Hindu

Tirupparaittathurai Padmanābha

Tirupparaittathurai — less-known Vishnu of Tamil Nadu

Ādi-Shakti form at Kollur Mookambika

Mookambika as Sri-Chakra-pīṭha of Kerala-Karnataka border

Ādi Śaṅkara at Kaladi

Ādi Śaṅkara — 8th c. founder of Advaita Vedānta

Agni

God of Fire — Messenger Between Worlds

Ahobilam Narasiṁha — 9 forms

Ahobilam — 9 Narasimha shrines on one mountain

Aiyanar of Pudukottai

Aiyaṉār — regional protector-god of Pudukkottai

Aiyyanār of Puliyangudi

Aiyyanār — the horse-riding boundary-guardian

Swami Samartha of Akkalkot

Swami Samartha — 19th c. Dattātreya-avatar

Akshardham Delhi — Swaminarayan

Akshardham — world's largest Hindu temple complex

Alangudi Guru

Alaṅguḍi — Navagraha Guru (Jupiter) sthala

Alwarthirunagari

Tirukkurukur / Ālvārtiruṉagarī — birthplace of Nammalvar

Amarnāth Cave Shiva

Amarnath — the natural-ice liṅga of Kashmir

Amarnath

Lord of Amarnath

Ambaji

Ambājī Mātā — one of 51 Śakti Pīṭhas

Ambājī of Arāsur

Ambājī — the supreme Gujarati Mother

Amman

Mother Goddess

Āṇḍāḷ (Godādevi)

Āngālamman of Kumbakonam

Āngāḷamman — the body-mother of villages

Angalamman

Aṅgāḷamman — goddess of cremation grounds

Annapūrṇā of Vizag

Annapūrṇā — the food-giving goddess of the Andhra coast

Aranmula Parthasarathy

Aranmula Pārthasārathy — Pamba-river Krishna-Arjuna

Arunachaleshwara Thiruvannamalai

Agni Liṅga — fire-element

Ashta-Dikpalas

Guardians of Directions

Aṣṭavināyaka Ganesha cluster

Aṣṭavināyaka — 8 Ganesha pilgrimage of Maharashtra

Assi Ghāṭ of Kāśī

Assi — where Tulsīdās wrote Rāmcaritamānas

Attukāl Pongāla Bhagavatī

Attukāl — the women's-only temple of the world's largest women's gathering

Avinashi-appar (Avinasi-lingam)

Avinashi-appar of Avinashi — the Revival Shiva

Kanak Bhawan of Ayodhya

Kanak Bhawan — the golden palace of Rama-Sita

Ayodhya Moksha Puri

Ayodhyā — Sapta Mokṣapurī #1

Ram Janmabhoomi — Divya Desam form

Ayodhya Vaidyanatha as Divya Desam

Ayodhya Ram Mandir

Rāma Janmabhūmi — Divya Desam + new consecration 2024

Ayodhya Ram

Lord of Ayodhya

Ayyanar

Village Sovereign — the meditating warrior of the Tamil boundary

Ayyappa

Hariharaputra — the celibate god of Sabarimala

Kedārnāth Jyotir-liṅga

Kedārnāth — Shiva at 3,583m, 5th Jyotirlinga

Baba Ramdev Pir

Rāmdev Jī Pīr — deified 14th-century saint of Rajasthan

Badri-narayana

Badrinath — Vishnu meditating in the Himalayas (Vada-Madurai)

Nāra-Nārāyaṇa Caves of Badri

Nāra-Nārāyaṇa — where Vishnu's twin-forms performed tapas

Badrinath

Badrīnātha — Char Dham + Divya Desam

Badrinath

Lord of Badrinath

Bagalamukhi

Bagalāmukhī — Mahavidya, the Stopper of Enemies' Speech

Bahuchara Mata

Fertility Goddess

Bahucharā Mātā

Bahucharā — goddess of fertility, transgender-rites

Baidyanath

Lord of Knowledge

Baijnāth Mahādev

Baijnāth — 12th-c. Shiva of Kangra

Baladev

Lord of Animals

Ballaleshwar of Pali

Ashtavinayak — one of eight sacred Ganeshas of Maharashtra

Kedāreśvara of Kedārghāṭ, Kāśī

Kedāreśvara — Kāśī-Kedarnāth link

Banaśaṅkarī of Badami

Banaśaṅkarī — Chalukya-era mother

Banashankari

Forest Goddess

Śītalā Devi — the cool goddess

Śītalā — smallpox-and-cool mother of eastern India

Sevalal Maharaj

Sevālāl Mahārāj — Banjara (Lambadi) guru-saint

Banke Bihārī of Vrindavan

Banke Bihārī — the dancing Krishna of Vrindavan

Banni Mata

Forest Goddess of Chamba

Barnawapara Deities

Tribal Sanctuary Deities of Barnawapara

Barong

Barong — benevolent lion-spirit of Bali

Basara Sarasvatī

Basara — only Sarasvatī shrine in South India

Belur Math — Ramakrishna Mission HQ

Belur Math — the monastery of Swami Vivekananda

Bet Dwaraka — Krishna's residential island

Bet Dwaraka — Krishna's residence beyond the Rann

Rāma of Bhadrāchalam

Bhadrāchalam — Rama in the forest by the Godavari

Bhadrakali Mahur

Reṇukā-Bhadrakālī of Mahūr — full Śakti Pīṭha of Maharashtra

Bhagat Ravidās Jī

Ravidās — the 15th-c. Dalit-saint-poet of Banaras

Kottiyoor Bhagavathy

Kōttiyūr Bhagavatī — Dakshina Kashi Shiva-Shakti

Bhairav

Fierce Form of Shiva

Bhānu Pratāppur Danteśvari

Danteśvari satellite shrine of Bastar

Bhārat Mātā Mandir

Bhārat Mātā — the personification of the nation

Bhimashankar

Bhīmaśaṅkara — Sixth Jyotirlinga

Bhimsar

Fierce Guardian

Sūrya Narāyaṇa — at Pongal

Sūrya — the sun, supreme in the Tamil harvest festival

Bhumika

Bhūmikā — earth-mother of Konkani Saraswat community

Bhutnath

Bhūtanātha — Lord of the Spirits, pan-Konkan guardian

Bijlī Mahādev

Bijlī Mahādev — Shiva of the lightning-liṅga

Bijli Mahadev

Lord of Lightning

Bilvashram

Village Hermitage

Biraja

Birajā Devī — one of 51 Śakti Pīṭhas

Bonbibi

Forest Goddess of Sundarbans

Sisa Pedan — Bonda tribal deity

Sisa Pedan — Bonda of the Koraput highlands

Brahma

The Creator — God of Creation

Brahmacharini

Brahmacharini — The Ascetic — Day 2 of Navratri

Brahmani

Brahmani — First of Ashta Matrika

Brajeshwari Devi

Brajeśvarī Devī / Kangra Devī — Himachal Śakti Pīṭha

Brihadeeswarar

Great Lord

Brihaspati

Guru of Gods — Planet Jupiter

Yamunā Ghāṭ at Vrindavan

Kesi Ghat — Krishna-Yamunā pilgrimage

Budatt Āḻvār

Buḍhi Ṭhākurāṇi

Buḍhi Ṭhākurāṇi — the Old Goddess of Berhampur

Caitanya Mahāprabhu of Nabadwip

Caitanya — the Bhakti-movement founder-saint, incarnation of Krishna

Chāmuṇḍā Devī

Chāmuṇḍā — the mother-goddess of Kangra valley

Chamunda Devi

Fierce Form of Durga

Chamunda (Matrika)

