Devi Karumariamman

Once this Goddess decided to wonderfully appear in the world. She performed magic and took the form of an old lady and visited the Sun (the Sun God) with the wish to predict the future for him. He, however, did not realize that it was Devi and did not really even notice her. Immediately after his attempt to contact the Sun, Devi Karumari disappeared. The Sun, however, soon realized her mistake, because due to her lack of interest, her radiance dimmed, for which she apologized fearing that her radiance would never return. She also asked that Sunday become her date. She accepted her request for forgiveness and also agreed to Sunday.

Subhadra and Karumari are the sisters of Krishna. However, there is only little information about this Goddess. What we know is that She is very old, the prehistoric form of Shakti. Karumariamman is therefore the only Goddess (at least I think so) who is as close as possible to Aditi, the Vedic mother of the gods of the heavens.

Five serpents rise above His head. For one, they represent the earliest times, as snakes (and reptiles) were the first larger creatures to appear on the Earth’s surface after life had evolved in the ever-present ocean. On the other hand, five snakes represent five elements (Panchabhuta): 1) Earth (Prithvi); 2) Water (Jall); 3) Fire (Agni); 4) Air (Vayu) and 5) Heavenly Sound (Akash).

This Goddess has her typical attributes as Kathavarayan, a country god (a village deity) who always accompanies her. Shiva created it from his third eye. Kathavarayan was the guardian of her garden. Her other attribute is the lion, the medium that She carries herself (Durga has the same vehicle). But Karumariamman has no more idiosyncratic attributes (Durga’s specific attribute is that she is the Goddess of war). Her most typical symbol of her is the lamp, so the best way to approach Ella is to have a lamp near her statue or image of her. Prayers to Karumariamman near such a lamp are believed to be very effective. Agasthiar, one of the seven great sages (Saptarishis), worshiped her during the full moon of the month of Thai (January-February in the Tamil calendar).

According to Her words, the best way to worship her is to pour milk into the anthill, or pray to the idol of the serpent under the tropical tree of the Meliaceae family. The other attribute of her is that She is the Goddess of the South, therefore, you will find her temples in the southern part of India mainly and then in South Asia (Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, etc.).

The interesting thing about this Goddess is that Her name is pronounced almost exactly the same as Mary (the mother of Jesus), since people use various names for Her (Mari, Karumari, Mariamman, etc.). The similarity in the pronunciation of her name with the Christian Virgin Mary is amazing.

In Hinduism, this Goddess is Divine Mother, but without more specific attributes (Parvati’s role is closely related to Shiva, Karumariamman does not have this specific connection; Kali’s role is destruction, Karumariamman’s attribute to destroy and bring a better world is not so tangible).