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| other_names = {{ubl|Angalamman|Angala Devi|Angala Paramesvari|Angala Ishvari|Thandeshwari|Poongavanathuamman|Periyayi|Periyandichi|Pechiyayi}}
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| consort = [[Shiva]]<ref>{{cite book | url=https://wwwbooks.google.co.incom/books/edition/The_Pink_Line/D7nIDwAAQBAJ?hlid=en&gbpv=1D7nIDwAAQBAJ&dq=angalamman&pg=PT276&printsec | isbn=9781782837008 | title=The Pink Line: The World's Queer Frontiers | date=2 July 2020 | publisher=frontcoverProfile }}</ref>
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'''Angala Devi''', also known as '''Angalamman''' and '''Angala Paramesvari''', is an [[aspect (religion)|aspect]] of the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] goddess [[Parvati]], primarily worshipped in the villages of [[South India]] as a ''kaval deivam'', a guardian deity. She is often additionally considered to be an aspect of one of the [[Matrikas]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Poston |first=Larry |date=2015-03-10 |title=Book Review: One God, Two Goddesses, Three Studies of South Indian Cosmology |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0091829615569146b |journal=Missiology: An International Review |volume=43 |issue=2 |pages=223–224 |doi=10.1177/0091829615569146b |s2cid=163894459 |issn=0091-8296}}</ref>
 
==Legend==
Angalamman is a manifestation of Goddess Parvati. This manifestation of Mother Goddess is more popular in South India. This is a fierce form of Goddess Shakti and she is also a guardian deity in many villages.
According to regional folklore, an [[asura]] once performed a [[Tapas (Indian religions)|tapasya]] to propitiate the destroyer deity, [[Shiva]]. Even as deities like [[Indra]] and [[Varuna]] urged Shiva not to grant the asura a boon, Shiva was moved by the asura's austerities and granted him his desired immortality. This asura went on a killing spree, threatening the [[Rishi|munis]] and attacking [[Devaloka]]. When these sages complained to Parvati, Shiva granted her the boon of the ability to slay this asura. Parvati took the form of Angala Paramesvari and chased the asura, who sought refuge in a [[Shmashana|cremation ground]]. He entered a corpse to escape her wrath, but Angala was able to slay him, after which she tied a number of his bones around her waist and danced the [[Tandava|ananda tandavam]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Frederick M. |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=qAiXxRh2KbgC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA130&dq=angala+parameswari&hl=en&redir_esc=y |title=The Self Possessed: Deity and Spirit Possession in South Asian Literature and Civilization |last2=Sir |first2=Frederick Smith |date=2006 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=978-0-231-13748-5 |pages=130 |language=en}}</ref>
 
It is stated that Goddess Parvati took the form of Angala Amman to help Shiva rid of the Kapala that was following Him after He cut off the fifth head of Brahma.
 
 
Legend has it that Shiva took the form of Bhairava and cut off the fifth head of Brahma for being arrogant about His creation. Brahma had no remorse about the suffering that living beings had on earth.
 
But soon Shiva felt remorse and for redemption of the sin, Brahma asked Shiva to become a wandering ascetic (Bhikshatana) and beg for food in a skull.
 
As per the story of Angalamman, the fifth head started following Shiva. The head made his home in the arm of Shiva and started eating whatever Shiva received from begging.
 
Goddess Parvati decided to put an end to the Kapala. On advice of Vishnu, she prepared food for Shiva at Thandakarunyam Tirth near Angikula Tirtham. Shiva came to eat the food. Goddess Parvati intentionally scattered food around the place and Kapala came down to eat them leaving the hand of Shiva. Goddess Parvati seized this opportunity and took the fierce form of Angalamman and stamped down the Kapala using her right leg.
 
The most famous temple dedicated to Angalamman is the Sri Angala Parameswari Temple at Melmalayanur in Gingee Taluk in Villupuram District in Tamil Nadu.
 
==See also==
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