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The '''Devanga Purana''' is the ''kulapuranam'', or mythological history, of the [[Devanga]] community. It deals with the life of their legendary founder, Devala Maharshi, and his seven incarnations, goddess (Chowdeswari), rituals and customs. The Devanga community reside in all the south Indian states and also split in north Indian states. They are traditionally engaged in cotton cloth weaving and cloth business.<br />
==Religion==<br />
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The main deities of Devangas are [[Sri Ramalinga Sowdeswari Amman ]] or [[Chowdeshwari Temple|Sri Chowdeshwari Devi]] and Sri [[Ramalingeswara]].<br />
They follow '''Mutt system''' and Gayatri devi as main deity<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/view/erikaraisriramalingasowdeswari/home|title=Erikarai Sri Ramalinga Sowdeswari Amman Jalakandapuram|website=sites.google.com}}</ref><br />
<ref>https://ijcrt.org/papers/IJCRT2105386.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2025}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
'''Devanga purana''' is written by '''Devanga Muni'''. It is written in the ''dasimatra-dvipadi'' style.<ref name="world">{{cite web | title=A Journey from Madras Through the Countries of Mysore, Canara and Malabar by Francis Buchanan, Vol. 1, 1807 the Asiatic Society, London | url=https://archive.org/details/cLGd_a-journey-from-madras-through-the-countries-of-mysore-canara-and-malabar-by-fran }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* Devanga Purana, [https://archive.org/details/DevangaPuranaKannadaPdf_201810/page/n3 archive.org] (in Kannada)<br />
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