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Divine Makeup - Kaveripattinam, India

Angalaamman is a name given to the Tamil village deity.Mayana Kollai is the main function of Angalaamman festival where people disguise themselves as Kaali and roam in the streets.Once by the order of parvati, Shiva as "Rudra" removed one head of Brahma so Brahma now with four heads cursed Shiva that his fifth head(Kabala) must be attached to his hand itself and hereafter Shiva must be affected having hunger, having no sleep.Lord Vishnu advised parvati to goto thandakarunyam graveyard with shiva and serve food to kabala and then throw the food everywhere in the graveyard.The kabala will come down, leaving Shiva's hand, to eat the food and unable to find Shiva's hand it gets itself attached to parvati hand.She takes The fiercest form Angalaamman which destroyed the kabala

 

Kaveripattinam | Tamilnadu | Feb 2018

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Uploaded on February 18, 2018
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