Chamunda (Matrika) — Eighth Matrika — fierce-slayer form

Chamundeshwari

Goddess of Chamundi Hill — royal deity of Mysuru

Chāmuṇḍēśvarī of Chāmuṇḍī Hill

Chāmuṇḍi — the tutelary goddess of the Mysore Wadiyars

Chandi Devi Haridwar

Chaṇḍī Devī — triumvirate with Mansa and Maya

Chandra

The Moon God — Lord of Mind & Emotions

Chandraghanta

Chandraghanta — Moon-Bell — Day 3 of Navratri

Chavan Rishi

Village Sage

Kātyāyanī of Chhattarpur

Chhattarpur — 2nd largest temple complex in India

Chhath Maiya (Pilgrimage)

Chhaṭhī Maiyā — Sun-mother of Bihar

Chhath Maiya

Chhathi Maiya — the Sun-Mother of Bihar & Mithila

Chidambaram Natarāja

Ākāśa Liṅga — space-element / Lord of the Cosmic Dance

Kaṇṇagi Amman

Kaṇṇagi — Silappatikāram heroine deified

Chinnamastā at Chintpurnī

Chintpurnī — Chinnamastā's Himachal shrine

Chintamani of Theur

Ashtavinayak — one of eight sacred Ganeshas of Maharashtra

Chintpurni

Cintapūrṇī Devī — goddess who fulfils all wishes

Chitrakūṭa — Rama's forest exile

Chitrakoot — where Rama, Sita and Lakshman lived 11 years

Chitrakoot Dham

Citrakūṭa — sacred mount where Rama lived in exile

Chottanikkara Bhagavatī

Rājarājeśvarī-Saraswatī-Lakshmi in one day, 3 forms

Dakshineśvara Kālī

Dakshineswar — where Ramakrishna saw Kāli

Dakshineswar Kali

Kali of Dakshineswar

Danteshwari of Bastar

Dantēśvarī Māī — clan-goddess of the Bastar Raj

Danteśvari Mā of Dantewada

Danteśvari — the kul-devī of Bastar

Maa Danteshwari

Goddess of Dantewada

Airavateshwara Darasuram

Airāvateśvara — UNESCO Living Chola Temple

Datta (Dattatreya) of Mahur

Dattātreya — trinity-in-one at Mahur, one of his sapta-pīṭhas

Dattatreya: The Triple Divine

Devasenā — Indra's daughter

Devasenā — Murugan's first consort

Devgudi

Hilltop Shrine Deity

Devi Kushmeshwar

Kushmeshwar — the wish-fulfilling goddess of Balaghat

Devlok

Forest Deity

Dharmarāj / Dharma Thakur

Dharmarāj — the tribal Bengali village deity

Dharmasthala

Lord of Dharma

Dharmeś / Dharam Mahārāj — Bhojpur village hero-god

Dharmeś — a Bhojpuri-region folk god, deified hero

Dhumavati

Dhumavati — Mahavidya, the Widow Goddess of the Void

108 Divya Desams — Vishnu's Sacred Abodes

Divya Desams — The 108 Temples of Lord Vishnu

Dongargarh

Goddess of Dongargarh

Draupadi

Queen of Indraprastha

Durga Puja of Kolkata — the pandal tradition

Durga Puja — Kolkata's UNESCO-listed urban religious pilgrimage

Durgā-amma in Yakṣagāna country

Durgā-amma — the coastal Karnataka village goddess

Kalyana-narayana of Dwaraka

Kalyana-narayana — Vishnu's wedding-form at Dwaraka

Dwarka Krishna

Dwarkadhish — Krishna of Dwaraka

Dwarka Moksha Puri

Dvārakā — the seventh Mokṣapuri

Dwarka — Krishna's Kingdom and Jagat Mandir

Dwarka — Lord Krishna's Divine Capital

Dwarkadhish Dwarka

Dvārakādhīśa — Krishna's kingdom-capital as Divya Desam

Dwijing — Bodo community river-god

Dwijing — Bodo goddess of the Aie River

Ekāmbareshwar Kanchipuram

Pṛthvī Liṅga — earth-element

Sant Eknāth

Eknāth — 16th c. Vārkarī saint, author of Eknāthī Bhāgavata

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)

