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Mariamman Renuka Devi Or Draupadi,Betrayed Wife Cult?

. Shitala is worshipped under different names in various parts of the subcontinent. Shitala is more often called Ma (‘mother’) and is worshipped by Hindus, Buddhists and tribal communities. She is mentioned in Tantric and Puranic literature and her later appearance in vernacular texts (such as the Bengali 17th century Shitala-mangal-kabyas, ‘auspicious poetry’) has contributed to strengthen her status.

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Saint Who Spoke From Tomb Gazetted

There is this reported incidence of Saint Raghavendra having spoken to Sir.Thomas Munro, the then District Collector of Bellary, in the year 1800, when Munro went to confiscate the land where Saint Raghavendra had attained Jeeva Samadhi.

This was gazetted in the then Madras Presidency.

The Notification.