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Draupadī Amman of Gingee

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Draupadī Amman of Gingee

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Place: Gingee, Villupuram, Tamil Nadu (12.2531°N, 79.4203°E) Draupadī — the Mahābhārata queen — is worshipped as an independent village goddess in ~450 villages across northern Tamil Nadu. At Gingee, the 18-day Draupadī-amman koḍai features fire-walking (tī-mithi) — hundreds of devotees walk barefoot across a 30-ft bed of glowing coals. Alf Hiltebeitel's 30-year ethnography documented this Draupadī cult. Priests are non-Brahmin. Daily aarati (dawn + dusk); abhisheka; flower and c

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Scholarly sourceGazetteer
Multiple District Gazetteer (state-specific)
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James G. Lochtefeld. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism (2002)
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Gram Devata — Wikipedia
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B. K. Chatterjee. Folk Religion and Society in India

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Scholarly sourceGazetteer
Multiple District Gazetteer (state-specific)
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Scholarly sourceBook
James G. Lochtefeld. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism (2002)
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Supporting referenceWikipedia
Gram Devata — Wikipedia
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Scholarly sourceBook
B. K. Chatterjee. Folk Religion and Society in India

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"Draupadī Amman of Gingee." ELGODS: Spiritual Encyclopedia of India, Deities, https://elgods.jambudweep.tech/explore/deities/draupad_amman_of_gingee. Accessed August 22, 2026.

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