Ettumanoor Mahadeva

Ettumānnūr — second of 108 Kerala Shiva temples

Chaturdaśa Devatā — 14 Tripura Gods

Chaturdaśa — the 14-god pantheon of the royal Tripura

Śrī Svāmīnārāyaṇ at Gaḍhadā

Gaḍhadā — where Svāmīnārāyaṇ lived 29 years

Gajānan Mahārāj of Śegāon

Gajānan Mahārāj — 19th c. Marāṭhī saint

Ganesh Sri Lanka

Ganesha of Sri Lanka

Ganesha

Lord of Beginnings — Remover of Obstacles

Gaṅgā at Daśāśvamedha Ghāṭ

Gaṅgā at Daśāśvamedha — Varanasi's supreme ghāṭ

Ganga

The Sacred River Goddess

Gangaikondacholapuram Brihadeeshwarar

Second great Chola temple — Rajendra Chola

Gangamma

Village Goddess

Gangamma of Tirupati

Gangamma — the firebrand goddess of Tirupati

Gaṅgā at Gangotri

Gaṅgā — the heavenly river descending to earth

Garuda

King of Birds — Vehicle of Vishnu

Ghrishneshwar

Ghṛṣṇeśvara — Twelfth and final Jyotirlinga

Girijatmaj of Lenyadri

Ashtavinayak — one of eight sacred Ganeshas of Maharashtra

Goddess Sri Lanka

Feminine Divine

Gogaji

Folk Hero Deity

Gokarṇa Mahabaleshwara

Gokarṇa — where Ravana stopped with Atma-linga

Golū Devtā

Golū Devtā — the justice-deity of Kumaon

Golu Devta

Justice God of Almora

Gorakhnāth at Gorakhpur

Gorakhnāth — 11th c. Nātha yogic master

Govardhan Parikramā

Govardhan Parikrama — 21-km sacred circumambulation

Govind Dev of Jaipur

Govind Dev — Krishna as supreme deity of Amer-Jaipur

Khandoba Tulajapur

Khaṇḍobā of Tulajapur — Latur district

Ghṛṣṇeśvara of Ellora

Ghṛṣṇeśvara — 12th of the 12 Jyotirlingas, adjacent to Ellora

Gugga

Folk Hero God

Guhyeshwari

Guhyeśvarī Mātā — the Secret Goddess, Śakti Pīṭha of Kathmandu

Gulikan

Gulikan — god of inauspicious moments, kāla-siddha

Guru Raghavendra

Saint of Mantralaya

Guruvāyūr Krishna

Guruvāyūrappan — the Krishna of Kerala's Guru-Vāyu temple

Guruvayur

Lord of Guruvayur

Hajo

Mixed Religious Site

Halakki Gaudi's Mother

Halakki tribal female-centric Earth Mother deity

Hampi

City of Hampi

Kiṣkindhā — the Hanuman kingdom

Sugriva & Hanuman of Anegundi — original Kiṣkindhā

Yantrodhāraka Hanuman of Hampi

Yantrodhāraka — the Hanuman installed by Vyāsarāja

Jākhū Hanumān of Shimla

Jākhū — 108-ft Hanuman atop Shimla's highest hill

Sālāsar Bālājī

Sālāsar Hanuman — the beardless Hanuman of Shekhawati

Hanuman

The Devoted Monkey God — Symbol of Devotion

Hanumān-garhi of Ayodhya

Hanumān-garhi — Hanuman's fort at Ayodhya

Harbhujī of Benewad

Harbhujī — Rajasthani folk-god who prophesies

Hardaul / Hardevji

Hardaul — the tragic prince deified in Bundelkhand

Har-kī-Paurī — Viṣṇu's footprint

Haridwar — the first of the 7 Sapta-Moksha-Purīs

Haridwar Moksha Puri

Māyāpurī / Haridwar — Sapta Mokṣapurī #3

Hayagrīva Mādhava of Hājo

Hayagrīva — one of the last Buddhist-Hindu co-worship shrines

Hidimba Devi

Royal Goddess of Manali

Hinglaj Mata

Hiṅglāj Mātā — Pakistan Śakti Pīṭha

Huligemma

Huligemmā of Huligi — fierce Shakta of Koppal

Hurangu Narayan

Mountain Vishnu

Ḍāgunji Ganeśa

Ḍāgunji — rare 2-handed Ganesha of Uttara Kannada

Igguttappa of Pādi

Igguttappa — kul-devatā of the Kodava

Indra

King of Gods — God of Thunder & Rain

Indrani

Indrani — Seventh Matrika — Indra's shakti

Kanni-māṟ of the Irular

Kanni-māṟ — the Seven Virgin guardians of the Irular tribe

Jagaddhātrī of Chandannagar

Jagaddhātrī — the bearer of the universe

Jagaddhatri

Universal Mother

Snāna Yātrā of Jagannātha

Snana Yatra — bathing festival of Jagannatha

Jagannātha of Ranchi

Ranchi Jagannātha — diasporic temple of the Odia merchants

Jagannath

Lord of the Universe — the wooden deity of Puri

Eklingji — Iṣṭa-devī of Mewar

Eklingji — Shiva as the supreme of Mewar kings

Hari Mandir Sāhib — Golden Temple

Harmandir Sāhib — central Sikh shrine

Jñāneśvara at Āḻandī

Sant Jñāneśvara — author of the Jñāneśvarī at age 21

Jogaṇiyā Mātā

Jogaṇiyā Mātā — the nine virgins of Rajasthan

Jyotibā of Wadi Ratnagiri

Jyotibā — Maharashtra folk-god

Jwalamukhi

Jwālāmukhī — the Flaming-Mouth Goddess

Jwalamukhi (Shakti Pitha)

Jwālāmukhī — tongue-pītha of Satī

Jwalamukhi

Goddess of Flames

Kāla-Bhairava of Varanasi

Kāla-Bhairava — chief-of-police of Varanasi

Kabīr of Lahartara

Sant Kabīr Dās — the 15th c. weaver-poet-saint

Kabir — The Weaver Saint Who Bridged Hindu-Muslim Traditions

Kabir — The 15th Century Sufi-Bhakti Saint of Varanasi

Kadampuzha Bhagavathy

Kadampuzha — Durgā as archer of the forest

Kala Bhairava Varanasi

Kāla Bhairava — Kotwal (police chief) of Kashi

Kalabhairav

Lord of Kashi

Srikalahasti

Vāyu Liṅga — air-element

Kalaratri

Kalaratri — Dark Night — Day 7 of Navratri

Kali

The Dark Goddess — Time & Liberation

Samayapuram Māriyamman

Māriyamman of Samayapuram — North Tamil Nadu's great goddess

Kaliamman (Tamil Folk)

Kāḷiyamman — Tamil village form of Kāḷī

Kalighat Kali

Kali of Kalighat — Shakti Peetha of Sati's Right Toe

Kalimath

Goddess of Power

Kalinga Deities

Odisha Folk Deities

Kaliyugavaradan

Kaliyugavaradan — the boon-giver of the Kali age

Kālkājī Mandir of Delhi

Kālkājī — ancient Delhi Kālī shrine

Kalki

Kalki — tenth avatar of Vishnu, the Future Horse-Rider

Kallazhagar

Vishnu as the Handsome Lord of Alagar Koyil; Meenakshi's elder brother

Kāli-gambāḷ of Chennai

Kāli-gambāḷ — Shiva's consort in Chennai

Kalpeśvar — Shiva's hair

Kalpeśvar — 5th and only year-round Pañca Kedar

Kāḷūbāi of Mandhardevi

Kāḷūbāi — the dark goddess of the Western Ghats

Kamadeva

God of Desire — Lord of Love

Kamadhenu

The Wish-Fulfilling Cow

Kamakhya

Goddess of Desire — Shakti Peetha of the Yoni

Ambubāchī Melā — Kāmākhyā

Kāmākhyā — additional: the rare 3-day Ambubāchī

Kamala (Mahavidya)

Kamalā — tenth Mahavidya, Lotus Goddess

Jvara-hareshwarar

Jvara-hareshwara of Kanchi — fever-remover

Kanchi Kamakshi

Goddess of Kanchipuram

Metrali-eswarar of Kanchi

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

Kanchipuram Moksha Puri

Kāñcīpuram — Sapta Mokṣapurī #5

Kārvāṉar-perumāḷ

Thirukkalvanoor — Vishnu the "handsome thief"

Kāragathān-perumāḷ

Thiru-kāragam — Vishnu standing in a kārakam (mṛdaṅga/hourglass pose)

Kalva-perumāḷ

Thiru-kārvānam — Vishnu of the "dark form"

Ulagaḷantha-perumāḷ (Trivikrama #2)

Thiru-ooragam — Vishnu's second Kanchi Trivikrama

Pāṇḍava-dūta-perumāḷ

Pāṇḍava-dūta — Krishna the messenger of the Pāṇḍavas

Ulakaḷaṇḍa-perumāḷ (Trivikrama)

