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#FFC569;">Valli</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="font-size: 110%;">Goddess of empathy and Icchashakti<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Murugan_by_Raja_Ravi_Varma.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Valli" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Murugan_by_Raja_Ravi_Varma.jpg/220px-Murugan_by_Raja_Ravi_Varma.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Murugan_by_Raja_Ravi_Varma.jpg/330px-Murugan_by_Raja_Ravi_Varma.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Murugan_by_Raja_Ravi_Varma.jpg/440px-Murugan_by_Raja_Ravi_Varma.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2545" data-file-height="3474" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Murugan with Valli (left) seated on his right lap, <a href="/wiki/Raja_Ravi_Varma" title="Raja Ravi Varma">Raja Ravi Varma</a> painting</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other names</th><td class="infobox-data">Sundaravalli</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tamil</th><td class="infobox-data">வள்ளி</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Affiliation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shaivism" title="Shaivism">Shaivism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vaishnavism" title="Vaishnavism">Vaishnavism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abode</th><td class="infobox-data">Skandaloka</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vahana" title="Vahana">Mount</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Deer</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FFC569;">Genealogy</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lakshmi" title="Lakshmi">Lakshmi</a> (Sundaravalli)<br />Nambi (Valli)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Siblings</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Devasena" title="Devasena">Devasena</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Consort</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Murugan" class="mw-redirect" title="Murugan">Murugan</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p><b>Valli</b> (<a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>: <span lang="ta">வள்ளி</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Tamil-language romanization"><i lang="ta-Latn">Vaḷḷi</i></span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'Creeper, Sweet potato plant'<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is the <a href="/wiki/Devi" title="Devi">Hindu goddess</a> of empathy, and the second consort of the deity <a href="/wiki/Murugan" class="mw-redirect" title="Murugan">Murugan</a>. An incarnation of the goddess Sundaravalli,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> daughter of <a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a>, Valli is born on earth as the daughter of a chieftain, leading a life of a huntress. Murugan, the god of war, eventually woos and weds her, according to <a href="/wiki/Tamil_mythology" title="Tamil mythology">Tamil folklore</a>. Both of their legends originate from the mountain region also known as <a href="/wiki/Sangam_landscape" title="Sangam landscape">Kurunji</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tamilakam" title="Tamilakam">Tamilakam</a>. Her sister, <a href="/wiki/Devasena" title="Devasena">Amritavalli</a> (Devasena), also succeeds in marrying Murugan as the adopted daughter of <a href="/wiki/Indra" title="Indra">Indra</a>, making them sister-wives. </p><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nomenclature">Nomenclature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valli&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Nomenclature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Vaḷḷi</i> is used to refer to many <a href="/wiki/Village_deities_of_South_India" title="Village deities of South India">local</a> or <a href="/wiki/Gr%C4%81madevat%C4%81" class="mw-redirect" title="Grāmadevatā">Village gods</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a> in India and by the <a href="/wiki/Rodiya" title="Rodiya">Rodiya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vedda_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Vedda people">Vedda peoples</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>. </p><p>Vaḷḷi is also known as <i>Pongi</i> at <a href="/wiki/Vallimalai" title="Vallimalai">Vallimalai</a> in <a href="/wiki/Vellore_district" title="Vellore district">Vellore</a>, Tamil Nadu, and the pond from which she drew water to quench the thirst of Murugan is still there. This pond, though in an open ground, does not receive the rays of the sun. Vedda still inhabit <a href="/wiki/Kataragama" title="Kataragama">Kataragama</a> region and there are temples dedicated to the mountain god Murugan in this region of Sri Lanka. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legend">Legend</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valli&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Legend"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%89%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%89%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE.jpg/220px-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%89%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%89%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE.jpg/330px-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%89%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%89%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE.jpg/440px-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%89%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE.jpg 2x" data-file-width="941" data-file-height="653" /></a><figcaption>Murugan with Devasena (right) and Valli (left).