Danamma

Daan amma

from Karnataka late 17th century they said padmavati $230 got for $200This is a South Indian deity, whose worship is primarily in Southern Maharastra and Karnataka. She has a prominent temple in Gudda, Southern Maharastra.She is a large, 10 3/4″ tall. It is a heavy bronze with prominent prabha or backdrop with five cobra heads and a kirti mukha face.She shows signs of long worship, with her forehead rubbed away with regular puja and application of kumkum. Sri Danamma Devi is worshipped as a very powerful Goddess, with the power to fulfill any of her devotees’ wishes and has thus been called ‘Daan’-amma Devi.Sri Danamma Devi has hundreds of thousands of followers from the Jangam, Lingayat & the Vishwakarma communities from around the world. who regularly visit Guddapur. Temples devoted to the Goddess can be found in Rabkavi, Haveri, Hubli, Belgaum, Gokak and Vijayapura(Bijapur) in Karnataka, which attract thousands of pilgrims.from Lozowick website