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Plate DEI · MMANMariammanमारियम्मन

URN · urn:vamshanidhi:deity:mariamman

Deities · Śākta

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मारियम्मन

Mariamman

Pantheon

Śākta

100 temple links

ISynopsis

South Indian village goddess of rain and disease prevention. Worshipped across Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh with fire-walking and kavadi festivals.

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8 entries

  1. PantheonŚākta · Curated pantheon classificationscholarly interpretation
  2. Name (kan/Knda)ಮಾರಮ್ಮtextual
  3. Name (tel/Telu)మారమ్మtextual
  4. Name (tam/Taml)மாரியம்மன்textual
  5. Name (eng/Latn)Mariamman · also: Mariyamman, Renuka, Yellammatextual
  6. Name (hin/Deva)मारियम्मनtextual
  7. Name (mal/Mlym)മാരിയമ്മൻtextual
  8. Enshrined at100 templescommunity attested

IIFamily lineages worshipping this deity

Verified family lineages that hold this deity as their kuladevataa (family patron deity). The kuladevataa registry (ADR-0044) grows as contributors share their family patron deity through lineage submissions.

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IIITemples enshrining this devatā

100 attested
  • Temple 0043df40primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 00f37084primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 0103a2e3primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 01789259primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 01c109bcprimary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 01dcc3e8primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 01deb37cprimary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 02845df6primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 029cdfeeprimary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 02b4c564primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 02e51d2fprimary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 033bbf1fprimary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 035286bbprimary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 036b8464primary · name-pattern derived
  • And 86 further temples.

IVFamily lineages

Families who consider Mariamman their kuladevataa have contributed lineage records to the Vamsha archive. The connection persists across generations as part of the hundred-year horizon set for this registry.

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URN · urn:vamshanidhi:deity:mariamman

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