  Galaxy clusters show large-scale azimuthal X-ray surface brightness
fluctuations known as cold fronts. These are overdense (average density jumps
$\sim 30\%$ or post-jump density $\sim 130\%$) and have milder discontinuity in
pressure. Cold fronts are argued to originate due to sloshing driven by
sub-halo passage at close proximity to the cluster center. While this is a
viable source of large-scale perturbations, the physical mechanisms that can
sustain such density structures (of specific geometry) are not clear. In this
work, we explore whether long wavelength thermal instability is an explanation
for cold front formation in a cluster core which is perturbed by sub-halos or
AGN activity. Using global linear perturbation analysis, we show that internal
gravity waves (thermally unstable) can form large-scale three-dimensional
spiral structures, akin to observed cold fronts. We explore if the presence of
magnetic field (along spherical $\hat{\phi}$) may support such structures (by
suppressing small scale Kelvin-Helmholtz modes) or disrupt them (by promoting
additional thermal instability). We find that latter happens at shorter
wavelengths and only at frequencies above the characteristic buoyancy or Brunt
V\"ais\"al\"a frequency ($>N_{\rm BV}$). Our work implies, firstly, that
large-scale spirals may be formed and sustained over a long timescale
($>N^{-1}_{\rm BV}$) even in presence of aligned magnetic fields that is
otherwise supportive against mixing at the interface. Secondly,
short-wavelength (but relatively longer along the field) unstable compressive
modes may form within or in the vicinity of such spirals. The instability is an
overstable slow wave, and grows in 2D at timescales $\gtrsim 2-3$ times longer
than the spiral growth timescale (via thermal instability). Thus we claim that
this instability cannot destroy the large scale coherence.
