Aiyanar (IAST: Aiyaṉār, Tamil: ஐயனார்) is a Dravidian folk deity venerated in South India and Sri Lanka. His worship is prevalent amongst rural Tamil people...

is often used for worshipping Hindu deities, such as Karuppu Sami and Aiyanar. Craftsmen have made large, decorative aruval which are kept in temples...

commitments. Temple, Sorimuthu Aiyanar. "Sorimuthu Aiyanar Temple : Sorimuthu Aiyanar Temple Details | Sorimuthu Aiyanar- Karayar | Tamilnadu Temple |...

Brahma Shasta is another term associated with Kartikeya. In Tamil Nadu, Aiyanar is used as the regional name of the deity Shasta. The earliest reference...

kaval deivam, and best recognised for serving as a general for the deity Aiyanar. The deity is associated with the myth of the Mayana Kollai, where he accompanies...

horse whip which looks like a crooked stick, and is a typical attribute of Aiyanar, Krishna in his aspect as Rajagopala, and Shiva with Nandi. The attribute...

primarily with two regional deities: Ayyappa from Kerala and the Tamil Aiyanar. He is also identified with the classical Hindu gods Skanda and Hanuman...

Aiyanar, guardian folk deity of Tamil Nadu...

There are three main theories about the etymology of the word "Vanara": Aiyanar suggests that vanara means "monkey" derived from the word vana ("forest")...

of this union, Shasta – identified with regional deities Ayyappan and Aiyanar – is born. In outskirts of Ernakulam in Kerala, a deity named Vishnumaya...