About: Kannaki Amman
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Kannaki Amman (Tamil: கண்ணகி அம்மன், IAST: Kaṇṇaki am'man, Sinhala: පත්තිනි දෙවියෝ, Malayalam: കണ്ണകി ഭഗവതി kaṇṇaki bhagavati) is the deified form of Kannagi, the heroine of the Tamil epic Cilappatikāram. She is worshipped in parts of Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala. As a goddess of chastity, she is venerated by Indian Tamils and Malayalis, Sri Lankan Tamil Shaivites, and also by the Sinhalese Buddhists as Pattini Deviyo. In regional Hindu tradition, her tale is interpreted as the story of Durga demanding justice after the death of her husband, Kovalan, who is identified as a form of Shiva.
