Potu Raju (Telugu: పోతరాజు, romanized: Pōtu Rāju) is a Hindu folk deity, regarded as a form of Vishnu by his adherents.

[1] There are a number of varying legends and stories about the origin and the purpose of the deity, but he is generally regarded as the protector of the shakti of goddesses in their temples and processions, and is celebrated in the Bonalu festival.

[2] In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, women from agrarian communities revere a pantheon of Sapta Kanyakas, the seven virgin goddesses: Poleramma, Ankamma, Mutyalamma, Pochamma, Bangaramma, Maramma, and Yellamma, whose only brother is regarded to be Potu Raju.

Upon her request, Shiva placed the shakti of Lakshmi in a pool, from which Parvati inadvertently took seven gulps, creating the seven sister-goddesses.

[5] When Brahma creates a pair of three sisters from the pool to also guard the goddesses, Potu Raju takes one of them, Kamavalli, as his wife.