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Mariamman is a Hindu goddess of rain, predominant in the rural areas of South India. Mariamman's worship originated in the traditions of Dravidian folk religion, the faith practised by the inhabitants of the south before its syncretism with Vedic Hinduism. She is the main Tamil mother goddess, predominant in the rural areas of South India ...
Mohini (Sanskrit: मोहिनी, Mohinī) is the Hindu goddess of enchantment. She is the only female avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu. She is portrayed as a femme fatale, an enchantress, who maddens lovers and demons, sometimes leading them to their doom. Mohini is introduced into Hinduism in the narrative epic of the Mahabharata.
Vaikuntha (Sanskrit: वैकुण्ठ, romanized: Vaikuṇṭha, lit. 'without anxiety'), [1] also called Vishnuloka (Viṣṇuloka), and Tirunatu (Tirunāṭu) in Tamil, [2] is the abode of Vishnu, [3] the supreme deity in the Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism, [4] [5]: 17 and his consort, Lakshmi, the supreme goddess of the sect.
Andal (ISO 15919: Āṇḍāḷ), also known as Kodhai, Nachiyar, and Godha Devi, is the only female Alvar among the twelve Hindu Vaishnava poet-saints of South India. She is considered an avatar of goddess Bhudevi, a consort of Lord Vishnu. [1] As with the Alvar saints, she was affiliated with the Sri Vaishnava tradition of Hinduism.
Valli (Tamil: வள்ளி, romanized: Vaḷḷi, lit. 'Creeper, Sweet potato plant' [2]) is the Hindu goddess of empathy, and the second consort of the deity Murugan. An incarnation of the goddess Sundaravalli, [3] daughter of Vishnu, Valli is born on earth as the
'blue goddess'), [2] also rendered as Neela Devi or Nappinnai, is a Hindu goddess, and a consort of the preserver deity Vishnu, along with Sridevi and Bhudevi. [3] [4] Niladevi is primarily revered in South India, particularly in Tamil culture, as one of Vishnu's consorts.
Kamadeva, also called Manmatha, is the god of love, a son of Vishnu. Rati is the goddess of love and pleasure, the consort of Kamadeva. Garuda is the eagle demigod mount of Vishnu. Shesha is the serpent demigod mount of Vishnu. Nandi is the bull mount of Shiva. Vasuki is the second king of the nagas .
Mahar Renuka, also known as Yellamma Devi, is a Hindu mother goddess worshipped predominantly in the South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra. [3] She is the mother of Parashurama, the sixth avatar of the god Vishnu. She was given the name "Renuka" and acquired the status of a mother goddess ...