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	India Tourism Travel n Tour Packages, Hoildays in South India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Legend has it that the Goddess Parvati in one of her incarnations as Devi Kanniya did penance on one of the rocks of this land's end to obtain the hand of Lord Shiva.
		Not far from the Kumari Amman Temple is the Gandhi Mandapam, constructed at the spot where the urn containing the ashes of Mahatma Gandhi was kept for public view before a portion of its contents was immersed in the three seas.
		Goddess Valli, the spouse of Lord Subramanya is also enshrined in the temple by the side of the Lord.
	www.spantours.com /southindia/kanyakumari.html (1679 words)

	Amman
		Amman (Arabic عمان ʿAmmān), the capital of the Kingdom of Jordan, is a city of more than 1.6 million inhabitants (2000), and is the commercial and administrative centre of Jordan.
		Amman stayed a small city until 1948, by which time the population had grown considerably large as a result of the influx of Palestinian refugees.
		AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah watched intently during a presentation of plans for the construction of a new minaret near the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.
	www.paleorama.com /Lakes-A/Amman.php (1236 words)

	Madhakamakshi.Net
		But now people worship kamatchi amman is idol worship in form of statue, idoless worship in form of jyothi and in blended idol and idoless worship in a form of peedam.
		Ull street kamatchi amman kovil is one of the oldest kovil in virudhanagar.
		According to the statement of megavarnam in and around 1700 AD as per the sacred voice direction of kamatchi amman they took the pidiman from the devathana patty of madurai district kamatchi amman kovil, lied it on the horn of a bull and migrated towards south in search of livly hood.
	madhakamakshi.net /ull.html (738 words)

	Journal of Religion & Film: Amma n movies–an introduction by Maria-Priska Ondrich
		Amman is among the women and acts as lead dancer.
		“Goddess with snake hood” (Mariyamma n´s iconographical representation) or “the Goddess is in the house”, which means the Goddess, her spiritual energy, is in the temple.
		The Goddess is the mother of the village.
	www.unomaha.edu /jrf/Vol9No2/OndrichAmmanFilm.htm (1486 words)

	koothanur maha saraswathi amman , Goddess of learning and arts, Thiruvaarur
		Saraswathi, the goddess of learning and Arts has always been the one i love the most.Her vehicle swan itself makes us understand that a human being must learn to seperate between good and bad things as the swan has ability to drink milk alone from a vessel mixed with pure milk and water.
		The old man might be poor and wearing torn dress but he had a beautiful heart and saraswathi in herself blesses her true devotees not just with the ability to learn and excel in studies and arts but also to have a heart that has pure thoughts and acts accordingly.
		As the screen opened, i saw goddess saraswathi with a beautiful white saree,a big orange border, sandal paste over her face with red lips (kungumam) and dark eyes.The long 108 white lotus garland was decorating like a arch around the statue.
	www.starsai.com /koothanur-saraswathi.html (1643 words)

	Kataragama Tevayani Amman Temple: Its History and Traditions
		Among recent changes to the infrastructure of the institution, notable are the complete renovation and refitting of the annadanam hall with a sturdy new roof, ceiling fans and sanitary floor tiles.
		Flag-hoisting ceremony at Teyvani Amman Devasthanam is conducted by the Mathadhipati together with his priestly associates.
		As an ongoing tradition of Theyvani Amman Devasthanam, annually annadanam is prepared and offered twice daily on a mass scale for thousands of pilgrims, devotees and duty personnel of all communities during the Adi festival.
	kataragama.org /news/tevayani-traditions.htm (1417 words)

	Kanyakumari Bhagavathi Amman Temple - Pilgrim Centre
		The beautiful image of the Goddess in resplendent glory, with a rosary in her right hand doing eternal penance, bestows on the deotee immense wealth of spiritual energy and peace of mind.
		Lord Ganesha, Surya, Bala Soundari, the processional deity of the Goddess, and Lord Ayyappa have separate shrines oon the prakarams.
		Lord Siva of Suchindrum wished to marry the Goddess, and the wedding was fixed for an auspicious hour before dawn.
	www.nanjilonline.com /tourism/kk_bhagavathi.asp (414 words)