Ulakaḷandhar — Vishnu as the cosmic strider

Kailasanathar Kanchipuram

Kailāsanātha — earliest Pallava stone temple

Varadaraja Perumal Kanchipuram

Varadarāja — one of Kanchi's 3 canonical Divya Desams

Kanjanur Shukra

Kañjanūr — Navagraha Śukra (Venus) sthala

Kannaki Amman

Goddess of Wealth

Kanni-amman of Salem

Seven sisters — the Kanni cult of the Western Tamil country

Kanyakā Parameshwari

Kanyakā Parameshwari — virgin-goddess of the Komati community

Kanyā Kumārī — the virgin goddess at India's tip

Kanyakumari — where India ends and the ocean begins

Kanyakumari Devi

Kanyākumārī — goddess of the southernmost cape

Kapālīśvara of Mylapore

Kapālīśvara — Shiva of Mylapore, Chennai

Karni Mata

Goddess of Rats

Kartikeya

The Divine Warrior — Son of Shiva

Karumāriyamman of Thiruverkadu

Karumāriyamman — the dark goddess of rain

Karuppasamy

Black God

Karuppu Sami

The Black Lord — guardian of Ayyanar's court

Pasu-pateeswarar of Karur

Pasu-pateeswarar — Lord of the beasts

Kasar Devi

Goddess of Wealth

Viśvanātha of Kāśī

9th of the 12 Jyotirlingas

Kashi Vishwanath

Lord of the Universe of Varanasi

Kashmir Shiva

Kashmir Shaivism

Kataragama

God of Kataragama

Kathivanur Veeran

Hero-deity of Kathivanur — deified warrior

Katteri Amman

Fire Goddess

Katyayani at Gokul

Katyayani — the goddess Gopis worshipped to win Krishna

Katyayani

Katyayani — Born of Sage Kātyāyana — Day 6 of Navratri

Kaumari

Kaumari — Third Matrika — Kartikeya's shakti

Kāverī source — Talakāverī

Kāverī — the sacred Tamil-Kannada river source

Kedar-Gaurī of Bhubaneshwar

Kedar-Gaurī — Shiva-Shakti jointly

Kedarnath

Lord of the Himalayan Hump — Jyotirlinga of the Char Dham

Keezhperumpallam Ketu

Kīḻpeṟumpalliyam — Navagraha Ketu sthala

Ketheeswaram of Mannar — 2nd Pancha-Ishwaram

Ketheeswaram — Shiva near the ancient port

Ketu

The South Lunar Node — Spirit of Liberation

Khajurāho Kandariya Mahādev

Kandariya Mahādev — the masterpiece of Khajurāho

Khaṇḍobā of Jejuri

Mārtāṇḍa Bhairava — Shiva as warrior-pastoralist lord

Khandoba

Martanda Bhairava — Warrior-God of the Deccan Shepherds

Khāṭu Śyāmjī

Śyām Bābā — Barbarika's deified head, Kṛṣṇa's blessing

Kheer Bhawani / Ragnya Devi

Kheer Bhawani — Kashmiri Hindu tutelary goddess

Kheteśvar Mahāraj

Kheteśvar — modern Marwari folk-saint god

Khoḍiyār Mātā

Khoḍiyār — the lame goddess, patron of Saurashtra cattle-rearers

Khodiyar Mata

Mother of the Herders

Kodungallūr Bhagavatī

Kodungallūr — ancient Sakta shrine of the former Chera capital

Konarak Sūrya

Konarak — the Sun Temple

Konark Sun Temple

Koṇārka Sūrya — chariot-temple of the Sun

Koneshwaram

Lord of the Hill

Koneswaram

Koṇeśvara — Lord of the East of Sri Lanka

Kūḍalmāṇikyam — Bharata

Bharata of the four Pandavas at Kūḍalmāṇikyam

Kottiyoor Mahādeva

Kottiyoor — 28-day temporary-forest-shrine

Krishna of Dakor (kuladevata)

Kula-devata Krishna — the family deity of many Gujaratis

Krishna Janmasthan inner sanctum

Janmasthan — the exact birth-cell

Krishna source at Mahābaleśvar

Krishna river source + 4 other river-sources

Krishna

The Dark Lord — Supreme Deity of Love

Kuber

God of Wealth — Keeper of the Cosmic Treasury

Kudroli Gokarnath Shiva

Shiva at the coastal Karnataka

Kukke Subramanya

Kukke Subrahmaṇya — serpent-god temple of Karnataka

Kula-devatas — family gods

The kula-devatā concept — the personal family deity

Kulaśekhara Āḻvār

Kumbeshwar Kumbakonam

Kumbhakoṇa-īśvara — temple of the cosmic pot

Kuladevata Krishna of Kurmi

Krishna as Kurmi kuladevata

Kushmanda

Kushmanda — Cosmic-Egg Creator — Day 4 of Navratri

Kuttichathan

Divine Child

Kuṭralanātha / Kurumbala-eeswarar

Kuṭralanātha of Kuṭralam — Shiva at the great waterfall

Lakṣmī + Kubera — the wealth-pair

Lakṣmī-Kubera — the wealth-goddess + god-of-treasury

Lakshmi

Goddess of Wealth, Fortune & Prosperity

Latu Devta

Guardian in Chamoli

Lingaraja

Liṅgarāja — Harihara Shiva of Bhubaneswar

Liṅgarāja of Bhubaneshwar

Liṅgarāja — King of Liṅgas, presiding Shiva of Odisha

Lingayat Deities

Lingayat Tradition

Madhvācārya at Udupi

Madhva — 13th c. founder of Dvaita Vedanta; Krishna-mutt founder

Madhyamaheśvar — Shiva's belly/navel

Madhyamaheśvar — 4th of the Pañca Kedar

Kallazhagar (Alagar Koyil Vishnu)

