Original sentence: A deity named "Ayyappan" is not recorded in any early Tamil/Sanskrit sources though the name Ayyappan appears as synonymous with (Vediya) Sastha in Tiruvalla copper plates of the 12th century CE and Kanyakumari Guhanathaswami Kovil Inscription.. Neither Ayyappa nor  Sabarimala is known as a pilgrim spot in the Tamil region before the 1940s.According to researchers Eliza Kent, Ruth Vanita and Saleem Kidwai, the legends in the Ayyappa tradition seem to be "artificially mixed and assembled into a kind of collage" and "he should have emerged from  a Dravidian god of tribal proverance"
Edited sentence: A deity named "Ayyappan" is not recorded in any early Tamil/Sanskrit sources though the name Ayyappan appears as synonymous with (Vediya) Sastha in Tiruvalla copper plates of the 12th century CE and Kanyakumari Guhanathaswami Kovil Inscription.. Neither Ayyappa nor  Sabarimala is known as a pilgrim spot in Tamil region before 1940s.Researchers like Eliza Kent, Ruth Vanita and Saleem Kidwai clearly prove that the legends in the Ayyappa tradition seem to be "artificially mixed and assembled into a kind of collage" and "he should be emerged from  a Dravidian god of tribal proverance"