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Ezhasa Naadu and Thoothukkudy The Arabian traders were hunting down Thoothukudi Fishermen after a misunderstanding. The Madurai Nayaks didn’t offer help citing the of the fishermen not accepting their Faith and were following Assevagam and Muthumakkazh Vazhipaadu. Ezhasa Naadu with the help of Portuguese could help the Pattam Kattiyaar of Thoothukudi and fight out the Arabs. 35,000 fishermen denounced Caste centred Brahmin religion to Catholic Christianity thanks to the efforts of Ezhasa Naadu and the Portugal King.

Prince EzhaVeera Pandian of Ezhasa Naadu has denounced marriage life and self declared as Sage and rechristened as Swamy Adiyaan. People of Ezhasa Naadu had fondly called him as Veera Thuravi.

Veera Thuravi Pandiyan princeSwamy Adiyaan has published many manuscripts and translations of Spiritual Messages.He with his selected army has taken the legacy of Mother Mary wherever they went and had built Churches for her.

His major services were to search for the St. Thomas followers and strengthen them in Jesus.

In the then Kollam diocese, Swamy Adiyaan has traced St. Thomas Christians and re established more than 100 villages in to Christianity. The important ones and where records are very clear are the Church for Our Lady of Assumption in Maravan Thattu or Maravankudieruppu(is later converted as the Church of Our Lady of Snows)[5].Keeping Maravankudieruppu as the base, he has developed Kurusady, Odakkarai(Vattakarai)Vethakkaran Kudieruppu, Kaarankaadu and hamlets between Kurusady and the north end of Kazhuvanthattu( Christu Nagar)

Similar information are available about Swamiyadiyaan in Vaavarai and the hamlets around it. Most of the Nadar Villages of Today’s Catholic Origin were traced back to St. Thomas and were reestablished in to the current form by Swamyadiyaar and his Army of Servicemen in the 17th/18th Century.