Deities
Aiyanar of Pudukottai
Aiyaṉār — regional protector-god of Pudukkottai
Angalamman
Aṅgāḷamman — goddess of cremation grounds
Ayyanar
Village Sovereign — the meditating warrior of the Tamil boundary
Baba Ramdev Pir
Rāmdev Jī Pīr — deified 14th-century saint of Rajasthan
Bahuchara Mata
Fertility Goddess
Śītalā Devi — the cool goddess
Śītalā — smallpox-and-cool mother of eastern India
Sevalal Maharaj
Sevālāl Mahārāj — Banjara (Lambadi) guru-saint
Bhimsar
Fierce Guardian
Bhutnath
Bhūtanātha — Lord of the Spirits, pan-Konkan guardian
Bilvashram
Village Hermitage
Bonbibi
Forest Goddess of Sundarbans
Buḍhi Ṭhākurāṇi
Buḍhi Ṭhākurāṇi — the Old Goddess of Berhampur
Chavan Rishi
Village Sage
Chhath Maiya
Chhathi Maiya — the Sun-Mother of Bihar & Mithila
Đạo Mẫu
Đạo Mẫu — Vietnamese Mother Goddess tradition
Devgudi
Hilltop Shrine Deity
Devlok
Forest Deity
Dharmarāj / Dharma Thakur
Dharmarāj — the tribal Bengali village deity
Dharmeś / Dharam Mahārāj — Bhojpur village hero-god
Dharmeś — a Bhojpuri-region folk god, deified hero
Durgā-amma in Yakṣagāna country
Durgā-amma — the coastal Karnataka village goddess
Ekvira Devi
Ekvira of Karla — Kuladevata of the Koli and Agri Communities
Ellai Amman
Boundary Goddess
Emoinu
Emoinu — the goddess of wealth and the household hearth (Meitei)
Gangamma
Village Goddess
Gangamma of Tirupati
Gangamma — the firebrand goddess of Tirupati
Gogaji
Folk Hero Deity
Golu Devta
Justice God of Almora
Khandoba Tulajapur
Khaṇḍobā of Tulajapur — Latur district
Gugga
Folk Hero God
Gulikan
Gulikan — god of inauspicious moments, kāla-siddha
Harbhujī of Benewad
Harbhujī — Rajasthani folk-god who prophesies
Hardaul / Hardevji
Hardaul — the tragic prince deified in Bundelkhand
Hidimba Devi
Royal Goddess of Manali
Huligemma
Huligemmā of Huligi — fierce Shakta of Koppal
Hurangu Narayan
Mountain Vishnu
Imoinu
Imoinu Ima — Household goddess of the Meitei
Kanni-māṟ of the Irular
Kanni-māṟ — the Seven Virgin guardians of the Irular tribe
Jogaṇiyā Mātā
Jogaṇiyā Mātā — the nine virgins of Rajasthan
Jyotibā of Wadi Ratnagiri
Jyotibā — Maharashtra folk-god
Samayapuram Māriyamman
Māriyamman of Samayapuram — North Tamil Nadu's great goddess
Kaliamman (Tamil Folk)
Kāḷiyamman — Tamil village form of Kāḷī
Kalinga Deities
Odisha Folk Deities
Kāḷūbāi of Mandhardevi
Kāḷūbāi — the dark goddess of the Western Ghats
Kannaki Amman
Goddess of Wealth
Karni Mata
Goddess of Rats
Karumāriyamman of Thiruverkadu
Karumāriyamman — the dark goddess of rain
Karuppasamy
Black God
Karuppu Sami
The Black Lord — guardian of Ayyanar's court
Kathivanur Veeran
Hero-deity of Kathivanur — deified warrior
Khaṇḍobā of Jejuri
Mārtāṇḍa Bhairava — Shiva as warrior-pastoralist lord
Khandoba
Martanda Bhairava — Warrior-God of the Deccan Shepherds
Kheteśvar Mahāraj
Kheteśvar — modern Marwari folk-saint god
Khodiyar Mata
Mother of the Herders
Kuttichathan
Divine Child
Latu Devta
Guardian in Chamoli
The Madurai Nayak Pantheon
The Eight Temples — unified royal-ritual geography of Nayak Madurai
Madurai Veeran
The Warrior of Madurai — guardian hero-deity
Mahārāṇā Pratāp of Mewar
Pratāp — 16th c. Rajput hero
Mahasu Devta
Supreme Folk Deity of Dehradun
Mailara Lingeshwara
Mailāra Liṅgeśvara — Karnataka variant of Khandoba
