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Who was the founder of Pattini cult related to worship of Goddess of Chastity-Kannagi?
Who was the founder of Pattini cult related to worship of Goddess of Chastity-Kannagi?
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The correct option is A Senguttuvan
The worship of Kannagi or Pattini (‘the chaste lady’) was perhaps a very early institution and was but an extension of the worship of the goddess of chastity’.This become popular with Senaguttuvan’s worship of Kannagi and spread to distant places like Sri Lanka in the South and Malva in the north. Senguttuvan was the founder of the Pattini cult.
The worship of Kannagi or Pattini (‘the chaste lady’) was perhaps a very early institution and was but an extension of the worship of the goddess of chastity’.
This become popular with Senaguttuvan’s worship of Kannagi and spread to distant places like Sri Lanka in the South and Malva in the north. Senguttuvan was the founder of the Pattini cult.
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