“Aiah” is a Thamizh suffix to names to address people with the utmost respect which is seen not only in Thamizh names but also in Jewish names like Jeremiah, and Zechariah. Remember that “Yah” or “YHWH” in Hebrew also means “the Lord God”, a very reverent term to denote God but later got attached to men’s names who are considered “gods” post their death.

The original Thamizh term Paraman, the seventh forefather, was taken over by the invading Jews and later transformed to Brahman to mean a higher caste and thus came into being the Indian caste system (Varnasramam – system based on the color of the skin). Namboodirees were the Jewish Aryans who settled in Kerala and mixed with the locals in marriage. The rise of a mixed race called Nairs mushroomed during this period. They were a polyandric race and were put on the next level in society to the Namboodirees probably because of their marital relationships with the Jewish Namboodirees. Even today, Nair daughters and the granddaughters get one portion each of the mother’s wealth while the sons get no more than one portion; the grandsons are ignored.

Paraman and Parathi are the seventh generation from the current according to Thamizhar. If “I” am the current generation, then, my Pitha / Thanthai is the previous, my Thathan is the third, my Paatan is the fourth, my Poottan is the fifth, my Muppattan is the sixth and my Paran is the seventh. The place my Paran has supposed to have departed to is Param or Paralokam. Pattan or respectfully, Pattar, gave rise to “Father” and Thathan to Dad (Dhadha). Paran transformed into Baran and Braman and Brahman. Also is an interesting fact that the god Brahma is considered the creator according to Eastern mythology. Bharath / Bharatham/Varatham might be derived from “Paran thanam” – forefathers’ place or blessed (varam) land.

As time passed, the fair-skinned Jewish Aryans started dominating the dark-skinned ruling class Kshathriya (one who handles asthra? (weapons)) by becoming their Rajagurus, and the business class (Vaisya (paisa?) / Baniya/ Vanniyar) by becoming their swamys / gods and brought them under their control. Kshatriya and Baniya were originally Thamizhar but later became a mixed race by mingling with the Jews, Greeks, Romans, Persians, and Rajputs (descends of Put, the grandson of Noah). Those who were assigned other menial jobs were considered untouchables and were pushed to the lowest rung in society and humiliated by all the other three. They were called the Soothirar (Soothu (the ass), a publicly untouchable organ in the human body). There was the fifth class of people who would not come under the control of the Aryan Jews and wanted to break free. They fled to the caves (Kugai) of the mountains and hid themselves and became the Panchamar (Panch – five).

The Jews that came in the 8th and 6th century BC were predominantly idol worshipers that had taken to the lifestyle and religions of the pagan people around them including the Canaanites and the Philistines. (Except for the believing line – the Seed of the woman, Christ, all else had left the worship of their Creator long ago). They brought in their tradition of worshipping a calf and building a temple with an altar for animal sacrifice (and many times humans, especially children) and a sanctum sanctorum for their idols identical to what they had in Samaria and Bethel. These idols were gods of the pagan (non-Israelites) people with whom they mingled and thus lost their unique identity. You would see quite a number of these kinds of temples spread across India which were built by the local inhabitants of the land. The Aryan Jews took over the act of conducting the Pooja (Poo sei offer flowers) – as middlemen between their gods and men. For every significant stage of the lives of the local Thamizhar, they had to depend on these Aryan Jews to approach their gods to receive favor. Birth of a baby followed by the tonsuring of the head, piercing the ear of a child, celebrating the menarche of a girl, marriage, housewarming, and death rites – all of these were done by a leading Jewish Aryan priest. The Sanctum Sanctorum was “No entry” for everybody except the Jewish Aryans. Prayers are offered in Sanskrit, Thamizh being considered a Neech Bhasha (Neesa mozhi), an abominable language for the gods.

The Aadivaasis (original settlers) of the Indian subcontinent who were considered the backward, most backward, scheduled castes and scheduled tribes by the Jewish Aryans were nature and ancestor worshippers. They also sacrificed to their deities in earlier centuries.

The gory sacrifice of animals and human beings (predominantly children) to pacify the spirits which were supposed to haunt around the house, was gruesome which gave rise to an anti-sacrifice movement among the enlightened local Thamizhar.

The Thamizh wise men called Sitthars who had attained Nirvana (Neer vannam – a transparent state in their lives) became the Digambarars (transparently clothed by the natural four corners of the world only – samanars/amanars) while those who could attain only the immediately next lower stage became the swethambarars (white clothed samanars/amanars). The statue of Bahubali / Gommateshwara in Shravanabelagola of South India stands tall (tall!) an example of the former and the Jain gurus of today stand as proof to the latter. They advocated a life of non-violence to any man or animal. These became the Jains who have little or no belief in a personal god with just one exception – Ganesh – the elephant-headed god. They also worshipped their forefathers who had attained nirvana – the Thiruthankarars. Vardhamana Mahaveera (great man of courage/warrior of the present age) stood for the cause of non-violence and is considered the twenty-fifth Thiruthankarar. The naked bodies of the dead Jains (sometimes living old people, and most of the time as per their wish) are left in the open and lying naked (nirvana) as food for the birds of prey. Others are assumed to have attained Samadhi (dead in their seated or lying position) whose bodies are embalmed and worshipped from then on.

Siddhartha was a Sakya prince of Nepal (descended from the Jewish Aryans) who was brought up in a very luxurious environment with no sight of pain, sickness, old-age-related ailments, and death. When he encountered these realities, he set out to find a path that would lead to eternal life. He seems to have been enlightened under a Bodhi (buddhi/knowledge) tree in Gaya in India) about an eight-fold path to a life that took man through unending rebirths into various other life forms. This wise Buddha (an enlightened (butthi in Thamizh) Old man (later, “budda” in Sanskrit)) also took the path of non-violence and tried to bring about an end to animal sacrifices. His followers, the Buddhists, were atheists in the early days of Buddhism but later the Mahayana (Maha – greater / superior; yan – vehicle) Buddhists started worshipping the very Buddha as god in contrast to their Hinayana (Hina – lower (eenam in Thamizh)/ sub-standard) forefathers.
One (or a few?) such Bodhisatva (skilled teacher of wisdom in Thamizh – a Sitthar) reached Japan through China to fill these lands with Buddhist teaching including the self- defense sports Karate (by hand (Karam) only), Judo (Judah) and Taekwondo (Thaakka vendum/vendam!).

The concept of a Creator God that Thomas brought to India was new to the inhabitants. (India was not one united country then. It had several smaller kings (fifty-six according to one estimate) each ruling over a small region). Also, the doctrine of one final sacrifice of Jesus Christ, putting an end to all religious sacrifices was new to them. Receiving God’s favor just by believing in His word and His Son started quickly winning believers to Christ. Thomas had managed to reach a vast majority of the Thamizhar of the then Thamizhagam composed of Tamil Nadu and Kerala of today. One estimate puts the number of such believers at 3.3 million.