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'''Valli''' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]] வள்ளி) is the name of prominent Hindu god [[Murugan]]'s consort, according to [[Tamil people|Tamil]] traditions. She is depicted as a the daughter of a [[tribal chief]].
Valli in [[Tamil language]] means a creeper and is also used as a title of many [[tribe|tribal]] or idigenous peoples goddesses in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Kerala]] and by the [[Rodiya]] people of [[Sri Lanka]].
It is also used as a common name for girls particulalrly amongst the Tamil people.
Murugan the God of creating miracles in each and every persons life.
==References==
*[http://kerala.gov.in/keralcalljuly04/p31-34.pdf Ancient myths of the aborigines ok Kerala]
*{{cite web |url=http://www.murugan.org/research/zvelebil.htm |title=Murugan and Valli romance |publisher=Kamil V. Zvelebil |year=1981 |author=Tiru Murugan (Madras: International Institute of Tamil Studies) |accessdate=2008-05-07 |format=HTML}}
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