Worship of a Minor Deity in the Short Stories of Imayam

Abstract

Annamalai is the original birth name of Imayam. He was born in Cuddalore district. His short stories are about the marginal people and the deities they worship. Primitive people started worshiping natural changes and outrages. Thus many cults arose. Among them, the worship of minor deities is practiced since ancient period. Minor deities are worshiped by people marginal people in the society. Imaiyam has written short stories based on the character of minor deities, method of worship, location, armies, etc. In his short stories he has described about deities like Ponnaruvi Sami, Muneeswaran Sami, Sembayanar, Karupaiya and Kulla Karupu. This article is about the worship of these idols.