| 词条 | Village deities of Sri Lankan Tamils |
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Village deities are a common feature of the Hindu pantheon of deities. They are known as Gramadevatas. Each Hindu region and caste of India and South Asia has its share of village deities. Sri Lankan Tamils venerate their own group of village deities throughout Sri Lanka, specifically in the Tamil-dominated north and east of the island nation. List of Hindu deities
Sanskritisation{{Main|Sanskritisation}}The identities of some of above the lesser known deities had been lost and most of them are now identified as Vairavar and Kali. Both are worshipped in the form of Trisulam. Furthermore, the Saiva revivalism initiated by Arumuga Navalar has enabled many high status Tamils to subsume the village deities within the Agamic pantheon. Within the Jaffna Peninsula, a number of temples dedicated to Kannaki Amman has been converted to Bhuvaneshwari, Rajarajeshwari and Mariamman temples.[2][8] Similarly have some of the deities been christianized under the colonial influences. As many coastal inhabitants were under Portuguese rule converted to catholicism, were many coastal Kannaki Amman shrines converted to churches of Our lady (a title of Mary, mother of Jesus).[2] See also
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