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 1–25 of 25 (filtered from 1650)
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Badri-narayana
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Badrinath
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Bhārat Mātā Mandir
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Bhuvaneshvari
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Chandi Devi Haridwar
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Gaṅgā at Gangotri
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Gaṅgā source — see main
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Golū Devtā
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Har-kī-Paurī — Viṣṇu's footprint
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Haridwar Moksha Puri
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Kāliyar Sharīf
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Kalpeśvar — Shiva's hair
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Kedārnāth Jyotir-liṅga
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Lakṣmaṇa Jhūla — the ashram-Ganga
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Madhyamaheśvar — Shiva's belly/navel
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Mansa Devi Haridwar
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Mansā Devī of Haridwar
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Nanda Devī
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Nāra-Nārāyaṇa Caves of Badri
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Purnagiri
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Rudranāth — 3rd of the Pañca Kedar
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Someśvar Mahādev
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Tungnāth Mahādev — world's highest Shiva temple
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Yamunā at Yamunotri
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