The deity example sentences

Temples were the hub of cultural activities and devadasis (temple dancers) performed before the deity, royalty and masses in the many-pillared halls in the irupaksha (a form of Shiva) temple.Rathnam argued that given that not a single Dalit had ever entered the temple, how could the deity be angry with them? The powerful castes decided to teach Rathnam a lesson.Subsequently, in 1230, king Anangabhima I dedicated his kingdom to the deity and proclaimed himself as the “deputy” of the god.To date, the local tribal people make the wooden image of the deity, which suggests that the deity was originally a local god, who was later identified with ishnu.