Uyu Ui-Dingi

Uyū Ui-Dingī — Apatani spirit-world

Tradition · Apatani

Period · Indigenous antiquity

Awaiting review

Historical PeriodEra

Indigenous antiquity

3000 BCEIndigenous antiquityPresent

Sacred Facts · At a Glance

Gender: female
Sacred Colours: redturmeric-yellow
Sacred Offerings: rice beer · fowl · flowers · incense

Primary Scriptures

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Uyu Ui-Dingi

The Apatani people of Ziro Valley have an extraordinarily intricate spirit-cosmology, with distinct Uyū (spirits) for each natural feature: Ui-Dingī (earth-spirit), Apa-Donya (sky-spirit), Miji Uyū (river), Chanta Uyū (forest).

Significance

Uyū Ui-Dingī — Apatani spirit-world

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✦Wisdom Graph: Divine Associations✦

Offerings: rice beerfowlflowersincense
Sacred colours: redturmeric-yellow

🛕 Principal Temples

Principal shrine of Uyu Ui-DingiIndigenous antiquity
📍 Ziro, Lower Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh, India
27.5500°, 93.8333° — view on map
Uyū Ui-Dingī — Apatani spirit-world

🎊 Festivals

Annual community festival
Date varies by tribe/region

Sources & provenance

🎓 2 Scholarly

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Scholarly sourceBook
Tribes and Castes of Arunachal Pradesh
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Scholarly sourceBook
Arunachal Pradesh State Gazetteer (post-1947)

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Significance

✦Wisdom Graph: Divine Associations✦

🛕 Principal Temples

🎊 Festivals