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Orisa in our Temple


Obaluaye, also called Sanponna, Omolu, Baba oye, He is the Irunmole of disease, sickness, smallpox but also He is the one who gives the cure. He is very powerful and very connected to the power of the earth, but he is also considered as beeing an Ajogun.




Nana Buruku is a powerful Orisa like Obaluaye and has many powers. She is the female counterpart of Sanponna, she is Ajogun also and has great healing power. Her icons are the OKO and the SASARA.




Sango is another powerful and important Orisa and he is the younger brother of Obaluaye. His icons are the Edun ara, the ose and the seere. Some foods he likes are yamflour and beans, amala and gbegiri and he loves orogbo. 




Oya is the wife of Sango, she is the powerful Orisa that works with winds and rain.





Obatala is the most ancient and powerful Irunmole, he is the white deity of the creation of the earth and the human being. The oracle of Eerindilogun it comes from this Orisa first.





Orisa Osun is the Orisa of the sweet and fresh waters, she is also Orisa of fertility and maternity, of wealth and prosperity.





Aje Olokun. 
Aje is the Orisa of wealth, she is worshipped to obtain money and economical prosperity. Olokun is the male Orisa, the owner of the ocean and all the riches inside it. They are worshipped together,.



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