The robbers living in this place. This is desert & barren land related ecosystem. Worship to Kotravai. This referring to which Thinai?

The fisherman living in this place. This is seashores & marine related ecosystem. Worship to Varunan. This referring to which Thinai?

The plough agriculture living in this place. This is plains & cropland related ecosystem. Worship to Indran. This referring to which Thinai?

The cattle keepers live in this place. This is forest related ecosystem. Worship to Mayon. This referring to which Thinai?

The hunter and food gather living in this place. This is mountain related ecosystem. Worship to Murugan. This referring to which Thinai?

Tamilar ecological classify as five which is kurinji, mulai, marutha, paalai & neytal

When Aaryan rituals merged with Tamilian rituals, Tamilians also started to do homa for sun, moon and fire diety. This worship call as .......?

In traditional worship they also believes that evil spirits which caused ill-effects existed in villages.

There is a special festival called Naagapanjami. This worship carry out by those who worship snake.

Kannagi, Seetha and Thraupathy who were heroines in mythological stories. They call as a..........?

These deities were believed to protect the community, from floods, tornadoes, other natural disasters and ill-effects caused by evil spirits.

People in thirunelvelli district prayed to this deity.

Women folk prayed to her for the safe delivery of the children.

Which deities is this?

"When there was no rainfall, the villagers felt that they had done something to anger her"

To whom the villagers worship to?

Kottravai the deity of victory was named as Durgai and later the same deity was called as Umayaal or Parameswari. This worship call as....?

Every family prayed to a specific deity. This is call as........?

"The villagers believed that these deities were at cross-junctions, t-junctions, under trees and temples. People prayed to them at all these places."

Above referring to which deities?

❖They were called by various names as Karupusamy, Veeran, and Sadaamuni.

❖ Worship for them was done with life-sacrifice.

❖ In later era, when people attained religious knowledge, these practices were stopped.

What worship is this?

When soldiers died, bricks were used to denote them and people prayed to them. This worship call as.....?

In traditional worship the weapons were revered as holy objects.

What are the deities they fishermen prayed before they go fishing?

"People who were afraid of nature believed that deities inhabited hills or lived on

trees and guarded them"

Above sentences referring to which deities?

Which referring to traditional prayers?

How many types of prayers we have?