1. ^Arisundara Mani, Akilathirattu Ammanai Parayana Urai p. 4
2. ^Tha. Krishna Nathan, Ayyaa vaikuNdarin vaazvum sinthanaiyum, p. 62: "அவர் (வைகுண்டர்) மாற்றுப் பிறப்பு பெற்ற நாளே அய்யாவழி சமய மரபு தோற்றம் பெற்ற நாள்(கி.பி.1833) எனக் கூறலாம்." (The day at which Vaikundar is given rebirth could be considered as the date of origin of 'Ayyavazhi religion'.)
3. ^N. Vivekanandan, Akilathirattu Ammanai moolamum Uraiyum, Volume 2, p. 97
4. ^The following morning and evening dailies calls Ayyavazhi as a separate religion*Malai Malar (leading evening Tamil daily), Nagercoil Edition, 4 March 2007, p. 5, "சுவாமி ஊர்வலத்தை அய்யாவழி பக்தர்கள் சமய தலைவர் பால பிரஜாபதி அடிகளார்..." (this report calls Ayyavazhi ('அய்யாவழி சமயம்') "a separate religion");*Dinakaran (Tamil Daily), Nagercoil Edition, 1 March 2007, p. 3: "அய்யாவழி சமய தலைவர் பால பிரஜாபதி அடிகளார் அடிக்கல் நாட்டினார்"("Bala Prajapathi Adikalar the head of Ayyavazhi religion laid foundation stone for the ...");*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..."
5. ^{{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."}}
6. ^{{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= https://web.archive.org/web/20100310201850/http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/05/stories/2010030559770600.htm| archivedate= 10 March 2010 | deadurl= no}}
7. ^{{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=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
8. ^{{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."|deadurl= yes|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20091122122127/http://www.textbooksonline.tn.nic.in/Books/12/Std12-History-EM.pdf|archivedate= 22 November 2009|df= }}
9. ^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"
10. ^{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/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.)}}
11. ^Graham Harvey and Robert J. Wallis, (2007), Historical Dictionary of Shamanism, {{ISBN|0-8108-5798-7}}, Scarecrow Press, pp. 101
12. ^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}}
13. ^{{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 ..."}}
14. ^Dr. R. Ponnu, Sri Vaikunda Swamigal and the Struggle for Social Equality in South India, p. 98
15. ^{{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=https://web.archive.org/web/20071129185217/http://www.maduraijesuits.org/MNLOCT06.pdf |archivedate=29 November 2007 |deadurl=yes |df= }}
16. ^G. Patrick, Religion and Subaltern Agency, pp. 111–113,
17. ^G. Patrick, Religion and Subaltern Agency, pp. 160–161.