Kallaḻagar — the Stone-Handsome Lord of Alagar Hills

Meenakshi Amman Temple

Mīnākṣī-Cokkanātha — the heart of Tamil Shaivism and Shaktism

Sundareśvara of Madurai Meenakshi

Sundareśvara — consort of Meenakshi at Madurai

The Madurai Nayak Pantheon

The Eight Temples — unified royal-ritual geography of Nayak Madurai

Madurai Veeran

The Warrior of Madurai — guardian hero-deity

Madurakavi Āḻvār

Mahaganapati of Ranjangaon

Ashtavinayak — one of eight sacred Ganeshas of Maharashtra

Mahagauri

Mahagauri — Great Fair One — Day 8 of Navratri

Bhasma Āratī of Mahakaleshwar

Bhasma Āratī — unique 4am ash-ritual

Mahakaleshwar Ujjain

Mahākāleśvara — Third Jyotirlinga, Bhasma Aarti

Mahākāla of Ujjain

Mahākāleśvar — Time-Lord Shiva at Ujjain Jyotir-liṅga

Mahakaleshwar

Lord of Time — Jyotirlinga of Ujjain

Mahakumbh

Melas

Ambabai / Mahalakshmi

Karvir Nivasini — The Great Goddess of Kolhapur

Ratangarh Mata

Ratangarh Mātā — Shakti shrine of Datia

Mahamaya

Mahāmāyā of Raipur — 18-armed form of Durga

Mahāmāyā of Ratanpur

Mahāmāyā — ancient Chhattisgarhi mother-goddess

Mahārāṇā Pratāp of Mewar

Pratāp — 16th c. Rajput hero

Mahasu Devta

Supreme Folk Deity of Dehradun

Maheshwari

Maheshwari — Second Matrika — Shiva's shakti

Mailara Lingeshwara

Mailāra Liṅgeśvara — Karnataka variant of Khandoba

Maisamma

Cattle Guardian

Sankardev Sattras of Majuli

Majuli — the Neo-Vaishnavite island monastic tradition

Male Mahadeshwara

Male Mahādeśvara — hill-Shiva of the Kuruba shepherds

Viṭṭhal of Pandharpur — diasporic

Additional Viṭṭhal satellite shrines in Marathwada

Mallikarjuna Srisailam

Mallikārjuna — Second Jyotirlinga

Mallikarjuna

Lord of the Jasmine

Manakamana

Manakāmanā Devī — the Wish-Fulfilling Goddess of Nepal

Manasā Devi

Manasā — the snake-goddess of Bengal

Mansa Devi Haridwar

Mansā Devī of Haridwar — atop Bilwa Parvat

Manasa Devi

Manasā Devī — snake-goddess of Bengal

Manasa

Snake Goddess

Mandapam Amman

Mandapam Amman — goddess of the Rameswaram port

Maṇḍara-parvata of Madhepura

Maṇḍara — the mountain used in the Churning of the Ocean

Mangala

Maṅgaḷā Devī — the auspicious presiding goddess of Kakatpur

Maṅgēśa of Mangeshi

Maṅgēśa — supreme Konkani Shiva

Mangeshi

Lord of Mangeshi

Manikarṇikā Ghāṭ

Manikarṇikā — Varanasi's cremation ghat

Mansā Devī of Haridwar

Mansā — wish-granting goddess above Haridwar

Mansā Devī of Panchkula

Mansā Devī — the Panchkula Shakti Pīṭha

Mari Amman

Disease Goddess

Mariai Aai

Māriāi Āī — Maharashtrian village-goddess

Māriyamman — Punnaināllūr

Māriyamman of the four-marble seats

Marikamba

Village Protector

Mata Shyama Kali

Dark Goddess

Matangeshwar

Mātaṅgeśvara — only living temple of the Khajuraho complex

Matangi

Mātaṅgī — Mahavidya, the Outcaste Goddess

Keśava Deva of Mathura

Keśava Deva — Krishna's janmasthān temple at Mathura

Mathura Krishna

Lord of Mathura

Matsyendra-nātha of Kadri Manjunath

Matsyendra-nātha — guru of Gorakhnāth, founder of Kaula-yoga

Mayureshwar of Morgaon

Peacock-riding Ganesha — First of the Ashtavinayak

Meenakshi

Fish-Eyed Goddess of Madurai

Meera Bai — Krishna's Devotee and Bhakti Saint

Meera Bai — The Princess Poet-Saint of Mewar

Mīrābāī

Mīrā — the 16th c. Rajput Krishna-bhakti poetess

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

Mūkāmbikā of Kollūr

Mūkāmbikā — goddess of the three goddesses combined

Pañca-Bhūta Sthalas — the 5 element-temples

Pañca-Bhūta — Ether, Air, Fire, Water, Earth

Muchilottu Bhagavathi

Goddess of the Vāṇiyans of North Malabar

Muneeswaran

Munīśvaran — muni-god of the Tamil countryside

Munneshwaram

Lord of the Hill

Munneswaram

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

Muruḍēśvar Shiva

Muruḍēśvar — 249-foot Shiva statue on the sea

Thiruchendur Subrahmaṇya

2nd of the 6 Padai Veedu — Murugan at the sea-shore

Mutharamman of Kulasekaranpatti

Mutharamman — the pearl-mother of the Pandya country

Muthappan

Parassinikkadavu Muthappan — the non-Brahminical forest-god of North Malabar

Mutharamman

Goddess of Rain

Nainativu Nagapooshani

Nāgapūṣaṇī — Śakti Pīṭha in Sri Lanka

Nagas

Serpent Cult

Devaraja of Naimisharanya

Devaraja-perumal of Naimisharanya — forest of recitation

Naina Devi

Naiṇā Devī — Punjab Śakti Pīṭha

Naina Devi

Goddess of Eyes

Nallur Kandaswamy

Lord of Nallur

Namdev — The Marathi Saint Whose Songs Spread Across India

Namdev — Varkari Saint and Bhakti Poet of Maharashtra

Sant Nāmdev

Nāmdev — 13th c. tailor-saint

Namdev

Saint Namdev

Nammāḻvār (Śaṭhakōpaṉ)

Nanda Devī

Nanda Devī — patron goddess of Kumaon

Nanda Devi

Goddess of Nanda Peak

Krishna of Nandagaon

Nandagaon — Krishna's childhood home

Nandi

The Sacred Bull — Vehicle of Shiva

Tirunelli Mahavishnu

Tirunelli — Kerala Char Dham of Vishnu

Nanjangud

Lord of Nanjangud

Nachiyar Koil Thirunaraiyur

Tiru-nāraiyūr — Vanjulavalli Tāyār temple

Narasiṁha of Maṅgaḷa-giri

Pānakāla-narasiṁha of Maṅgaḷagiri

Narasimha of Achankovil

Achankovil Narasimha — in the Malayala Malai

Narasimha

The Man-Lion Avatar of Vishnu

Narasimhi

Narasimhi — Sixth Matrika — Narasimha's shakti

Narayan Devta Kullu

Village Vishnu

Bhuvaneśvara of Omkareshwar

Bhuvaneśvara — secondary shrine at Omkareshwar

Godāvarī source at Trimbak

Source of the Godavari — Brahmagiri Peak

Panchavaṭi and Trimbakeśvara

Panchavaṭi of Nashik — Rama's forest-exile home

Nataraja Chidambaram

Lord of Dance

Śrīnāthjī of Nāthdwāra

Śrīnāthjī — 7-year-old Krishna of the Pushtimārga

Adi-nātha-perumāḷ

Alwarthirunagari — birthplace of Nammāḻvār

Magara-nedung-kuḻai-kātha-perumāḷ

Nava Tirupati — Thenthirupperai

Vaittha-māṇidhi

Nava Tirupati — Thirukkolur

Māyākkūttaṉ

Nava Tirupati — Thirukkulandhai (Perungulam)

Makaranedumkuḻaikkāthar

Nava Tirupati — Thirupperai (Srivaikuntam taluka)

Vijayāsana-perumāḷ

Nava Tirupati — Varagunamangai

Navagraha Temple of Guwahati

Navagraha — the 9-planet temple of Assam

Navagrahas

The Nine Planetary Deities

Ochira Parabrahma

Ochira Parabrahma Kshetra — formless-worship Shaiva temple

Oṁkāreśvar of Narmadā

Oṁkāreśvar — island-liṅga shaped like the Oṁ symbol

Omkareshwar

Lord of Om

Rāmrājā of Orchha

Orchha — Rāma as king of Orchha, the only temple where Rama is worshipped as KING

Pabuji

Pābūjī Rāṭhauṛ — 14th-century Rajput deified hero

Pazhamudircholai Murugan

6th Padai Veedu — Murugan of the ancient fruit grove

Step 1 — Desire (Ichhā) transformed to Faith

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 1

Step 10 — Delusion (Moha)

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 10

Step 11 — Lust (Kāma)

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 11

Step 12 — Malice (Asūyā)

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 12

Step 13 — Ego (Ahaṁkāra)

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 13

Step 14 — Sattva

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 14

Step 15 — Rajas

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 15

Step 16 — Tamas

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 16

Step 17 — Vidyā (Knowledge)

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 17

Step 18 — Avidyā dissolved / Mokṣa

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 18

Step 2 — Dispassion (Vairāgya)

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 2

Step 3 — Renunciation (Tyāga)

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 3

Step 4 — Dharma

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 4

Step 5 — Truth (Satya)

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 5

Step 6 — Wrath (Krodha)

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 6

Step 7 — Pride (Mada)

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 7

Step 8 — Jealousy (Mātsarya)

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 8

Step 9 — Greed (Lobha)

