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Sacred Plants
Tulsi, kusha, durva — plants woven into ritual life
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tulasī
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Kārvāṉar-perumāḷ
Thirukkalvanoor — Vishnu the "handsome thief"
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Kāragathān-perumāḷ
Thiru-kāragam — Vishnu standing in a kārakam (mṛdaṅga/hourglass pose)
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Kalva-perumāḷ
Thiru-kārvānam — Vishnu of the "dark form"
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Jagadīśvara-perumāḷ
Thiru-neeragam — Vishnu in the water
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Nilāthingal-thuṇḍa-perumāḷ
Nilāthingal-thuṇḍam — Vishnu of the moonbeam
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Ulagaḷantha-perumāḷ (Trivikrama #2)
Thiru-ooragam — Vishnu's second Kanchi Trivikrama
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Pāṇḍava-dūta-perumāḷ
Pāṇḍava-dūta — Krishna the messenger of the Pāṇḍavas
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Yathokthakāri-perumāḷ (Sonnavannam-Seitha-perumāḷ)
Thiru-velukkai — Vishnu who acts as the devotee says
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Ulakaḷaṇḍa-perumāḷ (Trivikrama)
Ulakaḷandhar — Vishnu as the cosmic strider
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Kallazhagar (Alagar Koyil Vishnu)
Kallaḻagar — the Stone-Handsome Lord of Alagar Hills
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Adi-nātha-perumāḷ
Alwarthirunagari — birthplace of Nammāḻvār
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Magara-nedung-kuḻai-kātha-perumāḷ
Nava Tirupati — Thenthirupperai
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tulsi
12
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Ayyappa
Hariharaputra — the celibate god of Sabarimala
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Ganga
The Sacred River Goddess
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Hanuman — The Monkey God
The Devoted Monkey God — Symbol of Devotion
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Jagannath
Lord of the Universe — the wooden deity of Puri
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Krishna
The Dark Lord — Supreme Deity of Love
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Lakshmi
Goddess of Wealth, Fortune & Prosperity
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Meenakshi Amman Temple
Mīnākṣī-Cokkanātha — the heart of Tamil Shaivism and Shaktism
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Manasa Devi
Manasā Devī — snake-goddess of Bengal
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Radha
The Divine Consort — Symbol of Devotion
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Rama
The Ideal King — Avatar of Vishnu
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Saraswati
Goddess of Knowledge, Music & Arts
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Sita
The Ideal Consort — Wife of Rama
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durvā
4
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Ganga
The Sacred River Goddess
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Kali
The Dark Goddess — Time & Liberation
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Krishna
The Dark Lord — Supreme Deity of Love
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Vishnu
The Preserver — Supreme God of Hinduism
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durvā grass
3
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Mayureshwar of Morgaon
Peacock-riding Ganesha — First of the Ashtavinayak
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Parvati
The Divine Mother — Consort of Shiva
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Saraswati
Goddess of Knowledge, Music & Arts
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lotus
3
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Brahma
The Creator — God of Creation
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Shukra
Guru of Demons — Planet Venus
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Varuna
God of Cosmic Order & Water
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bilva
2
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Nandi
The Sacred Bull — Vehicle of Shiva
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Parvati
The Divine Mother — Consort of Shiva
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dūrvā grass
2
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Shiva
The Destroyer — Supreme Ascetic
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Vishnu
The Preserver — Supreme God of Hinduism
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kuśa grass
2
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Agni
God of Fire — Messenger Between Worlds
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Ganga
The Sacred River Goddess
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mango
2
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Kamadeva
God of Desire — Lord of Love
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Meenakshi Amman Temple
Mīnākṣī-Cokkanātha — the heart of Tamil Shaivism and Shaktism
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21-blade offerings
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Mayureshwar of Morgaon
Peacock-riding Ganesha — First of the Ashtavinayak
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akanda
1
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Kali
The Dark Goddess — Time & Liberation
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arka (calotropis gigantea — "sun-plant")
1
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Surya
The Sun God — Source of Life
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arugampul (bermuda grass)
1
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Tirupparankundram Murugan Temple
Tirupparankundram — First of the Six Abodes (Āṟupāḍai Vīḍu)
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banana (kadalī)
1
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Lakshmi
Goddess of Wealth, Fortune & Prosperity
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bhang (cannabis)
1
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Shiva
