Introduction to Aaseevagam..

Aaseevagam: a term most haven't heard of..for some unknown reason..

The Thamizh people of the Asian subcontinent are the oldest living classical civilization, according to historian Micheal Woods, in a BBC documentary called Story of India. Wouldn’t it be worthy to explore the roots of Thamizh people, especially the  theologological history which is misunderstood by many as pagan, backward and primitive? Here’s an attempt to compare the deities of few ancient cultures with those of the Thamizh way of life called Aaseevagam.

Aasu means Instantly, Spontaneous

Eevu is from Theervu meaning Solutions for problems of common man

Agam means a particular Place, here the caves in which the ancient Thamizh sages lived

Aasu+Theervu+Agam= Aaseevagam ,the Siddha caves where people got instant solutions for their problems
(Aaseevagam=Aaseevaham=Aasivagam=Ajivagam)

Siddhar/Siddha means one who has acquired Siddham meaning wisdom, i.e. cosmic wisdom, wisdom attained through meditation, penance, inquiry, observation and intuition.. 

So Aasevagam is not a religion bound by any book or a single messenger. In fact, every Siddhar or Thamizh sage can be regarded as a messenger in their own right. As per literature, folklore, passed down info, there were several 100s, if not 1000's of such Siddhars. A few of them, completely revolutionized the societies they lived in, through immense, unimaginable penance, celibacy and attained cosmic knowledge through yogic practices which they themselves discovered through meditation. 

A lucky few got enlightened, a state called Nirvanam, literal meaning "transparency", intended meaning as "eternal life" as they reached the highest spiritual state a human could achieve and thus their bodies didn’t matter to them anymore. They conquered death and thus are eternal beings, always existing in the soul realm and guiding humanity. So they were and are famous all around the globe in almost all cultures but in different names and with distorted histories due to the confusion that enveloped human societies and thus forgotten by most for a long period of time. 

This blog is an attempt to recover a few links and thus establish connections between Thamizh Aaseevagam and other pantheons of the past and present..

Most of the inferences and inputs are based on the in-depth research findings of “Tamil Chinthanaiyalar Peravai” Youtube channel which focuses on Ancient Thamizh history, culture and theology and also it's impact on world religions and history, through the unique tool of tracing etymological roots of words of other languages with those of Thamizh, a deserving candidate for the world's oldest and first logically conceived human language. I am immensely grateful to Dr.Pandian, the etymologist & scientist who runs the TCP channel.

In the next links.. we will learn the basics about the 3 main male deities : Sivan, Murugan, Vishnu  and 7 main female deities, the Saptha Madhas..