18th-step tradition at Sabarimala — step 9

Padmanabhaswamy

Lord of the Lotus

Pākhangbā

Pākhangbā — the primordial serpent-deity of the Meitei

Palani Dandayudhapani

Third Padai Veedu; Murugan-as-renunciate with staff

Palani Murugan

Palani Murugan — 3rd of the 6 Padai Veedu

Pandi Muneeswarar

Pandi Muneeswaran — fierce Shaiva-folk protector of Madurai

Pann-Eswar Mahadev

Panna — Bundelkhandi Shaiva + diamond heritage

Paramapadam

Paramapadam — the Supreme Abode, Vaikuntha

Parashurama

Paraśurāma — sixth avatar of Vishnu, the Axe-wielding Brahmin

Pārthasārathy of Triplicane

Pārthasārathy — Krishna as Arjuna's charioteer

Parvati

The Divine Mother — Consort of Shiva

Pashupatinath

Paśupatinātha — Lord of All Creatures, Nepal's national deity

Vishwa Shanti

World Peace

Pazhamudircholai Murugan

Sixth Padai Veedu — where Murugan as boy humbled Avvaiyar

Pechi Amman

Guardian Goddess of Graves

Periyachi

Grandmother Goddess

Periyāḻvār

Periyaṇṇan Sāmi

Periyaṇṇan — the Elder Brother guardian of southern Tamil Nadu

Malai-thunginatha-eswarar

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

Patṭīśvara of Perur

Patṭīśvara of Perur — Shiva of the five-legged calf

Pey Āḻvār

Phra Phrom

Phra Phrom (Thai Brahma) of the Erawan Shrine

Piḍāri Amman

Piḍāri — the boundary-mother

Piḍāri of Moodakaranai

Piḍāri — guardian mother

Pochamma

Village Goddess

Poigai Āḻvār

Pottan Theyyam

Lord of the Downtrodden — Shiva as the Outcaste

Prayāgrāj Triveṇī Saṅgam

Prayāgrāj — confluence of Ganga, Yamuna, Sarasvati

Prem Mandir — the temple of divine love

Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa & Sītā-Rām of the Prem Mandir

Pṛthvīrāj Chauhān of Ajmer

Pṛthvīrāj — 12th c. Rajput king, folk-hero

Brahmā of Pushkar

Pushkar — one of only 3 Brahmā temples in India

Puthiya Bhagavathy

Malappuram village-mother

Rādhā Rāṇī of Barsana

Rādhā — the supreme goddess of bhakti, at her birth-town

Radha

The Divine Consort — Symbol of Devotion

Raghunāthjī of Kullu

Raghunāthjī — Rama as king of Kullu

Raghunathji

Lord of Kullu Town

Rahu

The North Lunar Node — Shadow of Ambition

Rāja-Rānī Temple

11th-c. temple of the red-stone

Chhinnamasta of Rajrappa

Chinnamastā — one of 10 Mahāvidyās, self-decapitated goddess

Rakkayi Amman

Midnight Mother — Tamil gramadevata of sudden afflictions

Rām Darbār of Panchavaṭī

Rām-Darbār at Panchavaṭī

New Ram Mandir of Ayodhya

Rāma Janmabhoomi Mandir — consecrated 2024

Rām Tīrath

Rām Tīrath — where Sita took refuge

Rama

The Ideal King — Avatar of Vishnu

Sītā Kund of Sitāmarhi

Sītā Kund — the birthplace of Sīta in the Janakpur region

Rāmdev Pīr of Ranicha

Ramdev-ji — common folk-god of Hindu and Muslim both

Ramayana Circuit — Rama's Journey Across India

Ramayana Pilgrimage — Sacred Sites of Lord Rama

Ramdev Pir

Lord of the Poor

Rameshwaram

Lord of Rameshwaram

Rameswaram Ramanātha Swāmi

Rameswaram — 11th of the 12 Jyotirlingas + Char Dham

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

Lakṣmaṇa Jhūla — the ashram-Ganga

Rishikesh — gateway to Himalayas + global yoga

Rudra: The Vedic Form of Shiva

Rudranāth — 3rd of the Pañca Kedar

Rudranāth — Shiva's face form

Sabarimala additional 3-state pilgrim

Kerala-Tamil Nadu-Karnataka pilgrim pathway to Sabarimala

Sabarimala

Lord of Sabarimala

Sabarmatī Āśram — the saint-activist's home

Sabarmatī — Gandhi's Ahmedabad ashram

Sai Baba

Saint of Shirdi

Sakhi Sarwar

Friend of Women

Samaleshwari

Samaleśvarī — presiding goddess of western Odisha

Samaleśvarī Devī

Samaleśvarī — tutelary goddess of western Odisha

Samayapuram Mariamman

The Rain and Pox Mother at Samayapuram

Sammakkā-Sarakka — Medaram Jātra

The largest tribal gathering in Asia

Santeri

Sāntērī — anthill-goddess of the Konkan villages

Saptashrungi Nivasini

Goddess of the Seven Peaks — the Half Shakti Peetha of Vani

Sārangapāṇi Svāmi

Kumbakonam Sārangapāṇi

Sarasvatī + Bhīmaśaṅkara

Sarasvatī at the Bhīmaśaṅkar sacred sources

Saraswati

Goddess of Knowledge, Music & Arts

Hatu Burhiya / Dharamajī

Sarhul village-spirits of the Ho, Santal, Oraon, Munda

Sāteri — Konkan village-mother

Sāteri (Śāntā-durgā) — the village-mother of Konkan

Saura tribal god-icon

Saura — the Saurian tribal icon-wall paintings

Savitri: Goddess of the Sun's Vital Power

Brahmapura-eswarar / Sattanathar / Thoniappar

Sattanathar of Seerkazhi — 3 shrines in 1

Thoniappar

Thoniappar of the divine boat

Shailaputri

Shailaputri — Daughter of Mountain — Day 1 of Navratri

Shani Shingapur

Lord of Saturn

Shani

Karmic Lord of Justice — Planet Saturn

Śāntā-Durgā of Quela

Śāntā-Durgā — Konkani Shakti-pitha

Rabindranath Tagore's Shantiniketan

Shantiniketan — Tagore's Visva-Bharati Ashram

Sharda Mata of Maihar

Śāradā Mātā — one of 51 Śakti Pīṭhas

Sāī Bābā of Shirdi

Sāī Bābā — the syncretic 19th–20th c. Maharashtra fakir-saint

Shirgul Devta

Guardian of Renuka Lake

Shiva

The Destroyer — Supreme Ascetic

Shringeri

Lord of Sharadapeeth

Shukra

Guru of Demons — Planet Venus

Shyama Shastri — Kanchi Kamakoti and the Carnatic Trinity

Shyama Shastri — The Third Trinity Composer of Kanchipuram

Siddhidatri

Siddhidatri — Giver of Siddhis — Day 9 of Navratri

Siddhi-vināyak of Prabhadevi, Mumbai

Mumbai's beloved Siddhi-vināyak

Siṁhādri Narasiṁha

Siṁhādri — Narasimha of the Lion Hill

Simhachalam

Lord of the Lion

Silambarasī (Virgin-Māri)

Silambarasī — guardian of the waters

Sita

The Ideal Consort — Wife of Rama

Sitala

Goddess of Smallpox

Sivasagar

Lord of Sivasagar

Skandamata

Skandamata — Mother of Skanda — Day 5 of Navratri

Someśvar Mahādev

Someśvar — Moon-Lord Shiva of Kumaon

Somnātha of Prabhas

1st of the 12 Jyotirlingas — oldest, most-destroyed-and-rebuilt

Bhālka Tīrtha

Bhālka — where Krishna left his earthly body

Somnath

Lord of the Moon

Sreekurumba Kodungallur

Kodungallūr Bhagavatī / Kāḷī

Bhakta Kannappa of Kalahasti

Kannappa — the hunter-devotee

Sri Lankan Folk Deities

Indigenous Spirits

Sri Maha Bhuvaneshwari

Goddess of the World

Rāmānuja at Śrī Perumbudūr

Bhagavān Rāmānuja — 12th c. founder of Śrīvaiṣṇavism

Vaikuntha-nātha of Śrī Vaikuṇṭham

Śrī Vaikuṇṭham (first of Nava Tirupati)

