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  2. Village deities of South India - Wikipedia

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    In Telugu regions, the deity sometimes has no permanent shrine, but a temporary pandal. Some goddesses wish to be in the open space to feel the same hardships as their devotees. [6] Yet there is no distinction between the dwelling-place of the deity and the deity: the dwelling-place itself is a form of the deity.

  3. List of goddesses - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of goddesses, deities regarded as female or mostly feminine in gender. African mythology (sub-Saharan) Afro-Asiatic. Ethiopian. Dhat-Badan;

  4. List of Hindu deities - Wikipedia

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    The goddess is also regarded to be the power that resides within all poetry and writing. She is the consort of the creator deity, Brahma. She is represented as a graceful figure, donning white, and traditionally depicted with the veena ( vīṇā ), rosary ( akṣamālā ), water-pot ( kamaṇḍalu ) and book ( pustaka ).

  5. Vakula Devi - Wikipedia

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    The Vakula Devi Temple is situated in Tirupati city, Andhra Pradesh.It was built 5000 years ago when Tirupati was founded in 3000 BCE and it was destroyed 300 years ago in the 17th century CE on Peruru Banda hillock, [2] around Peruru in Tirupati and was renovated from 2011 CE to 2022 CE. 50 acres of land is devoted to the temple, and it is located 10 kilometres away from Tirumala and 5 ...

  6. Ammavaru - Wikipedia

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    Ammavaru (Kannada: ಅಮ್ಮನವರು) (Telugu: అమ్మావరు), according to Hindu belief, is an ancient goddess who laid the egg that hatched Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu. "Amma" means mother. She is thought to have existed before the beginning of time.

  7. Vasavi Kanyaka Parameshvari - Wikipedia

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    In 2012 a Telugu movie called Sri Vasavi Vaibhavam was released depicting the goddess's life. The actress Meena acted as the goddess Parvati and actress Suhasini played the main role of goddess Kanyaka Parameshvari. Ramya Krishnan played goddess Parvathi in the film Sri Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari Charitra (2014).

  8. Matrikas - Wikipedia

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    According to the Shumbha and Nishumbha story of Devi Mahatmya, Matrikas appear as Shaktis from the bodies of the gods and goddesses – Brahma, Shiva, Skanda, Vishnu, Indra, Vishnu as Varaha, Vishnu as Narasimha, Parvati as Chandi; [45] having the form of each, approached Parvati with whatever form, ornaments, vehicles the god or goddess ...

  9. Gramadevata - Wikipedia

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    Ellamman, the gramadevata of the village of Nathanallur. A gramadevata (Sanskrit: ग्रामदेवता, romanized: Grāmadevatā, lit. 'village deity') is the tutelary deity of a given locality in Hinduism, [1] primarily worshipped in the villages of India.