</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origin">Origin</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valli&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Skanda_Purana" title="Skanda Purana">Kanda Puranam</a>, the Tamil iteration of the Skanda Purana, Sundaravalli and <a href="/wiki/Devasena" title="Devasena">Amritavalli</a>, the daughters of Vishnu,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> fell in love with <a href="/wiki/Kartikeya" title="Kartikeya">Murugan</a> upon meeting him, both expressing the desire to marry him.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Hindu_mythology" title="Hindu mythology">Hindu mythology</a>, Sundaravalli and her sister are said to have emerged either from the joyous tears shed by Vishnu during his incarnation as <a href="/wiki/Vamana" title="Vamana">Vamana</a>, or from the light emitted from one of the eyes of Vishnu during his cosmic state.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After performing a number of penances, the war god appeared before the sisters, informing them that he was engaged in a battle against the <a href="/wiki/Asura" title="Asura">asura</a> <a href="/wiki/%C5%9A%C5%ABrapadm%C4%81" title="Śūrapadmā">Surapadman</a>, and would only be able to meet their desires after they had reincarnated in human form.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Heeding his will, Sundaravalli reincarnated herself as Valli under a creeper in the <a href="/wiki/Sangam_landscape" title="Sangam landscape">Kurunji</a> region, and was adopted as the daughter of a chieftain called Nambirajan, or Nambi. Some myths state that Valli was born from a doe when a sage laid eyes on it during a momentary lapse in his meditation. She grew up as a huntress, protecting her folk, and helping to wade birds from the millet fields. After being informed by a mystic that it was her destiny to wed Murugan, she pined for him and vowed to marry no other.<sup id="cite_ref-1a_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1a-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Sri Lankan mythology, the events occurred among the <a href="/wiki/Veddah" class="mw-redirect" title="Veddah">Veddah</a> people near <a href="/wiki/Kataragama" title="Kataragama">Kataragama</a>, Sri Lanka. However, South Indian <a href="/wiki/Puranas" title="Puranas">Puranas</a> state that Kataragama was the place where Murugan stationed his army during his war with Surapadman. </p><p>Valli had her heart and soul dedicated to Murugan and would always pray with fervent devotion and love, to be with him. Once, the tribal chief planned to develop a field for growing <i>thinai</i> (<a href="/wiki/Foxtail_millet" title="Foxtail millet">foxtail millet</a>), and tasked Valli with protecting it from pests. Moved by Valli's devotion, Murugan met her in the form of a handsome tribal hunter, who had lost his way on a hunting chase. This form of Murugan called the 'Veduvan Kolam' is worshipped at the Palaniappar temple at <a href="/wiki/Belukurichi" title="Belukurichi">Belukurichi</a>. Valli did not recognize the stranger and promptly asked him to leave the place. Seeing the chief arriving at the field with honey and fruits for Valli, Murugan turned himself into a tree. After the chief and his followers left, the god changed back into his hunter form and declared his love to Valli. </p><p>The chieftain's daughter, who had only Murugan in her heart, was infuriated at this declaration, and lashed out at the hunter. When the chieftain and his followers returned to the place, Murugan disguised himself as an old man. The chieftain, on seeing the aged man, requested him to stay with Valli, till he and his hunting party returned. </p><p>The old man was hungry and asked Valli for food; she gave him a mixture of the millet flour and honey. However, it made him thirsty, and he asked for water. She provided water from a nearby stream. He jokingly remarked that she had satisfied his thirst, and she could quench his thirst for a companion. Valli was angered again, and started to leave the place. He requested assistance from his divine brother, <a href="/wiki/Ganesha" title="Ganesha">Ganesha</a>, who appeared as a wild elephant at that time. On seeing the wild elephant, Valli was scared and ran back to the old man, pleading with him to save her from the elephant. Murugan agreed to save her only if she agreed to marry him. In the heat of the moment, she agreed, and he revealed his true form. It was then that Valli realised that it was her beloved deity she had consented to wed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wedding">Wedding</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valli&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Wedding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Batu_Caves002.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Batu_Caves002.JPG/220px-Batu_Caves002.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Batu_Caves002.JPG/330px-Batu_Caves002.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Batu_Caves002.JPG/440px-Batu_Caves002.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3240" data-file-height="4320" /></a><figcaption>Valli weds Murugan.