Draupati Amman

Draupati Amman idol in Udappu, Sri Lanka

Draupati Amman is a deification of the character from the Hindu epic Mahabharatha, namely Draupadi, primarily amongst the Telugu and Tamil people of India, Sri Lanka and other countries. Draupati was the wife of the five Pandava brothers in the Mahābhārata epic.

As village Deity

The Draupati Amman cult (or Draupati cult) is a tradition that binds together a community of people in worshipping Draupati Amman as a village goddess with unique rituals and mythologies.

Fire walking ritual

A father walking on fire with his child during the annual Hindu festival at the Draupati Amman temple in Udappu

Fire walking or theemithi is a popular ritual enacted at Draupati Amman temples.^[1]

Location

There are number of temples dedicated to Draupati Amman in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Singapore and Sri Lanka.

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  Draupati holding a bowl in one of her four hands

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  View from feet of the goddess near Auroville.

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  Reclining Draupati's head - near Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India

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  Giant reclining Draupati as village goddess near Auroville.

Footnotes

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Draupati Amman.

• Hiltebeitel, Alf (1991). The Cult Of Draupadi Mythologies:From Gingee To Kuruksetra 1. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 978-81-208-1000-6. 

• Pattanaik, Devadutt (2009). 7 Secrets from Hindu Calendar Art. Westland, Mumbai. ISBN 978-81-89975-67-8.

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