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  2. Village deities of South India - Wikipedia

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    In many villages in Tamil Nadu, a village god is represented by planting spears or trishulas in the ground to represent his martial prowess. In the village of Kogilu near Bengaluru, the goddesses were represented by items such as a lamp or a stone pillar.

  3. Aiyanar - Wikipedia

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    Aiyanar (IAST: Aiyaṉār, Tamil: ஐயனார்) is a Tamil folk deity venerated in South India and Sri Lanka.His worship is prevalent amongst rural Tamil people. [2] [3] [4] Some studies suggest that Ayyanar may have also been worshipped in Southeast Asian countries in the past. [5]

  4. Karuppuswamy - Wikipedia

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    ' Black God ' or ' Black ') is a Hindu god in Tamil Nadu, popular among the social groups of Tamil Nadu and Kerala and also Sri Lanka. He is one of 21 guardian deities of Ayyanar , and is one of 21 guardian deities in Dravidian folk religion .

  5. Tamil mythology - Wikipedia

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    Tamil mythology refers to the folklore and traditions that are a part of the wider Dravidian pantheon, originating from the Tamil people. [1] This body of mythology is a fusion of elements from Dravidian culture and the parent Indus Valley culture, both of which have been syncretised with mainstream Hinduism .

  6. Category:Tamil deities - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Tamil deities" ... Village deities of Sri Lankan Tamils; Virabahu This page was last edited on 26 March 2020, at 00:26 (UTC). ...

  7. Iconography of Shiva temples in Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

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    Ayyanar (Tamil: ஐயனார்) is worshipped as a guardian deity predominantly in Tamil Nadu and Tamil villages in Sri Lanka. The earliest reference to Aiynar-Shasta includes two or more hero stones to hunting chiefs from the Arcot district in Tamil Nadu. The hero stones are dated to the 3rd century C.E.

  8. Gramadevata - Wikipedia

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    'village deity') is the tutelary deity of a given locality in Hinduism, [1] primarily worshipped in the villages of India. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Of diverse origins, gramadevatas are regarded to protect the inhabitants of their villages from bandits, epidemics, and natural disasters when propitiated, failing which they are believed to cause these afflictions.

  9. Valli - Wikipedia

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    Vaḷḷi is used to refer to many local or Village gods in Tamil Nadu and Kerala in India and by the Rodiya and Vedda peoples of Sri Lanka. Vaḷḷi is also known as Pongi at Vallimalai in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, and the pond from which she drew water to quench the thirst of Murugan is still there. This pond, though in an open ground, does not ...