Donyi-Polo
Deities

Donyi-Polo

Status · Anusandhāna
Source · Uncited
Tradition · Adi
Period · Eternal

Donyī-Polō ("Sun-Moon") is the dual-deity creator cosmology of the Tani tribal peoples of Arunachal Pradesh — Adi, Apatani, Galo, Nyishi, and Tagin. Donyī (Sun) is the mother, Polō (Moon) the father. The modern Donyi-Polo movement (founded 1986) is reviving and systematizing the indigenous religion. Donyī-Polō — Sun-Moon cosmology of the Tani tribes