Aiyanar (IAST: Aiyaṉār, Tamil: ஐயனார்) is a Dravidian folk deity venerated in South India and Sri Lanka. His worship is prevalent amongst rural Tamil people...

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Brahma Shasta is another term associated with Kartikeya. In Tamil Nadu, Aiyanar is used as the regional name of the deity Shasta. The earliest reference...

is often used for worshipping Hindu deities, such as Karuppu Sami and Aiyanar. Craftsmen have made large, decorative aruval which are kept in temples...

Jathera or ancestral worship of Bali, and examples include Santoshi, Renuka, Aiyanar Sthana devatas or local deities, for example, those in certain places of...

kaval deivam, and best recognised for serving as a general for the deity Aiyanar. The deity is associated with the myth of the Mayana Kollai, where he accompanies...

horse whip which looks like a crooked stick, and is a typical attribute of Aiyanar, Krishna in his aspect as Rajagopala, and Shiva with Nandi. The attribute...

primarily with two regional deities: Ayyappa from Kerala and the Tamil Aiyanar. He is also identified with the classical Hindu gods Skanda and Hanuman...

Terracotta shrine figure of Aiyanar, who is a male village guardian deity...

of this union, Shasta – identified with regional deities Ayyappan and Aiyanar – is born. In outskirts of Ernakulam in Kerala, a deity named Vishnumaya...

taken for the deity Karanthamalai Aiyanar who protects the rural villages and their families. The festival of Aiyanar is decided upon by the entire village...

spirit of a deified hero, especially— Madurai Veeran, Karuppuswami, or Aiyanar. Offerings of bananas, coconuts, oil lamps, meat, and alcohol are routinely...

There are three main theories about the etymology of the word "Vanara": Aiyanar suggests that vanara means "monkey" derived from the word vana ("forest")...

Singamadai Ayyanar Temple is an Aiyanar temple in Nalli, at a distance of 18 km from Sattur in Virudhunagar district in Tamil Nadu (India). The presiding...

elephants as their conveyance (vahana), including Balarama, Skanda, and Aiyanar. In the legend of the Gajendra Moksha, Vishnu saves his elephant devotee...

horse whip which looks like a crooked stick, and is a typical attribute of Aiyanar, Krishna in his aspect as Rajagopala, and Shiva with Nandi. (Hindu mythology)...

Hand-painted clay and terracotta products are produced in Gujarat. The Aiyanar cult in Tamil Nadu is associated with life-size terracotta statues. Traditional...

Kataragama Deviyo from Kartikeya, Upulvan from Vishnu and Ayyanayake from Aiyanar can be named as examples. Though these gods take the same place as their...

Sastar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Aiyanar, located at Kannangarakkudi in Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu, India. This temple is...

Malaiyamarungar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Aiyanar, located at Perungalur in Pudukkottai taluk of Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu...

sins after a bath has also clogged up the river.. After the Sorimuthu Aiyanar Temple yearly festival upstream in the forests near Karayar dam the bacteria...

is popular amongst Hindus. The other temples are dedicated to Ganesha, Aiyanar and Kali. The Kali temple is also popular with Buddhists, who frequent...

horse whip which looks like a crooked stick, and is a typical attribute of Aiyanar, Krishna in his aspect as Rajagopala, and Shiva with Nandi. Gada – A mace...

work of traditional Aiyanar potter priests, and his Master's thesis was about their work crafting terracotta horses for Aiyanar shrines in Tamil Nadu...

than Karuppan. Karuppan, as the guardian deity of the Tamil village god Aiyanar, is offered animal sacrifice, while the main deity is covered with a curtain...

Kali Amman temple placed in Anaivari Mettu Stree and Veeranar, Pillaiyar, Aiyanar, Karuppannaswamy Temple.[citation needed] "Anaivari Village". OurVillageIndia...

Saraswathi Annapoorni Durga Devi Lingodbhava Brahma Bhairava Valmiki Kubera Aiyanar with Poorna and Pushkala Ayyappan with Gajavahanam Thambathya Dakshinamurthy...

Terracotta horses, companions of Aiyanar, Tamil village God. Sanskriti Museum...

shrines dedicated to the worship of gods Shiva Lingam, Brahma, Navagraha, Aiyanar, Saptha Kanni, Periyachi, Madurai Veeran and Kathavarayan . Stalls near...

farming. Greeny area with full of natural things, wonders. There is an aiyanar temple in the entrance, a Gangana Mariamman temple in the interior, near...