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.
Filter by tradition (24)
Showing 1–36 of 55 (filtered from 1650)
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Ahura Mazda
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Ambabai / Mahalakshmi
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Aṣṭavināyaka Ganesha cluster
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Ballaleshwar of Pali
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Bene Israel of Mumbai
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Bhadrakali Mahur
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Bhimashankar
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Bhutnath
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Chintamani of Theur
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Datta (Dattatreya) of Mahur
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Ekvira Devi
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Gajānan Mahārāj of Śegāon
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Ghrishneshwar
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Ghṛṣṇeśvara of Ellora
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Girijatmaj of Lenyadri
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Godāvarī source at Trimbak
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Ḥājī 'Alī Shāh Bukhārī
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Jñāneśvara at Āḻandī
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Jyotibā of Wadi Ratnagiri
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Kāḷūbāi of Mandhardevi
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Khandoba
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Khaṇḍobā of Jejuri
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Khandoba Tulajapur
deitiesAnusandhāna
Krishna source at Mahābaleśvar
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Mahaganapati of Ranjangaon
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Mariai Aai
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Mayureshwar of Morgaon
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Mithra
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Namdev — The Marathi Saint Whose Songs Spread Across India
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Palghāṭa
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Panchavaṭi and Trimbakeśvara
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Rām Darbār of Panchavaṭī
deitiesPramāṇita
Renuka / Yellamma
deitiesAnusandhāna
Sāī Bābā of Shirdi
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Sant Eknāth
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