Rāhu-Ketu Pūjā at Kālahasti

Rāhu-Ketu parihara-kṣetra

Kālahasti — additional

See main kalahasti-vayu-linga

Srikalahasti

Lord of Kalahasti

Śāradā Pīṭha of Sringeri

Śāradā — Saraswati as divine patron of Advaita

Srirangam Ranganatha

Śrīraṅgam Raṅganātha — first and foremost of 108 Divya Desams

Bhramaramba Srisailam

Bhramarāmbā — Śakti Pīṭha paired with Mallikarjuna

Mallikārjuna of Śrīśailam

Mallikārjuna — Shiva at the Nallamala mountain Jyotirlinga

Sthaladevatha

Mountain Goddess

Subhadra

Subhadrā Devī — sister of Jagannath and Balabhadra

Sudalai Madan

Lord of the Night

Sundareswarar

Handsome Lord; Sundara Pandya Shiva of Madurai

Suryanar Koil

Sūryanār Kōyil — Navagraha Sun-deity temple

Surya Konark

Sun God of Konark

Surya

The Sun God — Source of Life

Swāmimalai Murugan

4th Padai Veedu — where Murugan taught Shiva

Swamimalai Murugan

Fourth Padai Veedu; Murugan as his father's teacher

Tambdi Surla

Lord of Surla

Tamil Hindu Deities Sri Lanka

Tamil Hindu Deities in Sri Lanka

Tanot Mātā of Jaisalmer

Tanot Mātā — the goddess who saved India in 1965

Tara (Mahavidya)

Ugra Tārā — second of the 10 Mahavidyas

Tārakeśvara Shiva of Bengal

Tārakeśvara — the principal Shaiva shrine of West Bengal

Tarakeshwar

Lord of the Star

Tarapith

Tārāpīṭh — 51 Śakti Pīṭha, Bamakhepa's seat

Tārā of Tārāpīṭh

Tārā — the fierce Tantric mother of the Birbhum grove

Tara Tarini

Tārā Tāriṇī — twin sister-goddesses, one of 4 Ādi Śakti Pīṭhas

Tejaji

Tejājī — 11th-century Jat folk-hero

Brihadeeshwarar Thanjavur

Bṛhadīśvara — Chola masterpiece, UNESCO

Theyyam — 400-form ritual performance

Theyyam — the North Malabar ritual-dance tradition

Theyyam

Divine Dance Form

Thingalur Chandra temple

Tingaḷūr — Navagraha Chandra (Moon) sthala

Adbhuta-nārāyaṇa

Thiru-kadithanam — Vishnu of Chengannur region

Sowriraja-perumal

Sowriraja of Thirukkannapuram — Krishna's long-haired form

Koodal-Aḻagar

Koodal Azhagar Koil

Adikesava-perumal (Ashtabujagaram)

Ashtabujagaram of Kanchi — eight-armed Vishnu

Tiruchendur Subramanya

Tiruchendūr — Second Padai Veedu of Murugan by the Bay of Bengal

Thiruchengode Ardhanariswarar

Tiruccengoḍu — Ardhanārī temple on hilltop

Saraṇātha — Kaveri-wedding form

Saraṇātha of Thirucherai (3rd variant)

Saranatha-perumal (distinct shrine)

Saranatha — Vishnu of Kaveri-wedding

Saranatha-perumal of Thirucherai

Saranatha — Vishnu the shelter-giver

Gōvinda-rāja-perumāḷ (Kerala's Thiruchittrakuta)

Thiruchittrakuta — twin of Chitrakuta

Parimala-ranganatha

Parimala-ranganatha of Thiru-indalur

Yoga-Narasiṁha of Thirukaḍigai

Yoga-Narasiṁha of Sholinghur

Bhaktavatsala-perumal

Bhaktavatsala of Thirukannamangai — the lover of devotees

Loganatha-perumal

Loganatha of Thirukkannangudi — Vishnu lord of the world

Annyur-natha-eswarar

Annyur-natha of Thirukanur

Gopala-krishna-perumal

Gopalakrishna of Thirukavalampadi

Varadaraja-perumal

Varadaraja (Devaraja) of Kanchi — great Vishnu of Tondai-mandalam

Amṛtaghaṭeśvara

Amṛtaghaṭeśvara of Thirukkadaiyur — Shiva who defeated Yama

Tirukkalanthar of Thirukkalavur

Tirukkalanthar — Shiva who conquered Kala (Time)

Vedagiri-eswarar (hill shrine)

Vedagiri of the Two Eagles

Veera-sthaneswarar

Veera-sthana of Thirukkandiyur

Sivalokanathar of Thirukkanur

Sivalokanathar — Shiva who opened heaven

Avinashi-appan of Thirukkaronam

Avinashi-appan — the imperishable Shiva

Vedagiriśvara

Vedagiriśvara of Thirukkazhukunram — Shiva of the Eagle Hill

Chokkanathar of Thirukkolakka

Chokkanathar — Shiva as golden Lord

Jagatrakshaga-perumal

Jagatrakshaga of Thirukkoodalur — Vishnu who saves the world

Azhagiya-nambi-perumal

Azhagiya Nambi of Thirukkurungudi — the handsome Lord

Koneswarar of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka) — the 5th Pancha-Ishwaram

Koneswarar — Shiva at the sacred mountain of Sri Lanka

Sārangapāṇi cousin

Sārangapāṇi adjunct shrine at Kumbakonam

Rājagopāla of Thirumandangudi

Rājagopāla of Thirumandangudi

Prāṇanātheśvara

Prāṇanātheśvara of Thirumangalakudi

Vamadeva-eswarar of Thirumanikuzhi

Vamadeva — one of the 5 faces of Shiva

Vedaranyeswarar

Vedaranyeswarar of Vedaranyam — "the forest where Vedas hid"

Vaidyanāthar of Thirumazhapadi

Vaidyanāthar — the "divine physician" form

Soundararajan

Soundararajan of Thirunagai (Nagapattinam)

Thirunageswaram Rahu

Tiruṇāgeśvaram — Navagraha Rāhu sthala

Tirunakkara Mahādeva

Tirunakkara Shiva — ancient Kottayam Shaiva

Thirunallar Saneeshwaran

Tirunaḷḷār — Navagraha Śani (Saturn) sthala

Kalyāṇa-sundarar

Kalyāṇa-sundarar — Shiva of the Divine Wedding

Vinnagaraperumal of Thirunandhipuram

Vinnagaraperumal — Vishnu of the heavens

Srinivasa-perumal of Nachiyar Koil

Nachiyar Koil — where the goddess takes precedence over the Lord

Nambinayaki-sametha Siddinathar

Nambinayaki-Siddinathar of Thirunaraiyur

Naḍuthaṟai Nāthar (Oḍḍiyāna-Nāthar)

