Karuppu Sami

deity single tradition · 2

Karuppusami is a male deity in Tamil Nadu who are either attendants to Ayyanar or guardians for the main goddess. Most of these gods are kuladevatas for families in the village, especially for dominant castes who are patrilineal. In this context guardianship has two meanings: either as guardian of devotees or the guardian of a greater village deity, subservient to them.

↻ synthesized from 2 sources

Relationships

allied with
Ayyanar

Expand to full subgraph →

Sources

Source passages

“Karuppu Sami”

#9934 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001