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Her worship mainly focuses on bringing rains and curing diseases like cholera, smallpox, and chicken pox. Mariamman is worshipped in accordance with local traditions such as Pidari or the Gramadevatai. She is considered as a guardian deity (kaval deivam) by many South Indian village-dwellers.
- Mariamma, Mariamman, Mariatha, Mari, Amma
- South India
Dec 16, 2022 · Gradually, Mariamman came to be worshipped in other forms like Pidari, Katteri Amman, Draupadi Amman and so on. Essentially, the goddess was worshipped for protection from disease, especially the pox variety. Mariamman took root all over Tamil Nadu as the Gramadevata (“village goddess”) or Kaaval Deivam (“protecting deity”). But the ...
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May 15, 2016 · Some Amazing facts: 01. The goddess is believed to cure heat related diseases like rashes, etc. During the summer months, devotees carry pots of water mixed with turmeric and Neem leaves and undertake padhayatra (walking barefoot) to the nearest Maariamman shrine to ward off illnesses like the measles and chickenpox. 02.
Millions of villagers across South India worship Mariamman, especially in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Mariamman is one of the deities worshipped in almost every Tamil village. Nearly all members of a village participate in the goddess's festival, even brahmans and Muslims. The different castes to some extent mix freely.
Mariamman. Maariamman, Maariaatha is known as “Mother Mari” spelt also Maariamma (Tamil: மாரியம்மா), or simply Amman or Aatha. Mariamman is the main South Indian mother goddess. Mari is closely associated with the Hindu goddesses Parvati and Durga as well as with her North Indian counterpart Shitala Devi.
She is regarded as a poor and needy Hindu goddess. The origin of this deity is related to the goddess Renuka, who is the mother of Parashurama, the child of Lord Vishnu. The goddess Mariamman is often referred to as Amman. She is worshipped in various locations in South India, especially in the regions of Deccan and Tamil Nadu.
<p>Sri Mariamman (alt.: Mariyamman) is generally understood to be a Tamil goddess associated with smallpox. She was in fact cursed with the disease in at least one version of her narrative, and so offerings to the goddess during puja are meant to ‘keep her away from your door’.