Ayyavazhi (Tamil:???????? Malayalam: ???????? Ayyavali, The 'zhi' (??) portion of the word, 'Ayyavazhi', is a retroflex, and it is correctly transliterated according to the National Library at Kolkata romanization as ayyavali. -"Path of the father") is a dharmic belief systemArisundara Mani, Akilathirattu Ammanai Parayana Urai p.