Angala Devi

Angala Devi, also known as Angalamman and Angala Paramesvari, is an aspect of the Hindu goddess Parvati, primarily worshipped in the villages of South India as a kaval deivam, a guardian deity. She is often additionally considered to be an aspect of one of the Matrikas.[2]

Angala Paramesvari Amman
Shrine of Angala Paramesvari
Other names
  • Angalamman
  • Angala Devi
  • Angala Paramesvari
  • Angala Ishvari
  • Thandeshwari
  • Poongavanathuamman
  • Periyayi
  • Periyandichi
  • Pechiyayi
AffiliationShaktism, Parvati
AbodeMel Malayanoor
Weapon
MountLion
Temples
  • Mel Malayanoor Angalamman
  • Putlur Poongavanathu amman
  • Chithalur Angalamman
ConsortShiva[1]

Legend

According to regional folklore, an asura once performed a tapasya to propitiate the destroyer deity, Shiva. Even as deities like Indra and Varuna urged Shiva not to grant the asura a boon, Shiva was moved by the asura's austerities and granted him his desired immortality. This asura went on a killing spree, threatening the munis and attacking Devaloka. When these sages complained to Parvati, Shiva granted her the boon of the ability to slay this asura. Parvati took the form of Angala Paramesvari and chased the asura, who sought refuge in a cremation ground. He entered a corpse to escape her wrath, but Angala was able to slay him, after which she tied a number of his bones around her waist and danced the ananda tandavam.[3]

See also

Notes
  1. The Pink Line: The World's Queer Frontiers. Profile. 2 July 2020. ISBN 9781782837008.
  2. Poston, Larry (10 March 2015). "Book Review: One God, Two Goddesses, Three Studies of South Indian Cosmology". Missiology: An International Review. 43 (2): 223–224. doi:10.1177/0091829615569146b. ISSN 0091-8296. S2CID 163894459.
  3. Smith, Frederick M.; Sir, Frederick Smith (2006). The Self Possessed: Deity and Spirit Possession in South Asian Literature and Civilization. Columbia University Press. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-231-13748-5.

References
  • W.T. Elmore, Dravidian Gods in Modern Hinduism.
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