Manual The Village Gods of South India

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This book by Henry Whitehead is quite interesting; it details the rituals practiced in villages in South India. However, it should be born in mind.
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This started a parallel system of Gods in India which was outside the Agamas and which were worshipped by the general people in their own way. They realized that these Gods were powerful and would fulfill all their wishes. In most of these temples worship was done by people who were not Brahmins and not following the Agama system of worship.

Indian villages are primarily agriculture based and agriculture across the world is usually associated to female element. Hence female deities are the usual norm as grama-devatha. Also the fickle and fiery temperament of the village deity calls for feminine form for the deity. Male village deities, when present, are often worshipped in the form of subordinate to the goddess, mostly for the protection of the village from outside forces.

The Yellamma, Mysamma, Renukamma worshipped in many villages is actually a mile stone which demarcated the boundaries of two villages. In olden days, people when they travel from one village to another village started relaxing near these stones and in due course started praying to them for safe journey.

Thus, slowly these milestones attained the position of village gods and goddesses. Villagers offered these Gods what they ate and it was non vegetarian items most of the time. Each of these Gods also had priests appointed to serve them from certain specific families. Most of them also had Samiyadis who would go in to trance in front of these deities and reply to the queries of the devotees of Gods.

Each of these Gods had stories associated with them, form of worship and festivities all lead by these simple devotees. Most of the villages had a God to guard them outside the village below some trees. The looks of these Gods were most often terrifying.. All important ceremonies were conducted before these Gods. The origins of different deities range from incarnations of the Brahman Gods to the regular human spirits from untimely deaths of a villager.

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The more common stories of the deity with mortal origin is of injustice done to a woman whose wrath then unleashes her power and takes on a Goddess form. The worship then might serve a reminder to stick to ethical standards and strike the fear of being punished otherwise. Vishesh — I was lucky as my uncle and my mother started pointing out these to me.. Im changing my camera as well. CU — Thanks for sharing these interesting experiences..

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Matt — All Indian Gods and colorful and the legends are even more.. Most devotees of Shiva are known as Saivites.. Lalitha — These Gods were a great fodder for film scripts to write fantastic stories and spin emotions.. I find them fascinating though. Vishnu — Kids are brought up with fear of this deity.. He punishes the guilty.. Fascinating statues and background history! Never heard about them before, and the group of deities in the field is like out of this world!

Do you know anything about the small figure to the right of the picture? Its quite interesting as each state and community has different deities to protect them and the legends are very fascinating..

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Fascinating and beautiful. Do you know why in the third picture the horse is so big compared to the man God? It seems I will have to spend quite some time reading your past posts. Great images! I would love to use one or two for an Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism I am writing. Any chance of that; will give credit and can offer modest fee. Anon — It would have been better if you had left your name and contact details for me to revert..


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Related Posts. By Lakshmi Sharath. January 21, July 7, I am on tour. Great collection of ayyanar statues, this is more than what we get in village based tamil films.

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It is so weird to use a Greek word when you describe Indian culture. Lovely set. U have captured quite a few of them. Nice story too. Nice cultural photo-essay here! Interesting and informative!! Is Ayyanar same as Ayyapa? I have seen this as we rode through villages down south.