u/ba-dum-tssssss

Not sure if this is the right sub, but pls redirect me if this isn't.

I'm not a native tamilian, but I am familiar with the language (neighbour here). On an Indian sub, someone referred to the Meenakshi temple as "Meenakshi Maa" temple, and it felt off, so another person corrected them and said that Amman should be used. I added to this comment and said that Amman is a specific term used for the mother goddess in Tamil, so it would be culturally inappropriate to replace it with Maa. But there was some push back.

I don't want to respond to them with misinformation, so can someone confirm if I'm wrong? Thank you!