POTHURAJU, A Calumniated Pre-Vedic Deity

A hunt for what's lost. A pastoral deity who has various names in various regions. Stories of this deity has too many versions depending on the cultural exchanges, native languages and a hint of imagination in folklores.

Few of this deity's names are:

- Mhasoba/ Mhaskoba/ Mhatoba

- Pothuraju/ Pothiraja

- Karuppu

- Sudalai Maadan

- Vishnu Maya/ Sathan Swamy

- Mula Maysondayya/ Maisonday

- Bhootharaja

- Uramma and Marikambe - Buffalo/ Emme

- Betal/ Vetal

- Gorla

- Mahisasura

- Yamantaka/ Vajra-Bhairav

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