyavazhi', but this book is cited here only to reflect the then structure of Ayyavazhi on the social and religious ground as viewed by an outsider.)}}</ref><ref name= "Historical Dictionary of Shamanism">Graham Harvey and Robert J. Wallis, (2007), ''Historical Dictionary of Shamanism'', ISBN 0-8108-5798-7, Scarecrow Press, pp. 101</ref><ref>M.C. Raj (2001), ''Dalitology: The Book of the Dalit People'', Ambedkar Resource Centre, Tumkūr, India, p. 422, "The Shanans also started a non-Brahminic religion called Ayya Vazhi." ISBN 81-87367-04-0</ref> Tetapi, dalam [[sensus]] India, sebagian besar penganutnya mengaku sebagai [[umat Hindu]]. Maka dari itu, Ayyavazhi juga dapat dianggap sebagai salah satu sekte dalam [[agama Hindu]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008040650670200.htm&date=2008/04/06/&prd=th&|title= Tamil Nadu – Nagercoil |accessdate=15 April 2009 |format= Gold ornaments stolen from temple |work="... which was the headquarters of Ayya Vazhi sect, had been decorated with jewels in view of the ongoing festival ..."}}</ref><ref>Dr. R. Ponnu, ''Sri Vaikunda Swamigal and the Struggle for Social Equality in South India'', p. 98</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.maduraijesuits.org/MNLOCT06.pdf|title= Madurai News Letter|accessdate=23 January 2008 |format= Thozhamai Illam, Kanyakumari|work="Fr. Maria Jeyaraj arranged an inter-faith dialogue at Samithoppu, Kanyakumari, on 'Akila Thirattu Ammanai' and 'Arul Nool', the scriptures of 'Ayya Vazhi', an 'important sect of Hinduism'. The present head of Ayya Vazhi, Sri Bala Prajapathi Adigalar, guided the meeting." |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071129185217/http://www.maduraijesuits.org/MNLOCT06.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 29 November 2007}}</ref>
Ayyavazhi berpusat pada kehidupan dan khotbah [[Ayya Vaikundar]]; kepercayaan dan filsafatnya berdasarkan kepada kitab suci ''[[Akilathirattu Ammanai ]]'' dan ''[[Arul Nool]]''. Menurut kitab tersebut, Vaikundar adalah Purna-[[awatara]] dari [[Narayana]]. Ayyavazhi mengandung sejumlah kepercayaan yang sama dengan Hinduisme dalam segi mitologi dan praktik, namun berbeda dalam hal konsep [[kebaikan dan kejahatan]], serta [[dharma]].<ref>G. Patrick, ''Religion and Subaltern Agency'', pp. 111–113,</ref> Ayyavazhi diklasifikasikan sebagai agama darma karena landasan utamanya adalah [[darma]].<ref>G. Patrick, Religion and Subaltern Agency, pp. 160–161.</ref>
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