	Varalaaru - Monthly Magazine for Tamil History
		The terracotta relief of the early Gupta age depicts the goddess in the same posture but with a lotus issuing from her neck instead of from her womb.
		Kotravai nilai may be defined as a form of worship in which the glory of Kotravai as a war goddess was eulogized and her blessings towards victory was requested by the soldiers before setting forth for any war.
		A collective analysis of all these data reveal that Kotravai was worshipped as a war goddess with her abode in the forest and she was under the control of evil spirits.
	www.varalaaru.com /Default.asp?articleid=144 (1591 words)

	The Origin of Goddess Mari Amman
		Goddess Mari Amman is revered and worshipped widely among Tamil villagers across Sri Lanka and South India, where she is regarded as having the power to bestow or remove life-threatening fevers like smallpox and chicken pox.
		Despite Mari Amman’s great popularity to this day, the origins of her cult remain obscure.
		Because of her association with burning fever, Goddess Mari Amman is respected as omnipotent in every village, guarding people from severe fevers like small pox and chicken pox.
	pattini.org /mariamman.htm (985 words)

	Penetrating Insights into the Temple Mount
		At least one archaeologist has expressed the opinion that the Mount of Destruction, to the south of which there were 'high places', was not the Mount of Olives but rather Bet Zeita, located to the north of the Antonia fortress - in the area of the present Rockfeller Museum (6).
		This idolatrous center was rooted in the pagan world of Amman and Moab to the east, and in the Phoenician world on the Mediterranean coast.
		The name "Strato's Tower," (which preserves the name of the goddess Ashtoreth), was no longer common in the Hellenistic period, and even the Essene Yehuda did not remember this name (7).
	www.templemount.org /radarir.html (2154 words)

	Famous Temples of Tamil Nadu, Temples of Tamil Nadu, Famous Temples of India.
		The Kumari Amman Temple overlooks the shores from KanyaKumari.
		the idol of the goddess Parvati has a sparkling diamond on her nose, which is supposed to outshine the sea.
		In the courtyard of the temple, a small shrine of goddess Parvati depicted as peacock is worshipped under an old Punnai tree.
	www.indiaprofile.com /monuments-temples/temples-tamil-nadu.htm (2398 words)

	Tehelka - The People's Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		With the decrease in theatre going audiences and the increase in the number of female television viewers, it seems only natural that the goddess serials (featuring suffering women who are empowered later) are such a big hit given their placebo effect.
		Today’s tele-serial gizmo goddesses perform techno miracles and work the audience into a frenzy, while the goddess films of the 1960s and 70s had paper and cardboard special effects.
		Judging from the deep impact they have made on the viewers’ psyche, it looks like the goddess of the small screen is here to stay in her red silks and pasty blue make-up.
	www.tehelka.com /story_main3.asp?filename=hub052204Mother.asp (552 words)

	Teyvani Amman Temple festivities at Kataragama
		Historically Teyvani Amman (Sanskrit: Devasena) and her traditions hail from North India where they are associated with Hindu monks of the Dasanami Order founded by Adi Sankaracharya in the 8
		The sage is said to have found Lord Skanda in Kataragama; he never returned to North India but remained and founded Teyvani Amman Temple.
		Not only Tamil Hindus alone but devotees of all communities, rich and poor alike, come in droves to avail themselves of the matham’s excellent (and free) vegetarian meals, including wealthy urban devotees, Pada Yatra pilgrims, poor mothers with children, swamis, sadhus, fakirs and service personnel of the security forces.
	kataragama.org /news/theivani.htm (641 words)

