Editing Agastya (section)

===Martial arts===
Maharishi Agastya is regarded as the founder of [[Silambam]], an [[Indian martial arts|Indian martial art]] from [[Tamil Nadu]], and ''[[Varma kalai|varmam]],'' an ancient science of healing using varmam points for varied diseases which is also utilized by practitioners of the southern form of [[Kalaripayattu]], an Indian martial art from [[Kerala]].<ref name="Zarilli1998">{{cite book |last=Zarrilli |first=Phillip B. |title=When the Body Becomes All Eyes: Paradigms, Discourses and Practices of Power in Kalarippayattu, a South Indian Martial Art |year=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford}}</ref> [[Murugan]], the son of [[Shiva]], is said to have taught ''varmam'' to Agastya, who then wrote treatises on it and passed it on to other [[siddhar]].<ref>Luijendijk, D.H. (2005) ''Kalarippayat: India's Ancient Martial Art'', Paladin Press</ref><ref name="Zarilli 92">Zarrilli 1992</ref>