Tutelary Deity — South India’s Ancient Wisdom Demystified

Matt Ravikumar
2 min readJan 28, 2020
(Picture: Facebook: Parur Kandathar Kavu, Palghat, Kerala)

A tutelary is a deity or spirit who is a guardian, patron, or protector of a particular place, geographic feature, person, lineage, nation, culture, or occupation. The etymology of ‘tutelary’ expresses the concept of safety, and thus of guardianship. (Source: Wikipedia)

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