Jakkamma is the caste deity of

Rajakambalam Nayakar The Golla, also spelt as Goalas are a Telugu language, Telugu-speaking Pastoralism, pastoral community primarily living in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana with smaller numbers in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. This caste is called by se ...

peoples. It is the family deity of all the 9 subcastes of Kambalatars. In

Panchalankurichi Panchalankurichi is a village, 3 km from Ottapidaram and 21 km from Thoothukudi in Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu, India. Panchalankurichi was once a Palayam and is best known as the birthplace of Veerapandiya Kattabomman, an 18th ...

, a temple for Jakkamma had been built by

Veerapandiya Kattabomman Veerapandiya Kattabomman was an 18th-century Tamil Palayakarrar and king of Panchalankurichi in Tamil Nadu, India. He refused to accept the sovereignty of the British East India Company and waged a war against them. He was captured by the Bri ...

family. Jakkamma also called in some places as Bommamma.

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