List of Sri Lankan Tamil village deities
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This is a List of Sri Lankan Tamil village deities. In India, they are known as Gramadevata.
- Mutalikal is possibly a caste deity, used by Karaiyar.
- Periyatampiran or the great master, a caste god of the washermen.
- Virumar is possibly a caste god of the smiths.
- Kattavarayan or the Saviour hero.
- Naccimar or the ladies - now quite often given in the form Ammna or Ampal, the Mother Goddess.
- Sapta Kanniyar or seven virgins.
- Naka tampiran or snake master
- Vairavar popular village deity
- Kali or black goddess.
The identities of some of above the lesser known deities are getting lost and most of them are now identified as Vairavar and Kali. Both are worshipped in the form of Trisulam or culams or tridents.
[edit] Main/Popular Deities
- Murukan. This deity is often referred to at the dialectal level as Murukaiya
- Amman, the mother goddess. There are various forms of amman worship, important of which are Mariamman, the goddess of rain, Kannaki amman which is Kannaki, the chaste goddess.
[edit] Reference
| Hinduism | Hindu mythology | Indian epic poetry |  |
|---|---|
| Female Deities: Saraswati | Mariamman | Lakshmi | Dakshayani | Gayatri | Parvati | Durga | Shakti | Kali | Sita | Devi | Radha | Mahavidya | more... | |
| Male Deities: Brahma | Vishnu | Shiva | Rama | Krishna | Ganesha | Murugan | Hanuman | Ayyanar | Indra | Surya | more... | |
| Texts: Vedas | Upanishads | Puranas | Ramayana | Mahabharata | Rigveda | |
