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Nowadays, Sri Lankan Tamil religious practices, particularly in the northern part of the island, are largely influenced by South Indian Tamil Brahminical and Saiva Siddhanta orthodoxies. Similarly have some of the deities been Christianized under the colonial influences.
An important deity around South Asia since ancient times, Karthikeyan is particularly popular and predominantly worshipped in South India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Malaysia as Murugan. [6] [9] [7] Murugan is an ancient god, traceable to the Vedic era.
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Goddess Pattini is the deification of Kannaki, who is the central character of the Tamil epic the Cilappatikaram of Ilango Adigal, written in South India after the 2nd century. After a short time, it was introduced into Sri Lanka and absorbed earlier deities such as Kiri Amma ('milk mother').
Kataragama deviyo is identified with God Skanda of Hindu tradition, who is called as Murugan by the Tamil people. There is also an identical guardian deity of Mahayana Buddhism , known as Skanda . Theosophists identify Ruhunu Kataragama devalaya as a shrine which is dedicated to the lord of humanity and the world.
Aiyanar (IAST: Aiyaṉār, Tamil: ஐயனார்) is a Dravidian 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]
Sri Lankan deities are the deities of the Sinhalese, Tamils and Veddhas, be they Buddhist, Hindu or animist. Subcategories. This category has only the following ...