Draupadi Temples There are about 800 temples for Goddess Draupadi located in the villages of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka. Information about the cult of Draupadi as a goddess during the reign of Pallavas is also found in many historical documents.
Draupadi Temples: It is a cultural specialty of India that somewhere around every village there is a temple or a historical place, which has some history in itself. Today we are telling you about a village in South India, where there is a temple of Draupadi, the queen of Pandavas, and Draupadi is worshiped as the village goddess in the entire village.
Draupadi is revered in these districts of Tamil Nadu
Vanniyar, Mudaliar, Konar, and Gounder communities of Tamil Nadu are Draupadi worshippers, whose village and family goddess is Draupadi. Many in the Atreya gotra worship her as a village deity.
Draupadi was the princess of the Panchal kingdom
The Mahabharata mentions that Draupadi was a princess of the Panchal kingdom, born to King Drupada, and also the wife of the five Pandavas. She was born after a Yagya. Draupadi is worshiped in North India as well as in South India. Draupadi is highly revered even today, especially in the South Indian rural culture.
Villagers consider Draupadi as an incarnation of Goddess Kali
In local traditions, Draupadi is regarded as a goddess who protects villages. In addition, Queen Draupadi is believed to be an incarnation of the Hindu goddess Mariamman or Mahakali, who was born to assist Lord Krishna in the destruction of all evil rulers spread across the continent. It is mentioned in the Mahabharata that Draupadi
Had established a brother-sister relationship with Krishna.
Draupadi has more than 800 temples in three states
There are about 800 temples for Goddess Draupadi located in the villages of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka. Information about the cult of Draupadi as a goddess during the reign of Pallavas is also found in many historical documents. Even now there are about 32 communities in these states, that consider Draupadi a goddess.
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