	Mariamman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mariamman (Tamil: மாரியம்மன்) also Maariamma (Tamil: மாரியம்மா) or simply Amman (Tamil: அம்மன்) or mother is the rural South Indian mother goddess predominant in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.
		MariAmman Templeat punainallur is a famous temple and it is situated near Thanjavur.
		The history says that once, Goddess Mariamman appleared to the King Venkoji Maharaja Chatrapati (1676 - 1688) of Tanjore, in his dream and told him -that she (the idol) was in a forest of Punna trees at a distance of about 3 miles from Tanjore.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amman_(goddess) (544 words)

	TW news-features » Navarathri at Rajagiriya Sri Maha Veera Pathirakaali Amman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Nine nights are divided as first three nights are devoted for Goddess Durga, the next three nights are devoted for Goddess Lakshmi, and the last three nights are devoted for Goddess Saraswathi.
		Goddess of Durga is worshipped to have force.
		Amman in the Moolasthanam of Sri Maha Veera Pathirakaali Amman Temple in Rajagiriya
	tamilweek.com /news-features/archives/582 (169 words)

	AMMAN
		The benediction of the Goddess of almighty Nagathu Amman was granting a male child to the triumphant pair and also structured the pair to build a holy temple on her place.
		Since Mr.Eesan was a regular worshipper of goddess Nagathu Amman in the previous birth during the rule of Ravana, the goddess of almighty wished him to continue his worshipping in this birth too.
		As per the benediction of the Goddess of almighty Nagathu Amman, the construction work for the Gopuram over the temple sbeen postponed for some years.
	www.indolanka.com /amman/HISTORY.htm (175 words)

	Journal of Religion & Film: Knowledge and Mortality in Blade Runner and Genesis 2-3 by Kyle Keefer Grouped Notes
		Amma n arul is mostly described as possession by the Goddess.
		It is part of the Markandeya Purana and describes the fight of the Goddess against the demon.
		Trident, a common symbol of the Goddess in Tamil Nadu.
	www.unomaha.edu /jrf/Vol9No2/Notes/OndrichGroupNotes.htm (500 words)

	Festivals of Palani
		At the Perianayaki amman temple, it is celebrated for 10 days with procession every day.
		Aadi Laksharchana: At Periyanayaki Amman Temple, this is conducted well, and Amman (Goddess Periyanayaki) is given special abhishekam and decoration.
		This is done in Thiruvavinankudi, Periyanayagi Amman Temple and the Hill Temple.This is a very important day for devotees.
	www.kumbakonam.info /palanimurugan/festivals.html (946 words)

	Story of Meenakshi Amman - DIGITALMADURAI.COM
		The paintings on the walls of Meenakshi temple will illustrate the story of Goddess Meenakshi as the princess of Madurai.
		Kanachanamala, as Vidyavathi in a previous birth, had received for her penance a boon from the goddess whereby Parvathi would one day be brought up as her daughter.
		After their marriage, Shiva and Parvathi rules over Madurai for a while and later settled in the Madurai temple as Meenakshi and Sundareswarar.
	www.digitalmadurai.com /madurai/history/meenakshi_amman.htm (221 words)

	Kanyakumari,Kanyakumari India,Kanyakumari Travel
		The Kumari Amman temple, here, is dedicated to Parvati as Devi - Kanya - the virgin goddess who did penance to obtain the hand of Lord Shiva.
		One of these is Sri Padaparai, where the footprints of the virgin goddess are to be seen.
		On this rock, Swami Vivekananda is said to have sat in deep meditation; and here stands the Vivekananda Rock Memorial, built in 1970.
	www.pilgrimage-india.com /south-india-pilgrimage/kanyakumari.html (1437 words)

	Rediff On The NeT Yeh Hai India:
		Even as parts of the country are witnessing atrocities against minorities, a chicken-shop owner in Madras stands out as a symbol of secularism by wearing a cross around his neck and sporting a huge tilak on his forehead.
		Born and brought up in an orthodox Roman Catholic family, Peter had turned a staunch devotee of Amman ever since the goddess "chose" him a decade ago to help the needy through Her divine spirit.
		For the 35-year-old truly secular man, Fridays are devoted to Goddess Amman and Sundays to Virgin Mary.
	www.rediff.com /news/1999/feb/11yeh.htm (164 words)

