Aiyaṉār — regional protector-god of Pudukkottai
Aṅgāḷamman — goddess of cremation grounds
Village Sovereign — the meditating warrior of the Tamil boundary
Rāmdev Jī Pīr — deified 14th-century saint of Rajasthan
Fertility Goddess
Śītalā — smallpox-and-cool mother of eastern India
Sevālāl Mahārāj — Banjara (Lambadi) guru-saint
Tribal Deity
Fierce Guardian
Ghost Spirit
Ghost Lord
Bhūtanātha — Lord of the Spirits, pan-Konkan guardian
Village Hermitage
Forest Goddess of Sundarbans
Buḍhi Ṭhākurāṇi — the Old Goddess of Berhampur
Village Sage
Chhathi Maiya — the Sun-Mother of Bihar & Mithila
Mask Dance Deity
Đạo Mẫu — Vietnamese Mother Goddess tradition
Hilltop Shrine Deity
Forest Deity
Dharma Ṭhākur — folk deity of Bengal and Bihar
Dharmarāj — the tribal Bengali village deity
Dharmeś — a Bhojpuri-region folk god, deified hero
Draupadi — worshipped as an independent village goddess in Tamil Nadu
War God
Durgā-amma — the coastal Karnataka village goddess
Rūm — the primordial being of the Lepcha people
Ekvira of Karla — Kuladevata of the Koli and Agri Communities
Boundary Goddess
Emoinu — the goddess of wealth and the household hearth (Meitei)
Village Goddess
Gangamma — the firebrand goddess of Tirupati
Hidimbā Devi — the Pandava-era goddess of Kullu Valley
Folk Hero Deity
Justice God of Almora
Khaṇḍobā of Tulajapur — Latur district
Village Deity
Folk Hero God
Gulikan — god of inauspicious moments, kāla-siddha
Harbhujī — Rajasthani folk-god who prophesies
Hardaul — the tragic prince deified in Bundelkhand
Royal Goddess of Manali
Huligemmā of Huligi — fierce Shakta of Koppal
Mountain Vishnu
Imoinu Ima — Household goddess of the Meitei
Kanni-māṟ — the Seven Virgin guardians of the Irular tribe
Jogaṇiyā Mātā — the nine virgins of Rajasthan
Jyotibā — Maharashtra folk-god
Māriyamman of Samayapuram — North Tamil Nadu's great goddess
Kāḷiyamman — Tamil village form of Kāḷī
Odisha Folk Deities
Kāḷūbāi — the dark goddess of the Western Ghats
Goddess of Wealth
Goddess of Rats
Karumāriyamman — the dark goddess of rain
Black God
The Black Lord — guardian of Ayyanar's court
Hero-deity of Kathivanur — deified warrior
Mārtāṇḍa Bhairava — Shiva as warrior-pastoralist lord
Martanda Bhairava — Warrior-God of the Deccan Shepherds
Kheteśvar — modern Marwari folk-saint god
Mother of the Herders
Deity of Rohila
Mallikārjuna Mahādeva of Komuravelli — warrior-pastoralist Shaiva folk-god
Tiger God
Divine Child
Guardian in Chamoli
The Eight Temples — unified royal-ritual geography of Nayak Madurai
The Warrior of Madurai — guardian hero-deity
Pratāp — 16th c. Rajput hero
Supreme Folk Deity of Dehradun
Mailāra Liṅgeśvara — Karnataka variant of Khandoba
Cattle Guardian
Male Mahādeśvara — hill-Shiva of the Kuruba shepherds
Manasā — the snake-goddess of Bengal
Manasā Devī — snake-goddess of Bengal
Snake Goddess
Māriāi Āī — Maharashtrian village-goddess
Village Protector
Mehājī — Rajput folk-warrior-god
Mother Goddess of Gujarat
Meldī — goddess of Gujarati Pāraḍī and Vaghri communities
Mhāḷsā — Konkan goddess, wife of Khandoba and Ravalnath
Goddess of the Vāṇiyans of North Malabar
Munīśvaran — muni-god of the Tamil countryside
Muthappan of Parassinikadavu — the Theyyam god who is always available
Parassinikkadavu Muthappan — the non-Brahminical forest-god of North Malabar
Serpent Deity
Serpent Cult
Village Vishnu
Pābūjī Rāṭhauṛ — 14th-century Rajput deified hero
Pākhangbā — the primordial serpent-deity of the Meitei
Pākhaṅgbā — serpent-god of the Meitei of Manipur
Pandi Muneeswaran — fierce Shaiva-folk protector of Madurai
Pēchi Amman — Forest-Mother of the Tamil hills
Periyaṇṇan — the Elder Brother guardian of southern Tamil Nadu
Bandit Queen
Piḍāri — the boundary-mother
Piḍāri — guardian mother
Village Goddess
Poleramma — the great goddess of Andhra-Telangana
Lord of the Downtrodden — Shiva as the Outcaste
Hungry Spirit
Pṛthvīrāj — 12th c. Rajput king, folk-hero
Midnight Mother — Tamil gramadevata of sudden afflictions
Ramdev-ji — common folk-god of Hindu and Muslim both
Lord of the Poor
Rām-liṅga Bābā — Bastar tribal protector
Ravāḷanātha — pan-Konkan village-god
Reṇukā / Yellamma — mother-goddess of the Deccan matrilineal tradition
Renuka of Matrusthan — Mother of Parashurama, Third Sister of Maharashtra
Saint of Shirdi
Friend of Women
Samaleśvarī — presiding goddess of western Odisha
The Rain and Pox Mother at Samayapuram
Sammakka-Sārakka — tribal goddesses of Medaram, mother and daughter
Sāntērī — anthill-goddess of the Konkan villages
Sarhul village-spirits of the Ho, Santal, Oraon, Munda
Fourteen Mountain Gods
Guardian of Renuka Lake
Silambarasī — guardian of the waters
Goddess of Smallpox
Indigenous Spirits
Mountain Goddess
Lord of the Night
Tejājī — 11th-century Jat folk-hero
Theyyam — the North Malabar ritual-dance tradition
Divine Dance Form
Theyyam form of Narasimha — Vaishnava Theyyam of North Malabar
Viṭṭhala — the brick-standing Vishnu of Maharashtra
Nature Spirit
Nature Spirit
Yellammā / Reṇukā of Saundatti
Yellamma / Reṇuka — the mother goddess of northern Karnataka
Village Guardian