Devotee at the Door Opening ceremony of the annual Kannaki Amman festival, Manchanthudawai, Eastern Province

Kavadi dancing, Panama beach

Kadadora Pattini Devale Diya Kabulumulla

Kannaki Amman statue, Kurunji Nagar, Eastern Province

Kannaki devotee, Omanthai

Sacred water with kohomba & turmeric, Panama

Kap Situweema ritual at the Pattini devale at the Dalada Maligawa (Temple of Buddha’s tooth relic), Kandy

Ammanakei & Anklets, Mahiladitheevu

Kannaki Amman statue on kovil rooftop, Puthukuduirappu, Eastern Province

Mural, Kannaki Amman kovil, Thurai Neelavanai, Eastern Province

Mother helps daughter roll on the ground three times around the Pattini shrine, to prove her devotion to the goddess so she may grant her fertility. Pattini devale, Panama

Pattini devotee, Panama

Li keli dance practice, Panama

Group blessing, Ambepussa Pattini Devale

Image of the goddess, Kannaki Amman kovil, Manchanthudawai, Eastern Province

Devotee, Vatarappalai Kannaki Amman kovil, Mullaitivu, Northern Province

Kalaiyadal, Kannaki Amman festival, Koraveli

Kannaki Amman statue, Karativu

Sculptural relief, Kannaki Amman kovil, Karativu

Pattini devotee, Panama

Making (or fulfilling) a vow, Pattini Amma devotees, Panama, Eastern Province

Devotee, Vatarappalai Kannaki Amman kovil, Mullaitivu, Northern Province

Kannaki Amman with retinue, Kopay

Sacred anklets, Ruwanwella

Child being blessed with anklet by ritual practitioner, Ruwanwella, Sabaragamuwa Province

Procession, Pattini devale, Panama, Eastern Province

Pattini Amman’s anklets & ornaments, Ruwanwella

Processing with Pattini Amman’s ornaments, Ruwanwella

‘May the blessings of the anklet be with you!’ Ruwanwella

Madai to Kannaki Amman, Koraveli

On way to Diya Kapeema, Kabulumulla

Palm leaf manuscript of Kannaki Valakkurai, Pattimettu Kannaki Amman Kovil