Valli
Vaḷḷi (Tamil: வள்ளி "Creeper, Sweet Potato Plant") is a Hindu goddess and the divine consort of the prominent god Murugan.
Vaḷḷi is used to refer to many tribal or indigenous peoples' goddesses in Tamil Nadu and Kerala and by the Rodiya and Vedda peoples of Sri Lanka.
Vaḷḷi is also known as Pongi at Vallimalai and the pond from which she drew water to quench the thirst of Murugan is still there. This pond, though in an open ground, does not receive the rays of the sun. Vedda still inhabit Kataragama region and there are temples dedicated to the mountain god Murugan in this region of Sri Lanka.
The Birth of the Goddess
In ancient times, the mountainous regions in South India were ruled by various tribes. One of the prominent tribal people were the Kuravar, who were prevalent in the Southern part of India, including a part of Sri Lanka or Ceylon, in areas known as 'Thiruthani'. The chief of this Mountain tribe, Nambi Rajan and his wife prayed to the Mountain God for a girl-child. Their prayers were answered and Nambi Rajan's wife gave birth to a newborn girl. They named the child as Valli and she grew up as the princess of the mountain tribe. Some myths state that Valli was born from a doe when a sage laid eyes on it during a momentary lapse in his meditation.
Valli (disambiguation)
Valli is the Goddess consort of the Hindu God Murugan
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Valli (film)
Valli is a 1993 Tamil language film directed by K. Natraj, written and produced by Rajinikanth. It stars Sanjay and Priya Raman in the lead roles. The film's music was composed by Ilayaraja. This movie was dubbed into Telugu as 'Vijaya'. Rajinikanth scripted the film and appeared in an extended guest role. It was a big failure at the box office incurring huge losses to Rajinikanth, the producer.
Plot
Valli (Priya Raman) returns to her village after studying for 15 years in the city. Her cousin (Hariraj) celebrates her arrival to the city. He was in love with Valli since childhood days, but changed after she went to study in the city. She is no more in love with him. She falls in love with a city guy called Shekar (Sanjay) who comes to the village with his friends for hunting. Shekar cheats her and escapes to the city. Later Shekar is brought back by her cousin. Instead of marrying the city guy she kills him for cheating her.
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Adrian
Adrian is a form of the Latin given name Adrianus or Hadrianus. Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former river Adria from the Venetic and Illyrian word adur, meaning 'sea' or 'water'. The Adria was until the 8th century BC the main channel of the Po River into the Adriatic Sea but ceased to exist before the 1st century BC. Hecataeus of Miletus (c.550 - c.476 BC) asserted that both the Etruscan harbor city of Adria and the Adriatic Sea had been named after it. Emperor Hadrian's family was named after the city or region of Adria/Hadria, now Atri, in Picenum, which most likely started as an Etruscan or Greek colony of the older harbor city of the same name.
Several saints and six popes have borne this name, including the only English pope, Adrian IV, and the only Dutch pope, Adrian VI. As an English name, it has been in use since the Middle Ages though it was not popular until modern times.
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Adrian River
The Adrian River is a tributary of the Racșa River in Romania.
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Adrian (video gamer)
Adrian Ma, (born February 18, 1997) usually known just as Adrian or Popstar Adrian, is an American professional League of Legends player who currently plays support for Immortals of the North American League of Legends Championship Series. He graduated high school early at age 17 to attend the first varsity college eSports team in the world, the program at Robert Morris University Illinois. Adrian has also played for LMQ and Team Impulse.
On July 18, 2015 he temporarily stepped down from his role on the starting roster of Team Impulse.
In December newly formed NA LCS team Immortals announced they had acquired Adrian.
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