Draupati Amman

Draupati Amman idol in Udappu, Sri Lanka

View from feet of the goddess near Auroville.

Reclining Draupati's head - near Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India

Giant reclining Draupati as village goddess near Auroville.

Draupati Amman is a deification of the character from the Hindu epic Mahabharatha, namely Draupadi, primarily amongst the Telugu and Tamil people of India, Sri Lanka and other countries. Draupati was the wife of the five Pandava brothers in the Mahābhārata epic.

There are number of temples dedicated to Draupati Amman in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Singapore and Sri Lanka. The Draupati Amman cult (or Draupati cult) is a tradition that binds together a community of people in worshipping Draupati Amman as a village goddess with unique rituals and mythologies. Fire walking or theemithi is a popular ritual enacted at Draupati Amman temples.^[1]

See also

• Udappu - A village in Sri Lanka known for its Draupati Amman temple and fire walking ceremony.

Footnotes

1. ^ Hitebeital (1991)

References

• Hiltebeitel, Alf (1991). The Cult Of Draupadi Mythologies:From Gingee To Kuruksetra. 1. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 9788120810006. 

• Pattanaik, Devadutt (2009). 7 Secrets from Hindu Calendar Art. Westland, Mumbai. ISBN 978-81-89975-67-8.

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  Draupati holding a bowl in one of her four hands