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Bodhi, banyan, bilva — trees where the divine dwells

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Avinashi-appar (Avinasi-lingam)Avinashi-appar of Avinashi — the Revival Shiva

Jvara-hareshwararJvara-hareshwara of Kanchi — fever-remover

Jvara-hareshwararJvara-hareshwara of Kanchi — fever-remover

Metrali-eswarar of KanchiMetrali-eswarar — the "upper-floor" Shiva of Kanchi

Pasu-pateeswarar of KarurPasu-pateeswarar — Lord of the beasts

Ketheeswaram of Mannar — 2nd Pancha-IshwaramKetheeswaram — Shiva near the ancient port

Kuṭralanātha / Kurumbala-eeswararKuṭralanātha of Kuṭralam — Shiva at the great waterfall

LakshmiGoddess of Wealth, Fortune & Prosperity

LingarajaLiṅgarāja — Harihara Shiva of Bhubaneswar

Sundareśvara of Madurai MeenakshiSundareśvara — consort of Meenakshi at Madurai

MunneswaramMunneśvarar — one of Shiva's five ishvarams in Sri Lanka

Malai-thunginatha-eswararMalai-thungi-natha of Kongu Nadu — "Shiva who cradles the mountain"

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🌳vilvam24

Avinashi-appar (Avinasi-lingam)Avinashi-appar of Avinashi — the Revival Shiva

Pasu-pateeswarar of KarurPasu-pateeswarar — Lord of the beasts

Ketheeswaram of Mannar — 2nd Pancha-IshwaramKetheeswaram — Shiva near the ancient port

Malai-thunginatha-eswararMalai-thungi-natha of Kongu Nadu — "Shiva who cradles the mountain"

AmṛtaghaṭeśvaraAmṛtaghaṭeśvara of Thirukkadaiyur — Shiva who defeated Yama

Tirukkalanthar of ThirukkalavurTirukkalanthar — Shiva who conquered Kala (Time)

Veera-sthaneswararVeera-sthana of Thirukkandiyur

Sivalokanathar of ThirukkanurSivalokanathar — Shiva who opened heaven

Avinashi-appan of ThirukkaronamAvinashi-appan — the imperishable Shiva

Chokkanathar of ThirukkolakkaChokkanathar — Shiva as golden Lord

Koneswarar of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka) — the 5th Pancha-IshwaramKoneswarar — Shiva at the sacred mountain of Sri Lanka

