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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox
2019
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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
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism KBM Asia |
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Great and Little Traditions
B Kannimār B Hindu Temple B Sapta mātṛkā B Pleiades B Folk Shrine |
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