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 188 (filtered from 1650)
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Govardhana of Vraja
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Gōvinda-rāja-perumāḷ (Kerala's Thiruchittrakuta)
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Jagatrakshaga-perumal
deitiesAnusandhāna
Jambukeshwar Thiruvanaikaval
deitiesAnusandhāna
Jvara-hareshwarar
deitiesAnusandhāna
Kailasanathar Kanchipuram
deitiesAnusandhāna
Kaliamman (Tamil Folk)
deitiesPramāṇita
Kallazhagar (Alagar Koyil Vishnu)
deitiesAnusandhāna
Kalva-perumāḷ
deitiesAnusandhāna
Kalyana-jagannatha-perumal
deitiesAnusandhāna
Kalyana-narayana of Dwaraka
deitiesAnusandhāna
Kalyāṇa-sundarar
deitiesAnusandhāna
Kaṇṇagi Amman
deitiesAnusandhāna
Kapālīśvara of Mylapore
deitiesAnusandhāna
Kāragathān-perumāḷ
deitiesPramāṇita
Karuppu Sami
deitiesAnusandhāna
Kārvāṉar-perumāḷ
deitiesAnusandhāna
Ketheeswaram of Mannar — 2nd Pancha-Ishwaram
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Koneswarar of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka) — the 5th Pancha-Ishwaram
deitiesPramāṇita
Koodal-Aḻagar
deitiesAnusandhāna
Ksheerabdhinatha — Vishnu of the Milk Ocean
deitiesPramāṇita
Kulaśekhara Āḻvār
deitiesAnusandhāna
Kumbeshwar Kumbakonam
deitiesAnusandhāna
Kuṭralanātha / Kurumbala-eeswarar
deitiesAnusandhāna
Loganatha-perumal
deitiesAnusandhāna
Madhyarjuneshwarar — the middle-Arjuna Shiva
deitiesPramāṇita
Madurai Veeran
deitiesPramāṇita
Madurakavi Āḻvār
deitiesAnusandhāna
Magara-nedung-kuḻai-kātha-perumāḷ
deitiesAnusandhāna
Mahadevar of Thiruvanchikulam
deitiesAnusandhāna
Mahāliṅgeśvara
deitiesAnusandhāna
Makaranedumkuḻaikkāthar
deitiesAnusandhāna
Malai-thunginatha-eswarar
deitiesAnusandhāna
Mandapam Amman
deitiesAnusandhāna
Māriyamman — Punnaināllūr
deitiesAnusandhāna