Ayya Vaikundar is also known as Incarnation of Lord Vishnu, was a 19th-century social reformer.Vaikundar was born in 1809 to Ponnu Madan and Veyilal Amma at Poovandanthope in the Kanyakumari District (part of Travancore
Vaikunda Swami, the pioneer of Indian Renaissance was born in an ordinary Channar family at Samithopu, a village five miles north – west of Kanniyakumari in south Travancore on 12 March 1809. He was the second son of Ponnumadam and Veyilalamma, a traditional Shannar (Nadar) palm climbing family. With great expectations, they named the child ‘Mudichudum Perummal.’ But in those days the lower caste people were not permitted to use the names of ruling class or the suffix ‘Perumal.’ So the caste Hindus objected to change the name and reported the matter to the government officials. The officials issued an immediate order accordingly. Thus, his parents relented to presume of the caste Hindus by changing the name of Mudichudum Perumal to Muthukutty. Later he himself changed his name as Vaikunda Swamigal. The arrogant and dictatorial policy of the government and the caste Hindus wounded the feelings of young Muthukutty leaving a deep scar in him.
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