Vakaamman
Vakaamman is a regional form of the mother goddess figure in Tamil folk religion, worshipped primarily in rural Tamil communities in Tamil Nadu, India, and among Tamil-speaking populations in Sri Lanka. The name is often rendered as Vaka Amman or Vakai Amman in local records, with Amman denoting a mother goddess and Vaka serving as a local epithet.
Vakaamman is regarded as a village guardian deity associated with protection of households, harvests, and livestock.
Ritual offerings typically include fruits, coconuts, flowers, jaggery, and cooked foods shared with participants. Music, drums,
Scholarly documentation of Vakaamman is limited, and the deity is mainly described in ethnographic reports and