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Chaudike pada-sharanu sharanamma devi (Invocation to the Ellamama Katha peformance "Protect me, oh goddess Ellamma")

Chaudike Subbayya
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Chaudike pada-sharanu sharanamma devi (Invocation to the Ellamama Katha peformance "Protect me, oh goddess Ellamma")
Chaudike Pada is a musical katha tradition which revolves around Ellamma, the personification of the goddess Mariyamma. She is the protector of the community and a healer, who when displeased brings smallpox and other infectious diseases. Chaudike pada performances are essential for the worship of Ellamma and deities connected with her.