Back in 1996, a Tamil movie was made by K.V. Many of these "kaval deivams" vary in Tamil Nadu like Madurai veeran, Irulappan (sudalai madan), pavadai rayan, naattu rayan, ponnar & Shankar, karuppan, etc. He was a friend/assistant to Ayyanar/Ayyappan and they were legends that helped villages and the poor apparently eventually these legends became "sub-god" or "kaval deivangal" (Tamil). Karuppan or "karuppu samy" in which ever form he is depicted (santhana, sappani, sangili, sonai, etc, etc) was a man from the Kerala region during the Sangam Period. Dravidian Indians originally did not follow Hinduism, they followed tribal practices and it primarily was composed of as ancestral spirit worship. For the most part, I disagree with this writeup.
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