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 1–36 of 91 (filtered from 1650)
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Airavateshwara Darasuram
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Akilandeshwari of Thiruvanaikka — the goddess-consort
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Alangudi Guru
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Amṛtaghaṭeśvara
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Annyur-natha-eswarar
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Arul-vallar of Thirupazhamannippadikkarai
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Arunachaleshwara Thiruvannamalai
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Avinashi-appan of Thirukkaronam
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Avinashi-appar (Avinasi-lingam)
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Avinashi-natha
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Bilvāraṇyeśvara
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Brahmapura-eswarar / Sattanathar / Thoniappar
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Brihadeeshwarar Thanjavur
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Chidambaram Natarāja
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Chokkanathar of Thirukkolakka
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Devasenā — Indra's daughter
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Ekāmbareshwar Kanchipuram
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Gangaikondacholapuram Brihadeeshwarar
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Jambukeshwar Thiruvanaikaval
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Jvara-hareshwarar
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Kailasanathar Kanchipuram
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Kalyāṇa-sundarar
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Kanjanur Shukra
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Kapālīśvara of Mylapore
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Keezhperumpallam Ketu
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Kumbeshwar Kumbakonam
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Kuṭralanātha / Kurumbala-eeswarar
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Madhyarjuneshwarar — the middle-Arjuna Shiva
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Mahāliṅgeśvara
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Malai-thunginatha-eswarar
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Meenakshi Amman Temple
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Metrali-eswarar of Kanchi
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Naḍuthaṟai Nāthar (Oḍḍiyāna-Nāthar)
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Nambinayaki-sametha Siddinathar
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Neithana-nathar of Thiruneithanam
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