flame-shaped white ' Namam '. [75] The lotus represents the 1,008-petalled Sahasrara (in Tamil , Ladam ) and the Namam represents the Aanma Jyothi or atman . [75] Both of the Ayyavazhi scriptures [76] [77] refers to Thirunamam ('flame shaped symbol' present in the top of the Lotus in the Ayyavazhi