</figcaption></figure> <p>After the millet harvest was over, the chieftain, along with his daughter and entourage, returned to their native land. Murugan returned for Valli in the guise of the aged man, and the couple spent time away from Valli's family. Nambirajan, on being alerted about Valli's absence, flew into a rage, and went in search of her. When the search party finally found Valli with Murugan, the chieftain and his men shot arrows at Murugan, but they all failed to even touch the war deity, and instead, Nambirajan and his sons fell lifeless. Valli was disheartened to see the lifeless bodies of her kith and kin, and requested the deity to bring them back to life. Murugan instructed her to revive them herself; by her mere touch, everyone was brought back to life. The chief Nambirajan and his tribesmen realised that they had attacked Murugan, in the form of the old man, and prayed to him. Murugan took his true form and blessed the tribesmen, and the chief performed the wedding ceremony of his daughter and Murugan. </p><p>This place came to be known as <a href="/wiki/Vallimalai" title="Vallimalai">Vallimalai</a>, the divine place were Murugan and Valli spent their time in courtship, and eventually got married. It is located in Vellore District of Tamil Nadu state, in South India. </p><p>After their wedding, Murugan and Valli are considered to have moved to <a href="/wiki/Thiruthani" class="mw-redirect" title="Thiruthani">Thiruthani</a>, which is one of the Arupadai Veedu (the six battle camps) of the god. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literature">Literature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valli&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kanda_Puranam">Kanda Puranam</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valli&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Kanda Puranam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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temples</span></a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hindu_temples_in_Tamil_Nadu" title="List of Hindu temples in Tamil Nadu"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: black; text-decoration: inherit;">Tamil Nadu</span></a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chennimalai_Murugan_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Chennimalai Murugan Temple">Chennimalai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandaswami_Temple,_Georgetown" title="Kandaswami Temple, Georgetown">Kandakottam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalugasalamoorthy_temple" title="Kalugasalamoorthy temple">Kalugumalai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumaran_Kundram" title="Kumaran Kundram">Kumaran Kundram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumarakottam_Temple" title="Kumarakottam Temple">Kumarakkottam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanmughanathar_Temple,_Kunnakudi" title="Shanmughanathar 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Kaumaram" title="Template:Kaumaram"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Kaumaram" title="Template talk:Kaumaram"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Kaumaram" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Kaumaram"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The south-Indian manuscripts of the Sanskrit scripture <i><a href="/wiki/Skanda_Purana" title="Skanda Purana">Skanda Purana</a></i> mention Devasena and Valli as the daughters of the god <a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a> in a previous life. Thus, Murugan is regarded as the son-in-law of Vishnu. Sundaravalli is born as Valli. She is adopted by a tribal chieftain and grows up as a huntress. Murugan wins Valli's hand and takes her to Thiruttani. The god is worshipped at the Thiruthani temple, flanked by Devasena on his left and Valli on his right. In the end, the trio settles in the abode of the gods and lives in harmony thereafter.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An alternate version found in <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lankan</a> lore describes Murugan as staying on in the forest with Valli after their wedding at <a href="/wiki/Kataragama" title="Kataragama">Kataragama</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Kataragama_temple" title="Kataragama temple">his temple</a> stands. <a href="/wiki/Devasena" title="Devasena">Devayanai</a> tries in vain to compel the god to return to the abode of the gods, but finally joins her husband and Valli to reside in Kataragama.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sangam">Sangam</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valli&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Sangam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Unlike the <i>Skanda Purana,</i> which talks about harmony between Devasena and Valli, the <i><a href="/wiki/Parip%C4%81%E1%B9%ADal" title="Paripāṭal">Paripatal</a></i> – part of Tamil <a href="/wiki/Sangam_literature" title="Sangam literature">Sangam literature</a> – speaks about conflict, resulting in a battle between Devayanai's royal soldiers and Valli's hunter clan, which the latter wins. Folk <i>ecal</i> (a folk poem, presented as a dialogue of two persons) tradition also talks about the mistrust and quarrel between the co-wives. In one version - where Devayanai is the elder sister of Valli, Valli tries to woo Murugan, before Devayanai's marriage. As per tradition, the elder sister has to be married off first. Infuriated, Devayanai curses Valli to be born in the forest in her next life, and the curse is then fulfilled when Valli is born as a huntress.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/Tirumuruk%C4%81%E1%B9%9F%E1%B9%9Fuppa%E1%B9%ADai" title="Tirumurukāṟṟuppaṭai">Thirumurugatrupadai</a></i> from Sangam literature only describes Murugan being accompanied by his chaste wife Devayanai, and honoured by a procession of gods and <a href="/wiki/Rishi" title="Rishi">rishis</a> (sages).