The Destroyer — Supreme Ascetic
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bilva (aegle marmelos)
1
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Shiva
The Destroyer — Supreme Ascetic
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bilva (villaku)
1
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Meenakshi Amman Temple
Mīnākṣī-Cokkanātha — the heart of Tamil Shaivism and Shaktism
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coconut
1
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Lakshmi
Goddess of Wealth, Fortune & Prosperity
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crystal (sphaṭika)
1
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Surya
The Sun God — Source of Life
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darbha grass
1
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Yama
Lord of Death — The First Mortal
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dūrvā
1
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Indra
King of Gods — God of Thunder & Rain
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dūrvā grass (cynodon dactylon) — 21-blade offering
1
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Ganesha
Lord of Beginnings — Remover of Obstacles
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durvā grass (during navaratri)
1
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Durga
The Divine Mother — Warrior Goddess
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haoma
1
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Mithra
Yazata of Covenant, Light, and Oath
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haoma (sacred plant, parallel to soma)
1
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Ahura Mazda
Wise Lord — Supreme Creator
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kadamba tree
1
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Meenakshi
Fish-Eyed Goddess of Madurai
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kaḍamba tree blossom
1
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Kartikeya / Murugan
Kaumaram (Shaivism)
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kuśa
1
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Indra
King of Gods — God of Thunder & Rain
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nāga-champā (plumeria)
1
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Manasa Devi
Manasā Devī — snake-goddess of Bengal
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neem
1
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Amman
Mother Goddess
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neem (the murtis are carved from neem wood)
1
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Jagannath
Lord of the Universe — the wooden deity of Puri
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palāśa (butea — sacred wood for homa)
1
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Agni
God of Fire — Messenger Between Worlds
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peach (of immortality)
1
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Yu Huang Shangdi
Jade Emperor — Supreme Ruler of the Celestial Bureaucracy
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peach of immortality
1
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Taishang Laojun (Deified Laozi)
Supreme Venerable Sovereign — Deified Form of Laozi
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peepal
1
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Brihaspati
Guru of Gods — Planet Jupiter
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peepal root circumambulation
1
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Shani
Karmic Lord of Justice — Planet Saturn
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rudrāksha beads (elaeocarpus ganitrus)
1
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Shiva
The Destroyer — Supreme Ascetic
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sakaki (cleyera japonica)
1
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Amaterasu Ōmikami
Great Kami Who Shines in Heaven — Sun Goddess
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śamī (fire-producing wood)
1
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Agni
God of Fire — Messenger Between Worlds
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śamī tree offerings
1
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Shani
Karmic Lord of Justice — Planet Saturn
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saṃjīvanī (mythic mountain herb)
1
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Hanuman — The Monkey God
The Devoted Monkey God — Symbol of Devotion
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soma (ritually pressed)
1
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Indra
King of Gods — God of Thunder & Rain
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soma plant (asclepias acida or similar, contested identification)
1
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Chandra
The Moon God — Lord of Mind & Emotions
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sugar-cane (bow)
1
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Kamadeva
God of Desire — Lord of Love
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thulsi
1
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Tirupparankundram Murugan Temple
Tirupparankundram — First of the Six Abodes (Āṟupāḍai Vīḍu)
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tuḷasī (holy basil, ocimum sanctum)
1
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Vishnu
The Preserver — Supreme God of Hinduism
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tulsi (prohibited in some traditions, offered in others)
1
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Ganesha
Lord of Beginnings — Remover of Obstacles
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turmeric
1
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Ayyappa
Hariharaputra — the celibate god of Sabarimala
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vanni tree (sthala-vṛkṣa)
1
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Kallazhagar (Alagar Koyil Vishnu)
Kallaḻagar — the Stone-Handsome Lord of Alagar Hills
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