PrāṇanātheśvaraPrāṇanātheśvara of Thirumangalakudi

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🌳peepal8

AngalammanAṅgāḷamman — goddess of cremation grounds

Chitrakoot DhamCitrakūṭa — sacred mount where Rama lived in exile

HanumanThe Devoted Monkey God — Symbol of Devotion

Kaliamman (Tamil Folk)Kāḷiyamman — Tamil village form of Kāḷī

Mayureshwar of MorgaonPeacock-riding Ganesha — First of the Ashtavinayak

MuneeswaranMunīśvaran — muni-god of the Tamil countryside

RamaThe Ideal King — Avatar of Vishnu

SamaleshwariSamaleśvarī — presiding goddess of western Odisha

🌳banyan4

AmmanMother Goddess

AyyanarVillage Sovereign — the meditating warrior of the Tamil boundary

Chitrakoot DhamCitrakūṭa — sacred mount where Rama lived in exile

HanumanThe Devoted Monkey God — Symbol of Devotion

🌳kadamba4

KamadevaGod of Desire — Lord of Love

RadhaThe Divine Consort — Symbol of Devotion

RamaThe Ideal King — Avatar of Vishnu

VishnuThe Preserver — Supreme God of Hinduism

🌳margosa (vēmbu)4

AngalammanAṅgāḷamman — goddess of cremation grounds

AyyanarVillage Sovereign — the meditating warrior of the Tamil boundary

Kaliamman (Tamil Folk)Kāḷiyamman — Tamil village form of Kāḷī

MuneeswaranMunīśvaran — muni-god of the Tamil countryside

🌳palmyra3

AngalammanAṅgāḷamman — goddess of cremation grounds

Kaliamman (Tamil Folk)Kāḷiyamman — Tamil village form of Kāḷī

MuneeswaranMunīśvaran — muni-god of the Tamil countryside

🌳pārijāta3

IndraKing of Gods — God of Thunder & Rain

ApsaraCelestial Nymph

GandharvaCelestial Musician

🌳aśvattha2

GaneshaLord of Beginnings — Remover of Obstacles

GangaThe Sacred River Goddess

🌳palāśa (butea monosperma)2

AgniGod of Fire — Messenger Between Worlds

SaraswatiGoddess of Knowledge, Music & Arts

🌳peepal (aśvattha)2

BrihaspatiGuru of Gods — Planet Jupiter

ShaniKarmic Lord of Justice — Planet Saturn

🌳śamī (prosopis cineraria)2

AgniGod of Fire — Messenger Between Worlds

ShaniKarmic Lord of Justice — Planet Saturn

🌳vata2

SaraswatiGoddess of Knowledge, Music & Arts

VishnuThe Preserver — Supreme God of Hinduism

🌳arjuna (indian laurel)1

Madhyarjuneshwarar — the middle-Arjuna ShivaMadhyarjuneshwarar of Thiruvidaimaruthur

🌳arka1

SuryaThe Sun God — Source of Life

🌳arka (calotropis)1

GaneshaLord of Beginnings — Remover of Obstacles

🌳ashvattha (peepal)1

ShivaThe Destroyer — Supreme Ascetic

🌳aśoka (saraca asoca, as in aśoka-vana of sītā's imprisonment)1

RamaThe Ideal King — Avatar of Vishnu

🌳aśoka (saraca asoca)1

KamadevaGod of Desire — Lord of Love

🌳aśoka (sītā's refuge during imprisonment)1

SitaThe Ideal Consort — Wife of Rama

🌳aśoka tree1

ParvatiThe Divine Mother — Consort of Shiva

🌳aśoka tree (under which kevala-jñāna attained)1

MahaviraThe Great Hero of Jainism

🌳aśvattha (peepal, ficus religiosa)1

VishnuThe Preserver — Supreme God of Hinduism

🌳aśvattha (peepal)1

LakshmiGoddess of Wealth, Fortune & Prosperity

🌳audumbara1

Mayureshwar of MorgaonPeacock-riding Ganesha — First of the Ashtavinayak

🌳audumbara (ficus racemosa) — particularly sacred to dattātreya1

Dattatreya: The Triple DivineHindu

🌳bakula1

Neithana-nathar of ThiruneithanamNeithana-nathar — Shiva of the lotus-stamen

🌳banana1

LakshmiGoddess of Wealth, Fortune & Prosperity

🌳banyan (ghats lined with them)1

GangaThe Sacred River Goddess

🌳bilva (bael)1

ShivaThe Destroyer — Supreme Ascetic

🌳bilva + bakula1

Brahmapura-eswarar / Sattanathar / ThoniapparSattanathar of Seerkazhi — 3 shrines in 1

🌳bilva + jambu1

Akilandeshwari of Thiruvanaikka — the goddess-consortAkilandeshwari (Ambal) of Jambukeshwara

🌳bilva + konrai1

Swetaranyeswarar — white-forest Shiva; Budha pariharaSwetaranyeswarar — Budha's remission temple

🌳chidambaram tillai (mangrove)1

shiva-natarajaShiva

🌳cremation-ground śamaśāna trees1

KaliThe Dark Goddess — Time & Liberation

🌳flame-of-the-forest1

Pāla-sama-nātheśvaraPāla-sama-nātha of Thiruthuraipoondi

🌳jambu1

RamaThe Ideal King — Avatar of Vishnu

🌳kaḍamba1

KartikeyaThe Divine Warrior — Son of Shiva

🌳kadamba (neolamarckia cadamba)1

KrishnaThe Dark Lord — Supreme Deity of Love

🌳kaḍamba (neolamarckia cadamba)1

Kartikeya / MuruganKaumaram (Shaivism)

🌳kadamba (sthala-vṛkṣa of madurai)1

MeenakshiFish-Eyed Goddess of Madurai

🌳kadamba (sthala-vṛkṣa, the tree of madurai)1

Sundareśvara of Madurai MeenakshiSundareśvara — consort of Meenakshi at Madurai

🌳kalpavṛkṣa1

ApsaraCelestial Nymph

🌳kalpavṛkṣa (wish-fulfilling tree of indraloka)1

IndraKing of Gods — God of Thunder & Rain

🌳kaṭalam1

Tiru-vanji-kāḷi co-shrine at ThiruvallurShiva of the Veeraraghava precinct — Thiruvallur

🌳kuṟuntai-maram (coral jasmine)1

Kuṭralanātha / Kurumbala-eeswararKuṭralanātha of Kuṭralam — Shiva at the great waterfall