<sup id="cite_ref-Clothey64ff_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Clothey64ff-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jayantipura_Mahatmya">Jayantipura Mahatmya</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valli&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Jayantipura Mahatmya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <i>Jayantipura Mahatmya</i>, the details of which correspond to most of those found in the <i>Skanda Purana</i> tale, Devasena and Valli are married to Kartikeya during the ancient period. However, in this version, the god condemns Valli to be born on earth as punishment for mocking her sister, Devayanai.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Agni_Purana">Agni Purana</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valli&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Agni Purana"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Agni_Purana" title="Agni Purana">Agni Purana</a>, the image of Kartikeya is prescribed to be installed on a peacock and feature Sumukhi and Vidalakshi, who are also known as Devasena and Valli.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valli&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Valliyamma" class="mw-redirect" title="Valliyamma">Valliyamma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muruga" class="mw-redirect" title="Muruga">Murugan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devasena" title="Devasena">Devasena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Six_Abodes_of_Lord_Muruga" class="mw-redirect" title="Six Abodes of Lord Muruga">Six Abodes of Murugan</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valli&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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.citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8k5GDgAAQBAJ&dq=valli+goddess+of+aspiration&pg=PA91"><i>Artistic Visions and the Promise of Beauty: Cross-Cultural Perspectives</i></a>. Springer. 6 March 2017. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9783319438931" title="Special:BookSources/9783319438931"><bdi>9783319438931</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Artistic+Visions+and+the+Promise+of+Beauty%3A+Cross-Cultural+Perspectives&rft.pub=Springer&rft.date=2017-03-06&rft.isbn=9783319438931&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D8k5GDgAAQBAJ%26dq%3Dvalli%2Bgoddess%2Bof%2Baspiration%26pg%3DPA91&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AValli" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dictionary definition is: வள்ளி (vaḷḷi), s. a plant, <a href="/wiki/Convolvulus" title="Convolvulus">convolvulus batatas</a>; 2. a winding plant, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Djioscorea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Djioscorea (page does not exist)">dioscorea sativa</a>, படர்கொடி; 3. a ratan-shield, பிரப்பங் கேடகம்; 4. a jewel, ஆபரணம்; 5. a bracelet, கைவளை; 6. a kind of play, a dance, ஓர் கூத்து; 7. a consort of <a href="/wiki/Murugan" class="mw-redirect" title="Murugan">Subramanya</a>. Fabricius, Johann Philipp. <i>J. P. Fabricius's Tamil and English dictionary</i>. 4th ed., rev.and enl. Tranquebar: Evangelical Lutheran Mission Pub. House, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/fabricius/">p,855, online (1972) edition</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGood2004" class="citation book cs1">Good, Anthony (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=GmV9AAAAMAAJ&q=sundaravalli+goddess"><i>Worship and the Ceremonial Economy of a Royal South Indian Temple</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Lewiston,_New_York" title="Lewiston, New York">Lewiston, New York</a>: <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Mellen_Press" title="Edwin Mellen Press">Edwin Mellen Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7734-6397-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7734-6397-4"><bdi>978-0-7734-6397-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Worship+and+the+Ceremonial+Economy+of+a+Royal+South+Indian+Temple&rft.place=Lewiston%2C+New+York&rft.pub=Edwin+Mellen+Press&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-0-7734-6397-4&rft.aulast=Good&rft.aufirst=Anthony&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DGmV9AAAAMAAJ%26q%3Dsundaravalli%2Bgoddess&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AValli" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGhurye1977" class="citation book cs1">Ghurye, Govind Sadashiv (1977). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=HLMtAAAAMAAJ&q=vishnu+sundaravalli"><i>Indian Acculturation: Agastya and Skanda</i></a>. Popular Prakashan. p. 174.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Indian+Acculturation%3A+Agastya+and+Skanda&rft.pages=174&rft.pub=Popular+Prakashan&rft.date=1977&rft.aulast=Ghurye&rft.aufirst=Govind+Sadashiv&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DHLMtAAAAMAAJ%26q%3Dvishnu%2Bsundaravalli&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AValli" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFsivaraman2006" class="citation book cs1">sivaraman, dr akila (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=SXwDdBdMJPwC&dq=sundaravalli+vishnu+daughter&pg=PA421"><i>sri kandha puranam (english)</i></a>. GIRI Trading Agency Private. p. 421. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-7950-397-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-7950-397-3"><bdi>978-81-7950-397-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=sri+kandha+puranam+%28english%29&rft.pages=421&rft.pub=GIRI+Trading+Agency+Private&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-81-7950-397-3&rft.aulast=sivaraman&rft.aufirst=dr+akila&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DSXwDdBdMJPwC%26dq%3Dsundaravalli%2Bvishnu%2Bdaughter%26pg%3DPA421&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AValli" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRao" class="citation book cs1">Rao, Mekala S. