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.
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Akṣobhya at Key Monastery
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Akṣobhya at Key Monastery
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Amitābha Buddha — Buddha of Infinite Light / Western Pure Land
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Amitābha Buddha — West-direction of Pure Land
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Anuradhapura Maha Sthan
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Ārya Tārā at Namdroling, Bylakuppe
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Ārya Tārā at Namdroling, Bylakuppe
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Avalokiteshvara — Bodhisattva of Compassion
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Avalokiteśvara at Tabo, Spiti
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Buddhist Circuits — India's Buddhist Heritage
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Chenrezig
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Dalai Lama at Dharamshala
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Dalai Lama at Dharamshala
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Gṛdhrakūṭa — Vulture Peak
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Gṛdhrakūṭa — Vulture Peak
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Guru Padmasambhava
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Guru Padmasambhava — The Lotus Born Master
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Guru Sri Lanka
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Guru Sri Lanka
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Hajo
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Hayagrīva Mādhava of Hājo
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Hiuen Tsang Memorial
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Hiuen Tsang Memorial
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Indra
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Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi
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Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi — Sacred Fig Tree of Anuradhapura
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Kanda Deva
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Kanda Deva
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Kataragama
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Kelaniya Raja
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Kelaniya Raja
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Kiri Muhuda
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Kiri Muhuda
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Kiri Vehera
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Kiri Vehera
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