Product Description
Made from brass, it is durable and easy to maintain. Sturdy material with non corrosive properties gives it longevity.Use it as home decoration piece or you can place in your home temple or mandir for offering prayers or performing Puja and Aarti.
Mariamman – the Village Goddess
Mari also known as Mariamman and Mariaai, spelt also Maariamma, or simply Amman or Aatha ("mother") is the South Indian Hindu goddess of rain. She is the main South Indian mother goddess, predominant in the rural areas of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Mari is related with the Hindu goddesses Parvati and Durga as well as with her North Indian counterpart Shitala Devi.
Deep in southern India, in the villages of Tamilnadu and Karnataka, there is this very ancient tradition of Mariamman worship. According to scholars, the cult of Mariamman pre-dates the Vedic Gods, which means that it is probably over 4000 years old. In the pre-Vedic times, when Hinduism was not yet the expansive religion it is today, villagers in south India worshipped very localized Gods. These were the Village Gods. Each village had its own non-transferable, “our-very-own” God that understood local concerns and provided them specific relief. Perhaps, this is how Mariamman worship evolved.