Angala Devi

Angala Paramesvari Amman
Shrine of Angala Paramesvari
Other names
  • Angalamman
  • Angala Devi
  • Angala Paramesvari
  • Angala Ishvari
  • Thandeshwari
  • Poongavanathuamman
  • Periyayi
  • Periyandichi
  • Pechiyayi
Venerated inTamil Diaspora in Tamil Nadu, Fiji, Caribbean Tamil Communities, South Africa, Mauritius, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam, Trinidad & Tobago Karnataka .keshu
AffiliationShaktism, Parvati
AbodeMel Malayanoor
Weapon
MountLion
Temples
  • Mel Malayanoor Angalamman
  • Putlur Poongavanathu amman
  • Chithalur Angalamman
ConsortShiva[1]

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]

  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.