Corpus Analytics

Census Insights

What the ELGODS corpus actually contains — in numbers.

Entries · 1,654
Reviewed · 1067
Authors · 873

At a glance

1654Published entries
1067Tier 0 reviewed (65%)
815Entries with Tier 1 sources
953Structured geo-anchored
353Distinct tradition tags
873Unique cited authors

Category breakdown

deitiesdeities: 1,033 entries1,033templestemples: 186 entries186storiesstories: 181 entries181religionsreligions: 69 entries69sacred textssacred texts: 46 entries46practicespractices: 40 entries40festivalsfestivals: 32 entries32travelerstravelers: 18 entries18timelinetimeline: 16 entries16divine animalsdivine animals: 14 entries14glossaryglossary: 10 entries10literatureliterature: 8 entries8figuresfigures: 1 entries1

Top 10 traditions (by entry-tag count)

Entries can carry multiple tradition tags; 4378 total tags across 1654 entries. Bars measure cataloguing progress, not importance — a shorter bar means fewer entries written so far, never a lesser tradition. Browse every faith on equal footing in the Sacred Census.

HinduHindu: 1,019 entries1,019VaishnavaVaishnava: 353 entries353TamilTamil: 337 entries337ShaivaShaiva: 234 entries234Sri VaishnavaSri Vaishnava: 196 entries196ShaktaShakta: 193 entries193HinduismHinduism: 151 entries151FolkFolk: 142 entries142VaishnavismVaishnavism: 115 entries115Divya DesamDivya Desam: 99 entries99

Source tier coverage

Each entry ranked by its best-cited source tier (T1 = author + year + pages; T2 = named work; T3 = generic reference).

Tier 1 sourcesTier 1 sources: 815 entries815Tier 2 sourcesTier 2 sources: 578 entries578Tier 3 sourcesTier 3 sources: 254 entries254No sources citedNo sources cited: 7 entries7

    Geographic coverage (top 10 states / countries)

    953 entries have structured geo data; 1230 more have prose geographic description.

    Tamil NaduTamil Nadu: 325 entries325KeralaKerala: 76 entries76MaharashtraMaharashtra: 66 entries66Uttar PradeshUttar Pradesh: 52 entries52KarnatakaKarnataka: 47 entries47UttarakhandUttarakhand: 35 entries35RajasthanRajasthan: 30 entries30GujaratGujarat: 27 entries27West BengalWest Bengal: 27 entries27BiharBihar: 26 entries26

      Historical period (deities)

      Vedic (pre-500 BCE)Vedic (pre-500 BCE): 53 deities53Ancient (500 BCE–500 CAncient (500 BCE–500 CE): 195 deities195Classical (500–1000 CEClassical (500–1000 CE): 54 deities54Medieval (1000–1700 CEMedieval (1000–1700 CE): 75 deities75Modern (1700 CE+)Modern (1700 CE+): 122 deities122UnspecifiedUnspecified: 534 deities534

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        Media coverage

        Entries with images391 / 1654 (24%)

        All numbers are derived live from the published corpus — they update whenever entries are added, merged, or promoted to reviewed. Hidden categories: drafts, redirect stubs, and body-length-below-threshold entries are excluded. See the full census for the aesthetic view.

        Trilingual coverage (Hindi + Tamil)

        Human-reviewed overlays only — machine drafts of sacred text are never auto-published. Snapshot of 2026-09-23: 181 entries with Hindi, 68 with Tamil, out of 1671 published. Stories lead (178 Hindi tellings); deities, festivals, and temples are the review queue below.

        deities (hi)deities (hi): 1 entries1temples (hi)temples (hi): 1 entries1stories (hi)stories (hi): 178 entries178religions (hi)religions (hi): 0 entries0sacred-texts (hi)sacred-texts (hi): 1 entries1practices (hi)practices (hi): 0 entries0festivals (hi)festivals (hi): 0 entries0travelers (hi)travelers (hi): 0 entries0timeline (hi)timeline (hi): 0 entries0divine-animals (hi)divine-animals (hi): 0 entries0glossary (hi)glossary (hi): 0 entries0literature (hi)literature (hi): 0 entries0

        Human-review queue (top 12 flagship candidates)

        REVIEWED entries with zero overlays — translators start here. Full 200-item queue lives in the report.

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