Guest guest Posted January 21, 2003 Report Share Posted January 21, 2003 INDOLOGY, "vpcnk <vpcnk@H...>" <vpcnk@H...> wrote: > Amman devotees would not accept that she is a "diety" of Shiva. >There are thousands of Amman temples in TN which do not house >a Shiva idol. Durgai and Kaali temple rituals are essentially Saivaite. The kumbabhishekams, puujaai in big village deity temples are by Sivachariyar priests. In the oral epics and songs everywhere these ammans are connected with Shiva. No one in TN will deny the connexion of Durgai, Kali with Sivan. > For eg in the temple of my family deity "Draupadi Amman" in > Vengalathur (near Kaanchipuram), standing beside Amman are the idols > of Arjuna and Krishna, but no Shiva! Of course, in Draupadi Amman temples you can find Krishna. But Draupadi temples are not found in all parts of TN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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