Karuppannaswamy

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Karuppuswamy or Karupparayan (Tamil: கருப்பசாமி, Malayalam: കറുപ്പണ്ണസാമി; romanization: Karuppusāmi; Bhojpuri and Awadhi: संगानी बाबा, lit. 'Black God' or 'Black') is a guardian deity (kaval daivam) in the Dravidian folk religion, especially among rural and agrarian communities in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Sri Lanka. He is revered as a fierce protector, upholder of justice, and divine enforcer of dharma (righteousness). Among Indians, Karuppuswamy is represented as a village deity (gramadevata) as well as an ancestral deity (kuladevata). Adherents, especially in Tamil Nadu and the border regions of Kerala, believe that the deity was once a historical figure who fought to protect his community and, over time, became deified. Among Indo-Caribbean communities, Karuppasamy is called Sanganie Baba. In the Indo-Caribbean communities of Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Guadeloupe, and Martinique, Sanganie Baba is worshipped as a powerful deity.

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