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| [[File:Draupati Amman idol in Udappu.jpg|thumb|Draupadi Amman idol in [[Udappu]], [[Sri Lanka]]]]
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| '''Draupadi Amman''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]]: திரௌபதி அம்மன்) (Devanagari: द्रौपदि अम्मन्) ([[IAST]]: Droupadi Amman) is a goddess from the [[Hindu]] epic [[Mahabharata]], namely [[Draupadi]]. Draupadi was the wife of the five [[Pandava]] brothers in the [[Mahābhārata]]. She is also greatly believed to be the incarnation of Hindu goddess [[Kali]].
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| ==As a village deity==
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| The Draupadi Amman cult (or Draupadi sect) is a regional Hindu sect in which the Pillais, [[Konar (caste)|Konar]] ([[Yadava]]s), [[Vanniyar]] and the [[Mudaliar|Mutaliyar]] communities worship Draupadi Amman as a [[Village deities of Tamil Nadu|village goddess]] with unique rituals and mythologies.<ref>{{cite book |first=Alf |last=Hiltebeitel |author-link=Alf Hiltebeitel |title=The Cult of Draupadī: Mythologies: From Gingee to Kurukserta |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VncomfRVVhoC&pg=PA221 |year=1991 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-1000-6 |page=221}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Madhusudhan|first1=N.R.|title=Ancient tradition comes alive|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/article382309.ece?service=print|publisher=New Indian Express|date=2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title= The Cult of Draupadi, Volume 2 |first= Alf |last=Hiltebeitel|publisher= University of Chicago |year=1998 |page=23,107 |isbn= 9780226340470 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Cult_of_Draupadi_Volume_2/diPh4qYtjPUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=mutaliyar}}</ref><ref name=" Alf hiltebeitel">{{cite book |editor= Alf hiltebeitel |title= The Cult of Draupadi. Mythologies from Gingee to kurukserta, Volume 1 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=VncomfRVVhoC&q=Mutaliyars |year=2008 |publisher= University of Chicago|pages=32 |isbn= 9788120810006 }}</ref><ref name="Kathleen Gough">{{cite book |editor=Kathleen Gough|title= Rural Society in Southeast India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GZwD7EqLcAUC&q=Draupadi|year=2008 |publisher= Cambridge|pages=360 |isbn= 9780521040198 }}</ref>
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| ==Incarnation of Kali==
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| The Pillais, Vanniyars, Mudaliyars, Konars and the Gounder community of Tamil Nadu, <ref name=" Alf hiltebeitel"/><ref name="Kathleen Gough"/> and the Tigala community of Karnataka believe Draupadi Amman as an incarnation of [[Adi Parashakti]] and as their household goddess (kuladevi) of their communities. There are many temples in South Indian villages dedicated to Draupadi Amman, observing annual festivals. One of the popular temples of Sri Dharmarayaswamy- Draupadi temple is at Thigarapete, the heart of Bengaluru, Karnataka. {{fact|date=August 2020}}.
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| ==Fire Walking ritual==
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| [[File: Fire walking in Udappu.jpg|thumb|right|A father [[Theemethee|walking on fire]] with his child during the annual Hindu festival at the Draupadi Amman temple in [[Udappu]], [[Sri Lanka]]]]
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| {{See also|Udappu}}
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| [[Fire walking]] or [[Thimithi]] is a popular ritual enacted at the Draupadi Amman temples. <ref>Hitebeital (1991)</ref>
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| ==Location==
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| There are a number of temples dedicated to Draupadi Amman in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Singapore]] and [[Sri Lanka]].
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| File: Reclining Draupadi, wife of the 5 Pandavas. Near Auroville.jpg|The reclining Draupadi Amman idol holding a bowl in one of her four hands
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| Reclining Draupadi, wife of the 5 Pandavs. Near Auroville3.jpg|View from feet of the reclining Draupadi Amman idol near Auroville.
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| File: Reclining Draupadi, wife of the 5 Pandavs. Near Auroville2.jpg|Reclining Draupadi Amman idol - near [[Auroville]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
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| File: Reclining Draupadi, wife of the 5 Pandavs. Near Auroville4.jpg|Giant reclining Draupadi Amman idol near Auroville.
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| </gallery>
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| ==Footnotes==
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| {{Reflist}}
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| ==References/ Articles/ Blogs==
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| * {{cite book|last=Hiltebeitel|first=Alf |authorlink=Alf Hiltebeitel |title=The Cult Of Draupadi Mythologies:From Gingee To Kuruksetra|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |year=1991|volume=1|isbn=978-81-208-1000-6}}
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| * Pattanaik, Devadutt (2009). ''7 Secrets from Hindu Calendar Art''. Westland, Mumbai. {{ISBN|978-81-89975-67-8}}.
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| * Draupadi Amman Shrine/ Temple - KONDAL, Mayiladuthurai, TN.
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| * Visit http://blog.thitherwards.com/draupadi/ for more details.
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| {{Mahābhārata}}
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| {{HinduMythology}}
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| {{South Indian deities}}
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| [[Category: Characters in the Mahabharata]]
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| [[Category: Tamil deities]]
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