	Maari-Amman at Dainkund (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In fact, Maari-amman/Maari-aata is identified with ‘Renukamba’, aka ‘Padai-veedu-amman’, goddess of the garrison.
		There was a bacchanalian air on the Singing Hill, a sense of veils lifting on ancient ways, that found an answering tug in us.
		We recalled that the martial goddess is always offered liquor and leapt amiably away from the lurchers.
	www.hvk.org /articles/0702/69.html (460 words)

	The Hindu : Film Review: ''Rajakaali Amman''
		For one, the genre is not one that you would expect from the house of K. Balachander.
		``Rajakaali Amman'' straightway transports you to the cinema of the late 1960s and early 1970s, when animals were made to play important parts, act with the intelligence of humans and even surpass them in wit.
		Kousalya not recognising the Goddess immediately is a difficult story to buy, even by the most credulous.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/04/21/stories/09210224.htm (349 words)

	In conversation with Goddess Narayani Amman (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On my first meeting with Amman in January 1996, what I had liked was the simplicity, innocence and the honesty of the young man. Though he looked young and vulnerable he seemed to have some clarity of a mission and a conviction to do a few things for the society.
		It was like the goddess was always with me but she exposed herself only in 1992.
		When I was sixteen, the goddess manifested itself as Swayambhu and the event became public knowledge.
	www.chennaionline.com.cob-web.org:8888 /columns/DownMemoryLane/diary43.asp (718 words)

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		Rami George Khouri, 52, is a Palestinian-Jordanian and US citizen whose family resides in Amman and Nazareth.
		He is spending this academic year as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and is a member of the Brookings Institution Task Force on US Relations with the Islamic World.
		He was editor-in-chief of the Jordan Times for seven years, and wrote for many years from Amman for leading international publications, including the Financial Times, the Boston Globe and the Washington Post.
	www.law.harvard.edu /academics/graduate/hcia/panelist_bio_122.php (171 words)

	Udappu's Draupadi Goddess Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A procession emerged from the temple led by drummers and flag bearers, the ringing of bells and the thin strains of flute music.
		Of the many customs and rituals that preserve the traditional culture of Udappuwa, perhaps the most important is the Draupadi Goddess Great Festival, which takes place in July and August (the fifth day of the festival falling on the new moon).
		The festival is rooted in the Mahabharata, a well-known Hindu epic that is believed to be based on actual events.
	udappu.org /4.htm (289 words)

	The Hindu : Sri Bannari Amman
		How Goddess Bannari Amman destroys evil and blesses the good is the gist of the film.
		Here Vijayashanthi takes on the role of the goddess and also a woman who helps all in that village.
		She comes to the village as a woman skilled in curing people of their ailments and treats the people with her supernatural power.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/fr/2002/04/26/stories/2002042600910201.htm (323 words)

	Archaeological Museum, Amman, Jordan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Atargatis, the "Syrian Goddess" (Lucian, De Syria Dea) was a vegetation goddess, responsible for the fertility of the land, and perhaps the sea as well; her dolphin is a puzzling attribute, which appears on other representations, although not on this one.
		Her head is crowned by an eagle, symbol of the Edomite god, Qos (Taylor, p.
		Considering the work's overall form, perhaps it is not entirely far-fetched to visualize its outline as a fruit (of which her crown would represent the stem) from which the goddess emerges at the core.
	www.art-and-archaeology.com /jordan/amman/am07.html (113 words)

	Pattini.org web site of Pattini or Kannaki Amman, goddess of chastity and conjugal fidelity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		is a conspicuous example of the deification of a mortal being whose human attributes elevated her to the status of a goddess.
		The story how an ordinary woman named Kannaki became deified as goddess Pattini, for her chastity, is mentioned in the Tamil texts Silappadikaram and Manimekalai, belonging to the Sangam Age of India.
		Deification has brought in its wake a train of legends and a complexity of cults, in which Pattini figures as the dominant deity in a hierarchy of gods.
	pattini.org (123 words)

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