Deities described as belonging to Mallar community

Tamil literary works have mentioned some of the gods as belonging to the Mallar community. References to such citations are presented below:

1. Tirumaal
   Line number 41 and 89-90 of the third poem in Paripaatal, and poem number 28 in Palluppatalam and 15 in Kaavalan Valipatupatalam of Peeruurppuraanam composed by Kacciyappa Munivar describe Tirumaal as a god belonging to the Mallar community.
2. Murugan
   Murugan has been discussed as a god belonging to the Mallar community in lines 262 and 269 of Tirumurugarruppatai and in Palluppatalam 27 of Peerrurppuraanam composed by Kacciyappa Munivar. Vaiyapurippallu poems 7 and 21 also discuss in the same manner.
3. Sivaperumaan
   Sivaperumaan has been described as a god belonging to the Mallar community in the following verses: Poem numbers 25, 29, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 41 and 69 of Palluppatalam; poem number 60 in Tenkayilaayappatalam. Poem number 6 in Sumati Gatiperupatalam and poem number 20 in Indiran Saapamtiirtta Patalam of Peeruurppuraanam composed by Kacciyappa Munivar. The following verses from Paranjooti Munivar’s Tiruvilaiyatar puraanam also describe Lord Siva as a member of Mallar community: Tirumanappatalam 26, Cholalanai Matuvil Viilttiyapatalam 18 and Viraku virra patalam 26. Poem number 107 in Tirunaattuppatalam in Tiyagaraja liilai, Sambandar’s Teevaaram Tirunalluur poem number 10, Vaiyaapurippallu poems 7 and 25 and Sankara Naarayana Swamy kooyirpuraanam Paayiram poem number 4.
4. Parvati/Umadevi/Tadaatakaippiraattiyaar
   Paarvati has been portrayed as a goddess belonging to the Mallar community in the following poems. Palluppatalam poem numbers 26, 30, 34 and 29 in Kacciyappa Munivar’s Peeruurppuraanam and also Paranjooti Munivar’s Tiruvilaiyaatarpuraanam poems.
5. Vinayaka
   Palluppatalam poem number 27 of Kacciyappa Munivar’s Peeruurppuranam says that Vinayaka also belongs to the Mallar community.
6. Brahma and his associates
   Brahma and his celestial associates also have been mentioned as belonging to the Mallar community. Kacciyappa Munivar’s Peeruurppuraanam, Palluppatalam poem numbers 28, 29, Indiran Saapam Tiirttapatalam poem number 20 and Paranjooti Munivar’s Tiruvilaiyaatarpuraanam, Nariyai Pariyaakkiya patalam poem number 59 describes this.
7. Lakshmi, Saraswathi, Indiraani and other goddesses
   Kacciyappa Munivar’s Peeruurppuraanam Palluppatalam poem 30 and 34 say that the goddesses Lakshmi, Saraswathi, Indiraani and others also belong to Mallar community.
8. Indiran
   Indiran, the king of the celestial beings, has been portrayed as a member of the Mallar community in the following poems:
   Kacciyappa Munivar’s Peeruurppuranam, Palluppatalam verses 28 and 29, Indiran Saapam Tiirttapatalam verses 20, Paranjoti Munivar’s Tiruvilaiyatarpuraanam, Indiran Pali Tiirtta Patalam verses 37 and 41.
   The references cited above are not exhaustive. There are many more literary works that discuss about the Malla people and their society. Due to want of space, they all have not been included in this list.