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Deities
Mariai Aai
Māriāi Āī — Maharashtrian village-goddess
Māriāi Āī — Maharashtrian village-goddess
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Māriāī — the pock-faced goddess of smallpox, the most widely-worshipped village-goddess of Maharashtra. Parallel to Mariamman of Tamil Nadu. Non-Brahmin priesthood; red-hibiscus and neem offerings.