🌳mahua (madhuca longifolia)1

SingbongaSing Boṅgā — Sun-Creator of the Ho and Munda people

🌳mango (ekāmra is city of one-mango-tree)1

LingarajaLiṅgarāja — Harihara Shiva of Bhubaneswar

🌳mango (mangifera indica)1

KamadevaGod of Desire — Lord of Love

🌳mango (sthala-vṛkṣa at kanchi)1

Kanchi KamakshiGoddess of Kanchipuram

🌳manjakkadambu1

Metrali-eswarar of KanchiMetrali-eswarar — the "upper-floor" Shiva of Kanchi

🌳neem (dāru-brahman — sacred wood of jagannath)1

JagannathLord of the Universe — the wooden deity of Puri

🌳neem (vēmbu)1

AmmanMother Goddess

🌳palāśa1

BrahmaThe Creator — God of Creation

🌳palmyra (borassus)1

Kartikeya / MuruganKaumaram (Shaivism)

🌳panai (palmyra)1

Vīḍi-vīṭangeśvaraVīḍi-vīṭangar of Thiruppanandal — the tilted liṅga

🌳pārijāta (nyctanthes arbor-tristis)1

VamanaVāmana — fifth avatar of Vishnu, the Dwarf-Brahmin

🌳patala-vilvam1

Vanmikanathar / ThyagarajaThyagaraja of Tiruvarur — capital Shiva

🌳peach (xiwangmu's trees)1

Yu Huang ShangdiJade Emperor — Supreme Ruler of the Celestial Bureaucracy

🌳peepal (association with ancestors)1

YamaLord of Death — The First Mortal

🌳pippala (peepal)1

AgniGod of Fire — Messenger Between Worlds

🌳plum1

Yu Huang ShangdiJade Emperor — Supreme Ruler of the Celestial Bureaucracy

🌳ponnambala vanam groves1

AyyappaHariharaputra — the celibate god of Sabarimala

🌳punnai (3000-year sthala-tree)1

Vedagiri-eswarar (hill shrine)Vedagiri of the Two Eagles

🌳punnai (alexandrian laurel)1

Punnai-vana-natharPunnai-vana-nathar of Thirupunavasal

🌳punnai (mast-wood tree — sthala-vṛkṣa, said to be living for 3000 years)1

Vaṭṭa-para-nātheśvara (Ādipurīśvara)Ādipurīśvara of Thiruvotriyur

🌳puṉṉai (mast-wood tree)1

VedagiriśvaraVedagiriśvara of Thirukkazhukunram — Shiva of the Eagle Hill

🌳purasu1

Nambinayaki-sametha SiddinatharNambinayaki-Siddinathar of Thirunaraiyur

🌳sacred groves (law kyntang) — undisturbed forests near every khasi village1

U BleiU Blei — Khasi high-god

🌳sakaki1

Amaterasu ŌmikamiGreat Kami Who Shines in Heaven — Sun Goddess

🌳sal1

SingbongaSing Boṅgā — Sun-Creator of the Ho and Munda people

🌳sal (shorea robusta) — sacred groves known as jāher1

Marang BuruMaraṅ Buru — Great Mountain, high-god of the Santal

🌳śamī1

GaneshaLord of Beginnings — Remover of Obstacles

🌳shāla tree (shorea robusta)1

MahaviraThe Great Hero of Jainism

🌳shenbaga1

Kalyāṇa-sundararKalyāṇa-sundarar — Shiva of the Divine Wedding

🌳tamāla tree1

KrishnaThe Dark Lord — Supreme Deity of Love

🌳tamarind (puliyam)1

Naḍuthaṟai Nāthar (Oḍḍiyāna-Nāthar)Siddhi-vināyaka of Thirunaraiyur (Nachiyar Koil) — Shiva shrine

🌳vanji1

Pushpavaneswarar of Thirupuvanam-bPushpavaneswarar — flower-forest (distinct from Thirupundhuruthi)

🌳vanji (champak)1

Vanji-natha-eswararVanji-natha of Thiruvanjiyam

🌳vañji (gold-champak)1

PuṣpavaneśvaraPuṣpavaneśvara of Thiruppuvanam — the Flower-Forest Shiva

🌳vañji (palmyra-flower tree)1

Patṭīśvara of PerurPatṭīśvara of Perur — Shiva of the five-legged calf

🌳vat of vṛndāvana1

KrishnaThe Dark Lord — Supreme Deity of Love

🌳vata (banyan, ficus benghalensis)1

ShivaThe Destroyer — Supreme Ascetic

🌳vel wood1

Kartikeya / MuruganKaumaram (Shaivism)

🌳vilvam + bakula1

Nellai-apparNellai-appar of Tirunelveli — the paddy-field Shiva