Panjurli wallpaper

This magnificent collectible mask is of Panjurli. Panjurli is the divine spirit of a male wild boar worshipped as a part of Bhuta Kola. Panjurli in Tulu means a wild boar offspring. In Tululand many wild boars used to destroy cultivated crops of farmers and hence farmers started worshipping the spirits of wild boars. This was probably later absorbed in Hinduism through the following story. As per Paddanas – the ancient Tulu oral literature, Goddess Parvati kept an offspring of a Wild boar…

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Its about the mystical forest protected by a demigod called Panjurli Daiva, Vishnu's third avatar (incarnation) on Earth in form of Varaha (Wild Boar). This deity also safeguards the people of the village that resides around forest. In 1847, a king came across an strange stone in a forest occupied by Panjurli. King makes a deal with Panjurli and took the stone with him. Panjurli warns the King that his family and descendants should keep their word or else Guliga Daiva will unleash his…

Despite his looming presence in India’s history and his significance to thinking about the Indian present, little attention is paid to Periyar outside the Tamil sphere.