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Tamil mythology, while heavily influenced by mainstream Hindu mythology, offers a number of variations in the existence of regional deities, divergences in legends, and relationships in the overall pantheon. Parvati is regarded to be the sister of Vishnu. [23] Vishnu is sometimes referred to as the ceremonial sister of the goddess in Shaivism.
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Kattavarayan is a heroic saviour god and a deity of the Kōviars. [5] Naccimar is a women's goddess often conflated with Mariamman or Ampal, the mother Goddess. Naka Tampiran, a form of Shiva is also common deity in most villages. Periyatampiran, a form of Shiva is a caste deity of the Vannar [6] Valliyakkan, a Yaksha deity popular among the ...
In Tamil Nadu, there are a host of other male deities, such as Karuppusami, who are either attendants to Ayyanar or guardians for the main goddess. Most of these gods are kuladevatas for families in the village, especially for dominant castes who are patrilineal. In this context guardianship has two meanings: either as guardian of devotees or ...
Ancient Tamil grammatical works Tholkappiyam, the ten anthologies Pattuppāṭṭu, the eight anthologies Eṭṭuttokai sheds light on early ancient Dravidian religion. Seyyon (Also known as Murugan) was glorified as "the red god seated on the blue peacock, who is ever young and resplendent", as "the favored god of the Tamils". [47]
These gods are primarily worshipped through festivals throughout the year, during important occasions like harvest or sowing time. To propitiate these gods, the villagers make sacrifices of meat (usually goats) and arrack, which is then shared among all the village. In addition, the mantras are not restricted to Sanskrit and are performed in Tamil.
Murugan (Kartikeya), being known as the God of the Tamils, has many temples dedicated to him across Tamil Nadu. An old Tamil saying states that wherever there is a hill, there will be a temple dedicated to Murugan. [124] As he is venerated as the lord of Kurinji, which is a mountainous region, most of his temples are located on hillocks. [125]
Perumal (Tamil: பெருமாள், romanized: Perumāl) [2] or Tirumal (Tamil: திருமால், romanized: Tirumāl pronunciation ⓘ) is a Hindu deity. [3] Perumal is worshipped mainly among Tamil Hindus in South India and the Tamil diaspora, who consider Perumal to be a form of Vishnu. [4]