Kannimar Shrines and Iconography: A Set of Tamil Folk Goddesses Interpreted in a Pan-Indian Context

The Kannimar are seven look-alike goddesses affiliated with the Pleiades. In local Tamil folk temples of Tamilnadu’s Kongu area they are worshipped in one cluster, as sisters. They are mediators who occupy a middle ground, both spatially and ritually. The seven are served together, soon after the mo...

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Main Author: Beck, Brenda E. F. 1940- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox 2019
In: Religions of South Asia
Year: 2019, Volume: 13, Issue: 2, Pages: 188–229
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Kannimar, Goddess / Tamil Nadu / Folk religion / Saptamātṛkās, Goddess / Pleiades, Fictitious character
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Great and Little Traditions
B Kannimār
B Hindu Temple
B Sapta mātṛkā
B Pleiades
B Folk Shrine
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