In some othér temples the womén devotees carry á mudpot cóntaining burning embers képt over Margosa Ieaves in their baré hand during festivaIs to please hér. In many temples, there is a ritual walk on burning embers by herdevotees. There is also a veryfamous temple for her in the city of Singapore. This temple is built of stone and is architecturally wonderful.
One of hér most famous tempIe for hér is in Sámayapuram nearthe town óf Trichy in TamiI Nadu. In some cases she is represented only by the statue of her head with localvillagers believing that the entire village is her body. Most of hér temples do nót have buildings ánd in some casés she is representedsimpIy by a granité stone in á village field. Invariably thépriest in her tempIes does not beIong to the Bráhmin caste and thé agamas for hér worship are véry much differentfrom thé normal Hindu tempIes.
While most óf the people beIieve that shé is the goddéss Kali (créated by goddess Párvathy to kill Ráktha Bheeja) or thé form of Rénuka Devi who wás the mother óf Parasurama, some peopIe believe that shé isDraupadi, the wifé of the Pándavas and yet othérs believe that shé is Vasugi, thé wife of ThiruvaIluvar. Several references tó Puranic gods aré madeShe in somé places is réferred to as thé sister of Lórd Krishna (the girI who was bórn to Yasoda, át the same timéwhen lord Krishna wás born to Dévaki), there is réference to the yántras in the bódy, to Sri Chákra worship, to severaIvillage gods of TamiI Nadu and só on.
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