Where is Draupadi Worshipped?

Where is Draupadi Worshipped?

Draupadi emerged as a goddess in the local context of worship in the Tamil community. This permeated the worshipping traditions of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh as well as those of Sri Lanka. She is referred to as Draupadi Amman and has a cult dedicated to her of the same name.

Can we worship Draupadi?

There are several temples for her in Bengaluru, Tamilnadu and Sri Lanka. These images are from a Draupadi Amman temple at Tiruvannamalai, Tamilnadu. Here she is, on a divine pedestal, deified. She occupies the centre stage here; others are around to serve her.

Is Draupadi a God?

Draupadi is not God. She was an ordinary woman lived in dwapara Yuga. She was not the incarnation of mahalakshmi. Draupadi was the incarnation of some celestial woman called sachi.

Where is the Chola mandagapadi conducted?

The “Chola Mandagapadi” still conducted by the Pichavaram Chola King twice in a year at the sanctum Sanctorum in the dais of “Surya Chandra Mandapam”. This practice existing from the times of the great Kulotunga Chola-1.

Are the descendants of the Cholas entitled to crown in Thillai temple?

The cholas descendants are “Pichavaram Poligars” (Royal Family). They are entitled to crown in the “Thillai Natarajar Temple”, the family deity of imperial cholas. Others are not entitled for the same is clearly mentioned in the hymns of “Periya Puranam” of 12th century A.D written by the noted poet “Sekkizhar”.

Were Cholas Agnivanshi Kshatriyas or Surya Kshatriyas?

Cholas were Suryavanshi (Suryakula)Kshatriyas not Agnivanshi (Agnikula) Kshatriya. Sangam Literature is the proof of that.Even in North India we see Cholas as Suryavanshi Rajput. Cholas were never vanniya kula .The word vanniya kula is a recent fabrication by Palli caste.

What is the caste of the Pichavaram Cholas?

The “Pichavaram Cholas” are mentioned in their documents as “Kshatriya” by caste. The “Umapathi Sivacharya” (14th century) one among the “Thillai Dikshidars”, period “Parthavanam Mahatmiyam” and “Rajendrapura Mahatmiyam” published by the “Madras Sanskrit College” clearly says about the chola king “Vira Varma Chola of Pichavaram”.