Amman is portrayed with many arms (usually 2 or 4) representing her many powers. Goddess Amman is usually depicted as a beautiful young woman with a red-hued face, wearing a bright red dress. Before beginning any important under-taking or family occasions such as Marriages, Child-Births, Baby Naming function, Puberty functions, etc., families visit their kula-deivam to get the blessings. Typically the family deity worshiping runs for generation-after-generation. Amman is worshiped as Kula-Deivam (family deity) for many South Indian tamil-speaking hindu families. During some festive seasons, it is very common to have mouth or nose pierced along with fire-walking ritutals.Īlso Devotees pray to Amman for family fertility issues and to get a good husband/wife.
Also some devotees of Goddess Amman would perform fire-walking rituals.
Also after the rituals are completed, devotees will be offered with Pongal (a mix of rice and green gram) and Koozh which are made with earthen pots (i.e., terracotta pots using firewood). The worshiping methods for Amman are typically non-vedic (meaning non-brahmin priests would perform the poojas) and followed by various folk dancing. Amman Worshipping RitualsĪmman is mainly worshiped for bringing rains and healing ailments such as cholera, smallpox, and chicken pox. There are different names for Amman namely Angalamman, Baligamuki Amman, Bhuvaneshwari Amman, Kalikambal, Karumari Amman, Lalitha Parameshwari, Madhura Kaliamman, samaya puram mariamman, Mookambikai amman, Solai mariamman and so on. Goddess Mariamman is considered by many to be the South Indian Incarnation of Goodess Kali. Goddess Amman is closely associated with Goddess Parvati and Goddess Durga. Amman Photos: Amman is the main South Indian mother goddess, very popular in the village areas of Tamil Nadu, India.