Folk Deities of Tamil Nadu |Â Gods who love surruttus and chappals
It happened almost 35 years ago. The elders in my village had assembled to discuss a curious demand by the samiyadi (oracle) of the local Sudalaimadan temple, the presiding deity of graveyards. He insisted that the village should organise a kodai (festival) as the deity was very particular about it. “He is not letting me…