Karuppasamy
The Black God
Overview
Karuppasamy (கருப்பசாமி) is a folk deity associated with death and the afterlife in Tamil Nadu.
Key Facts
- State: Tamil Nadu
- Type: Death deity
Source: Local tradition
Wisdom Graph: Divine Associations
MantraKaruppa Sāmi Kātturāṉ
- Vāhana
- horse (a Steppe-influenced vahana; Karuppusamy rides the horse as a boundary-guardian, reflecting the cultural import of the horse from Āryan/pastoral traditions into South Indian village cults)
- Sacred animals
- horse (Steppe-influenced vahana)dog
- Offerings
- arrack and cigars (traditional)black clothweapons as offerings
- Weapons / emblems
- aruvāḷ (billhook)kaṭṭāri (dagger)
- Sacred colours
- blackred
📜 Primary Scriptural Sources
- Karuppaṇṇaswāmī folk songsbhakti
