Deities
Deities
Divine beings across sacred traditions
§Sacred Geography
How the 1650 deities are distributed across the Indian subcontinent — by state, tradition, and era.
1650
Total deities
53
States/Regions
248
Traditions
9th c.
Earliest Era
By State
By Era
Ancient
Varies
varies by tradition
Varies by tradition
Oral / medieval / documented history
Oral tradition / medieval-modern
9th c. CE
9th c.
Showing 37–72 of 93 (filtered from 1650)
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Kushinagar — Buddha's Mahāparinirvāṇa
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Licchavi Vaiśālī
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Licchavi Vaiśālī
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Lumbinī — Birthplace of the Buddha
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Lumbinī — Birthplace of the Buddha
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Maha Sthan
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Mahābodhi Tree of Bodh Gaya
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Mahābodhi Tree of Bodh Gaya
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Mahayana Sri Lanka
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Mahayana Sri Lanka
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Maitreya
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Maitreya — The Future Buddha
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Maitreya at Thiksey
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Maitreya at Thiksey — Future Buddha of Ladakh
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Manjushri — Bodhisattva of Wisdom
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Mañjuśrī at Nālandā Mahāvihāra
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Mañjuśrī at Nālandā Mahāvihāra
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Nalanda — The Ancient Monastic University
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Nalanda — the monastic university site
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Padmasambhava at Hemis
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Padmasambhava at Hemis
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Padmasambhava at Tawang
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Padmasambhava at Tawang
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Pemayangtse Deities
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Pemayangtse Deities
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Phra Phrom
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Rumtek Monastery Deities
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Rumtek Monastery Deities
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Ruwanwelisaya
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Śākyamuni at Alchi
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Śākyamuni at Alchi — Buddhist Art Masterpiece
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Śākyamuni Buddha at Bodh Gaya
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Śākyamuni Buddha at Bodh Gaya
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Saman
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Saman
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