Maisamma
Cattle Guardian
Male Mahadeshwara
Male Mahādeśvara — hill-Shiva of the Kuruba shepherds
Manasā Devi
Manasā — the snake-goddess of Bengal
Manasa Devi
Manasā Devī — snake-goddess of Bengal
Manasa
Snake Goddess
Mariai Aai
Māriāi Āī — Maharashtrian village-goddess
Marikamba
Village Protector
Mehājī Maṅgalīāwas
Mehājī — Rajput folk-warrior-god
Meldi Maa
Mother Goddess of Gujarat
Meldī Mātā
Meldī — goddess of Gujarati Pāraḍī and Vaghri communities
Mhalsa (Konkan form)
Mhāḷsā — Konkan goddess, wife of Khandoba and Ravalnath
Muchilottu Bhagavathi
Goddess of the Vāṇiyans of North Malabar
Muneeswaran
Munīśvaran — muni-god of the Tamil countryside
Muthappan
Parassinikkadavu Muthappan — the non-Brahminical forest-god of North Malabar
Nagas
Serpent Cult
Narayan Devta Kullu
Village Vishnu
Pabuji
Pābūjī Rāṭhauṛ — 14th-century Rajput deified hero
Pākhangbā
Pākhangbā — the primordial serpent-deity of the Meitei
Pakhangba
Pākhaṅgbā — serpent-god of the Meitei of Manipur
Pandi Muneeswarar
Pandi Muneeswaran — fierce Shaiva-folk protector of Madurai
Periyaṇṇan Sāmi
Periyaṇṇan — the Elder Brother guardian of southern Tamil Nadu
Piḍāri Amman
Piḍāri — the boundary-mother
Piḍāri of Moodakaranai
Piḍāri — guardian mother
Pochamma
Village Goddess
Pottan Theyyam
Lord of the Downtrodden — Shiva as the Outcaste
Pṛthvīrāj Chauhān of Ajmer
Pṛthvīrāj — 12th c. Rajput king, folk-hero
Rakkayi Amman
Midnight Mother — Tamil gramadevata of sudden afflictions
Rāmdev Pīr of Ranicha
Ramdev-ji — common folk-god of Hindu and Muslim both
Ramdev Pir
Lord of the Poor
Ramlinga Baba
Rām-liṅga Bābā — Bastar tribal protector
Ravalnath
Ravāḷanātha — pan-Konkan village-god
Renuka / Yellamma
Renuka of Matrusthan — Mother of Parashurama, Third Sister of Maharashtra
Sai Baba
Saint of Shirdi
Sakhi Sarwar
Friend of Women
Samaleshwari
Samaleśvarī — presiding goddess of western Odisha
Samayapuram Mariamman
The Rain and Pox Mother at Samayapuram
Santeri
Sāntērī — anthill-goddess of the Konkan villages
Hatu Burhiya / Dharamajī
Sarhul village-spirits of the Ho, Santal, Oraon, Munda
Sathara Kanda Deva
Fourteen Mountain Gods
Shirgul Devta
Guardian of Renuka Lake
Silambarasī (Virgin-Māri)
Silambarasī — guardian of the waters
Sitala
Goddess of Smallpox
Sri Lankan Folk Deities
Indigenous Spirits
Sthaladevatha
Mountain Goddess
Sudalai Madan
Lord of the Night
Tejaji
Tejājī — 11th-century Jat folk-hero
Theyyam — 400-form ritual performance
Theyyam — the North Malabar ritual-dance tradition
Theyyam
Divine Dance Form
Vishnumoorthi (Theyyam form)
Theyyam form of Narasimha — Vaishnava Theyyam of North Malabar
Viṭṭhala (Viṭhobā) of Pandharpur
Viṭṭhala — the brick-standing Vishnu of Maharashtra
Yellamma of Saundatti
Yellamma / Reṇuka — the mother goddess of northern Karnataka
Yellamma
Village Guardian
Beni
Tribal Deity
Bhoot
Ghost Spirit
Bhootnath
Ghost Lord
Chhou
Mask Dance Deity
Drohna
War God
Grama Devata
Village Deity
Kol Ther
Deity of Rohila
Kumir
Tiger God
Naga
Serpent Deity
Pechi Amman (Detailed)
Pēchi Amman — Forest-Mother of the Tamil hills
Phoolan Devi
Bandit Queen
Preta
Hungry Spirit
Yaksha
Nature Spirit
Yakshini
Nature Spirit
Yellamma-Saundatti (Detail 2)
Yellammā / Reṇukā of Saundatti