- Venneesan
Venneesan was a mythical figure found in
Ayyavazhi mythology . According toAkilattirattu Ammanai , theholy text ofAyyavazhi and source of Ayyavazhi mythology, he was the son ofKalineesan .Birth and marriage of Venneesan
While
Kalineesan was performingtavam in order to gain a child, he was distracted by the scene of acleric embracing a woman. Upon seeing this, thesemen of Kalineesan came out and fell into the water. A white crane came and swallowed the semen, became pregnant, and delivered a baby boy in the water. A sage,Punal Rhishi , took the baby, which was white in appearance, and looked after it. He named itAsubakkiri and also taught him the technique ofswimming andshipping . He also taught him the art of diving in the sea and searching forpearls . He also taught him the technique of findingGold andsilver rushes. He in addition taught him various stratagem.By teaching him all these things, he married him to two girls of the
Chenkomatti country and made him the king of the Chenkomatti land.The quality of Venneesan
By the techniques he learned from the sage he earned a large amount of gold and silver and piled them as mountains. His economic possession was the greatest in the world. As his economic growth was extra-ordinary, he formed various armed forces. He formed a huge army, which included
horse ,elephant andcamel forces. He also provided a huge number of dreadfulweapons . Due to his growth in power, he said "there is nobody in the world to oppose me".He created a
veda (scripture ) of his own. He changed the agamas and made them to say that there are 27star s (astrology ). He made acalendar with 12months in ayear . He made changes to the agamas which were earlier intended by thekaliyan . He added and removed some parts from the previous. He changed the ultimatemantra Ari-namo and replaced it with the mantraVeeriyaayan-aathi . To make the people accept his Veda (scripture), he supplied them with money. By this he succeeded in converting the people. His dynasty became very large and so did his armies, weapons and military strength.His superiority complex
Due to his abnormal
economic andmilitary growth, he called out "is there any one to oppose me here in this world"? On hearing this, a man in his country told him that there were 56 nations which were once ruled by three powerful kings known asCheras ,Cholas andPandyas . While they were ruling the land a male child was born to a nurse women. He grew up as a powerful boy. Meanwhile due to a curse from some girls ofDeiva Loga , the three kings lost their kingdom and their relatives died (including all their children and wives). They went into the sea and sat there as stones. From then the whole land was controlled with an iron fist, ruled by the boy of the nurse. He was able to control the whole land by his magical power. And it's now time to wage a war against him and defeat him.Defeat of Venneesan
Following this direction, for the first time the Venneesan led a war against
Kalineesan . Thirumal who was dwelling inThiruvananthapuram sensed this and informed Kalineesan. At once he formed a great army and defeated Venneesan by the grace and mercy ofThirumal .See also
*
Ayyavazhi mythology
*Kalineesan
*Thirumal in Thiruvananthapuram References
* "Akilathirattu Ammanai" published by P. Thangaiyah Nadar, 1989.
* G.Partrick's, "Religion and Subaltern Agency", University of Madras.
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