Knowing that he was no longer welcome in the Kalaiyyan Kingdom, Delviniyan travelled far and wide to find a new home. He was spiritually aligned, but as a child he was sad at leaving his teachers: Sage KalShivayan, Queen Sironemaniyaa and now Lord Murugan. He yearned for a more in-depth learning of 'The Inner Knowledge', and the meeting and meditations with Murugan sparked his interest in a wider education. Thus, Delviniyan went to his enemies gate: to the fortress city Kingdom of Eruvaayan - the pure Aardra Aaiyyanist Kingdom that was at one with nature and treated all in harmony. Many Aardra Aaiyyanists celebrate this city in their stories, especially the scriptures of Erukkuyaan.
Alone, exhausted and dejected, Delviniyan begged on the streets for food and water, until one day, one of the Kings servants (Taladian) took pity on him and took him in. Taladian was a lowly servant of the great King Nekaankilaan, but he as also an Aaiyyanist scholar and healer. Delviniyan was only a teenager at this time and was very grateful for the help from the servant Taladian, and grateful in the knowledge Taladian imparted to him. He was also inducted into helping Taladian with his duties... until after a year or so Delviniyan was made an Adaapukadaayan (household waiting boy) to the King, Queen, Prince and Princess.
In the Eruvaayan Kingdom, being part of the royal household was deemed to be a very great privilege and an honour that most citizens of the city state strived for. So becoming an Adaapukadaayan was a deep honour for Delviniyan.
Now, a bit of background to aid the Aaiyyanist student, and people who are new to Aaiyyanism. The pure Aardra Eruvaayan Kingdom was ruled by the great King and Queen (and Aaiyyanist scholars) Nekaankilaan and Geekannaya. As many Aardra (Green/Harita) Aaiyyanists know, Guru King Nekaankilaan and Queen Geekannaya were great poets, philosophers and teachers of the Dravidian arts. They were first to express into scripture the Oneness of the Harita Aaiyyanist form, and they are both worshipped to this day and celebrated by all in the Aardra Schools (and most Aaiyyanist Schools) for their great works. This is the Kingdom that young Delviniyan found himself in.
The Aaiyyanist rulers at this time followed the pure teaching of Brahman, i.e. the pure belief that we are all One. It should be noted that in the ancient times there was the loose concept of people who were able to delegate, and those who were able to help directly in the smooth running of society - but this was interchangeable. There were titles of Kings, Queen, Priests etc... but (in theory) the society was supposed to have an egalitarian and libertarian structure, in the purest Dravidian tradition. This is the structural tradition in which everyone is allowed to follow their own path, as pure Dravidian Hinduism dictates. Thus, the King allowed his children to play with the young servants, including Delviniyan. They soon became very good friends and Prince Paamaranyaan and Princess Kabilanyaa recognised the mysterious essence of Delviniyan. And importantly, Princess Kabilanyaa soon became very close and fond of Delviniyan such that love was beginning to take hold. The theory of Oneness is a noble ideal, but everyone (even the most pure of heart) are touched by the ego. Thus, even though the Royal family tried to follow the teachings of Brahman: in that 'we are all one', the Prince and Princess still thought of Delviniyan as a servant and did not fully accept him as an equal. Such is the way with children who have not yet understood the essence of total unity and oneness. Delviniyan too, always remained apart so as not to betray his Kalaiyyan background. There was an inner conflict between the three children in that they all recognised each others spirituality but could not shake away their preconceptions.
All the children were taught by the famous Aardra Aaiyyanist scholar: Aaiyyani Asweenikaaya. As many Harita Aaiyyanists know, she was one of the main philosophers of the Aardra tradition and was said to have formulated many of the Harita symbolic inscriptions that the Aardra school use today to open up positive Lokas that affect the earth. She is also famous in all Aaiyyanist fields for her ancient works on ecology, gardening, farming and other activities that the Aardra school is famous for. Her volume (or treatise) on the Aaiyyanist Kappuayian (gardening and horticulture) can be found in many Aaiyyanist homes around the world. Aaiyyani Asweenikaaya taught many students in her short time on earth, and essentially founded modern Aardra Aaiyyanism. Her legacy lives on from her students via Dravidian Shrutiyyan (oral tradition of passing information) and finally Smritalal (in which her philosophies on planting, ecology and Oneness with Earth was written down by the Aaiyyanist scholars who followed Aaiyyan in 1500BC).
It was this Harita philosopher (Asweenikaaya) that taught the 'arts of life' to the young children: the Royal Family, and the household (including Delviniyan). At this time the curriculum of the ancient Aaiyyanist Harita Kingdom of Eruvaayan consisted of theology, philosophy, poetry, meditation, Dravidian Yoga, as well as the arts of battle. Many Aaiyyanists know that Aaiyyani Asweenikaaya was a great warrior and had mastered the arts of Archery, Vel (Spear), Trident, Kattaariyaan (a form of Kattari/punch dagger), Maduvulal (an ancient form of the Maduvu/Stab shield) Dravidian Gadallal (a precursor to the Gada/Blunt weapon), Chuttuvallian (an ancient form of the Chuttuval/whip sword) and the broader concepts concerning the strategy of state warfare. She imparted all her great knowledge into the minds of these young children, to mould them into perfect servants of Brahman.
And so the Royal Household including Prince Paamaranyaan, Princess Kabilanyaa, Delviniyan and the other children lived and studied in this environment. They played, ate, and were taught together as one. For eight years Delviniyan remained in the palace and the King and Queen, the household and the court knew him well, and knew him to be a person of deep integrity and honour and one of their best students.
Prince Paamaranyaan had a deep respect for Delviniyan but also could not tell him that, as he perceived him to be 'just a servant'. The Princess also had a deep affection for Delviniyan but dared not speak it, for such things were perceived to be 'not allowed' for royalty to pursue. As we mentioned before, the Royal Family of the Kingdom tried to follow the path of Oneness and Brahman, but already cultural considerations were being layered onto society, and division in humanity were already forming. This cultural separation was not open (as it is now)... it was subtle and subconscious. This resulted in the Prince and Princess teasing Delviniyan such that Delviniyan's ego decided when he was 18 to leave the palace and go back into the mountainous forests. This dismayed the King and Queen, and both the Prince and Princess but they refused to persuade Delviniyan to stay as that would be beneath them.
There are many tales of Delviniyan in the Aaiyyanist Household as told in the Erukkuyaan (narrated by Guru Ineeyaani and orally carried down the generations). This Dravidic poetic work is known by many Aaiyyanist children, so we will not dwell upon them here, suffice it to say that much was learnt by all three young protagonists in the virtues of Aaiyyanist Brahmanic thought and life.
However, once Delviniyan reached the age of 18, it was finally time for him to leave.