Kannaki Amman
deity earth Sri Lankan Tamil single tradition · 3
Kannaki Amman is the chief deity of the coastal folk among Sri Lankan Tamils.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Vairavar, Kattavarayan, Naccimar, Ampal, Naka Tampiran, Periyatampiran, Valliyakkan, Varunan, Virumar, Ilanthari, Bhuvaneshwari, Rajarajeshwari, Muruga, Dharmarāja, Karuppasamy, Sudalai Madan, Kathavarayan, Draupadiamman, Gandhari, Kunti, Aravan, Kataragama deviyo, Upulvan, Kannagi, kali, Bhadrakali, Ayyanar, Annamar, Sasta, Elu Kanniyar, Kanakampikai Amman, Narayana, Madurai Veeran
- manifests as
- Kannagi
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Within the Jaffna Peninsula, a number of temples dedicated to Kannaki Amman has been converted to Bhuvaneshwari, Rajarajeshwari and Mariamman temples...many coastal Kannaki Amman shrines converted to churches of Our Lady”
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“Kannaki Amman is Kannagi from the Silappadikaram, whose husband was unjustly killed by the Pandyan king, is another widely-worshipped deity of this category. The deities are spirits who suffered injustice in their lives or deaths and must be propitiated to prevent their spirit from affecting the village.”
#22597 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Kannaki Amman”
#29254 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001