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Ms7gDwAAQBAJ&dq=sundaravalli+tears&pg=PA197"><i>Sadhana: Living with God</i></a>. MEKALA S RAO. p. 197.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sadhana%3A+Living+with+God&rft.pages=197&rft.pub=MEKALA+S+RAO&rft.aulast=Rao&rft.aufirst=Mekala+S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DMs7gDwAAQBAJ%26dq%3Dsundaravalli%2Btears%26pg%3DPA197&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AValli" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAruljothiRamaswamy2019" class="citation book cs1">Aruljothi, C.; Ramaswamy, S. (7 June 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=cdCbDwAAQBAJ&dq=sundaravalli+vishnu&pg=PA172"><i>Pilgrimage Tourism: Socio-economic analysis</i></a>. MJP Publisher.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Pilgrimage+Tourism%3A+Socio-economic+analysis&rft.pub=MJP+Publisher&rft.date=2019-06-07&rft.aulast=Aruljothi&rft.aufirst=C.&rft.au=Ramaswamy%2C+S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DcdCbDwAAQBAJ%26dq%3Dsundaravalli%2Bvishnu%26pg%3DPA172&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AValli" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-1a-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1a_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBelle2018" class="citation book cs1">Belle, Carl Vadivella (14 February 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=kB1qDwAAQBAJ"><i>Thaipusam in Malaysia</i></a>. Flipside Digital Content Company Inc. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-981-4786-66-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-981-4786-66-9"><bdi>978-981-4786-66-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Thaipusam+in+Malaysia&rft.pub=Flipside+Digital+Content+Company+Inc.&rft.date=2018-02-14&rft.isbn=978-981-4786-66-9&rft.aulast=Belle&rft.aufirst=Carl+Vadivella&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DkB1qDwAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AValli" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Clothey pp. 83–84</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Handelman pp. 44–45</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Handelman p. 55</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Handelman p. 56</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Clothey64ff-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Clothey64ff_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Clothey pp. 64–5</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Clothey p. 225</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFwww.wisdomlib.org2021" class="citation web cs1">www.wisdomlib.org (1 November 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-agni-purana/d/doc1083138.html">"Characteristics of an image of the Goddess [Chapter 50]"</a>. <i>www.wisdomlib.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 August</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.wisdomlib.org&rft.atitle=Characteristics+of+an+image+of+the+Goddess+%5BChapter+50%5D&rft.date=2021-11-01&rft.au=www.wisdomlib.org&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisdomlib.org%2Fhinduism%2Fbook%2Fthe-agni-purana%2Fd%2Fdoc1083138.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AValli" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valli&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130615220545/http://www.old.kerala.gov.in/keralcalljuly04/p31-34.pdf">Ancient myths of the aborigines of Kerala</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTiru_Murugan_(Madras:_International_Institute_of_Tamil_Studies)1981" class="citation web cs1">Tiru Murugan (Madras: International Institute of Tamil Studies) (1981). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.murugan.org/research/zvelebil.htm">"Murugan and Valli romance"</a>. Kamil V. Zvelebil<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 May</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Murugan+and+Valli+romance&rft.pub=Kamil+V.+Zvelebil&rft.date=1981&rft.au=Tiru+Murugan+%28Madras%3A+International+Institute+of+Tamil+Studies%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.murugan.org%2Fresearch%2Fzvelebil.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AValli" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFClothey1978" class="citation book cs1">Clothey, Fred W. (1978). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=0AevljBmCRQC&pg=PA232"><i>The Many Faces of Murukan̲: The History and Meaning of a South Indian God</i></a>. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 121–. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-279-7632-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-90-279-7632-1"><bdi>978-90-279-7632-1</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 September</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Many+Faces+of+Murukan%CC%B2%3A+The+History+and+Meaning+of+a+South+Indian+God&rft.pages=121-&rft.pub=Walter+de+Gruyter&rft.date=1978&rft.isbn=978-90-279-7632-1&rft.aulast=Clothey&rft.aufirst=Fred+W.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D0AevljBmCRQC%26pg%3DPA232&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AValli" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valli&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pongi.org">Pongi.org web site of Vallimalai Tiruppukazh Ashram, home of Pongi a.k.a. 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