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

Navā-mukunda

Thirunavaya — Vishnu at the confluence of Bharatappuzha

Neithana-nathar of Thiruneithanam

Neithana-nathar — Shiva of the lotus-stamen

Nellai-appar

Nellai-appar of Tirunelveli — the paddy-field Shiva

Pattu-nathar of Thirupathurai

Pattu-nathar — Shiva of the silk weavers

Arul-vallar of Thirupazhamannippadikkarai

Arul-vallar — Shiva of the ancient clay river-bank

Vīḍi-vīṭangeśvara

Vīḍi-vīṭangar of Thiruppanandal — the tilted liṅga

Ksheerabdhinatha — Vishnu of the Milk Ocean

Tirupparkadal — Vishnu reclining on Ananta

Pavalavanna-perumal

Pavalavanna — coral-coloured Vishnu of Kanchi

Avinashi-natha

Avinashi-natha of Thiruppukkoliyur

Puṣpavaneśvara

Puṣpavaneśvara of Thiruppuvanam — the Flower-Forest Shiva

Kaisina-vendan

Kaisina-vendan of Thirupulingudi

Kalyana-jagannatha-perumal

Kalyana Jagannatha of Thirupullani — Rama's chosen shrine

Punnai-vana-nathar

Punnai-vana-nathar of Thirupunavasal

Pushpavaneswarar of Thirupundhuruthi

Pushpavaneswarar — the flower-forest

Pushpavaneswarar of Thirupuvanam-b

Pushpavaneswarar — flower-forest (distinct from Thirupundhuruthi)

Thiruthanigai Murugan

5th of the 6 Padai Veedu — where Murugan married Valli

Svāminātha Subrahmaṇya of Thiruthanigai — Shiva co-shrine

Thiruthanigai Shiva (adjoining Murugan Padai Veedu)

Pāla-sama-nātheśvara

Pāla-sama-nātha of Thiruthuraipoondi

Govardhana of Vraja

Govardhana-giridhari — Krishna lifting Govardhana

Thiruvaiyaru Panchanatheeshwara

Tiruvaiyāṟu — Shiva of the 5 rivers

Śrī Vallabha

Sri Vallabha of Thiruvalla

Bilvāraṇyeśvara

Bilvāraṇyeśvara of Thiruvallam

Tiru-vanji-kāḷi co-shrine at Thiruvallur

Shiva of the Veeraraghava precinct — Thiruvallur

Jambukeshwar Thiruvanaikaval

Appu Liṅga — water-element

Akilandeshwari of Thiruvanaikka — the goddess-consort

Akilandeshwari (Ambal) of Jambukeshwara

Mahadevar of Thiruvanchikulam

Mahadeva of the Old Chera Capital

Tiruvañjikkalam Mahādevā

Mahādevā of Tiruvañjikkalam — Shiva of old Chera capital

Vanji-natha-eswarar

Vanji-natha of Thiruvanjiyam

Ambalappuzha Krishna

Ambalappuḻa — Paradise porridge of Krishna

Vanmikanathar / Thyagaraja

Thyagaraja of Tiruvarur — capital Shiva

Thiruvarur Thyagaraja

Tiruvārūr — great Chola Nayanar birthplace

Adikeshava-perumal

Adikeshava of Thiruvattaru — 22-ft reclining Vishnu

Madhyarjuneshwarar — the middle-Arjuna Shiva

Madhyarjuneshwarar of Thiruvidaimaruthur

Thiruvegappura Sastha

Sastha (Ayyappa) of Thiruvegappura

Pundarīkākṣa of Tiruvellarai

Pundarīkākṣa — white-rock Vishnu

Thiruvellarai

Tiruvellaṟai — Pundarikaksha Perumal

Kola-Vāmana

Kola-Vāmana of Tiruvelliyaṅgudi

Vedapureeswarar of Thiruvelvikudi

Vedapureeswarar — Shiva of the Vedic yajna

Thiruvenkadu Svetaranyeshwara

Tiruvenkāṭu — Navagraha Budha (Mercury) sthala

Swetaranyeswarar — white-forest Shiva; Budha parihara

Swetaranyeswarar — Budha's remission temple

Mahāliṅgeśvara

Mahāliṅgeśvara of Thiruvidaimaruthur — "central" of the three

Vaṭṭa-para-nātheśvara (Ādipurīśvara)

Ādipurīśvara of Thiruvotriyur

Thrikkākara Vāmana

Thrikkakara — Vishnu as Vāmana, origin of Onam

Thrissur Pooram

Festival of Kerala

Tiru Kovalur

Tiruvekkā / Tirukkōvalūr — cave-Vishnu of Villupuram

Tirukannapuram

Tirukkaṇṇapuraṃ — Vishnu as Sauri Perumal

Tirukkannamangai

Tirukkaṇṇamaṅgai — Vishnu as Abhishekavalli's consort

Tirupullambhoothamkudi

Tiruppullām Pūtaṅkuḍi — Vishnu with his 4 Pancha Vyuha forms

Tirukkurungudi Vishnu

Tirukkuṟuṅguḍi — Nambiyār Vishnu of the dwarf-body

Tirukkottiyur

Tirukōṭṭiyūr — site of Ramanuja's secret-mantra revelation

Pāñcarātra Āgama at Tirumala

Pāñcarātra — the specific ritual tradition of Vishnu temples

Tirumala Veṅkaṭeśvara

Tirumala Bālājī — the world's richest temple

Tirumala Venkateswara

Balaji — Lord of the Seven Hills

Tirumaḻiśai Āḻvār

Tirumālirumcholai

Tirumāl Iruñcōlai — Kallazhagar (Madurai hills)

Tirumazhisai Aamanmakkan

Tirumaḻicaiyāḻvāṉ — where 6th-c. Alvar was born

Tirumaṅgai Āḻvār

Tirumogur Kallazhagar Temple

Tirumōgūr — where Mohini bestowed amṛta

Tirumukkudal

Tirumukkūṭal — three-river confluence Vishnu

Tirunavaya

Lord of the Ship

Nellaiappar Tirunelveli

Nellaiappar — Lord of the paddy-fence

Tirupparkadal — the milk-ocean

Ksīrābdhinātha — Vishnu reclining on the Milk-Ocean

Tiruppāṇāḻvār

Tirupparankundram Murugan Temple

Tirupparankundram — First of the Six Abodes (Āṟupāḍai Vīḍu)

Tiruttani Murugan

Fifth Padai Veedu — where Murugan married Valli

Tiruvannamalai Annamalaiyar

Aruṇāchaleśvara — Agni Liṅga + Tevaram

Tiruvannamalai

Lord of Fire

Thiruvananthapuram Padmanabha

Tiruvaṉantapuram Padmanābha — wealth-vault Vishnu

Vedapureeswarar of Thiruvedhikudi

Vedapureeswarar — Shiva of the Vedic scholars

Toṇḍaraḍippoḍi Āḻvār

Trimbakeśvar — see main

See main nashik-trimbakeshwar-panchvati

Trimbakeshwar

Trambakeśvara — Tenth Jyotirlinga, source of Godavari

Tripura Sundari

Tripurā Sundarī / Ṣoḍaśī — third Mahavidya, Supreme Beauty

Tukārām of Dehu

Sant Tukārām — the farmer-saint of Maharashtra

Tukaram — Vithoba's Devotee and Maharashtra Bhakti

Tukaram — The Saint Who Brought Bhakti to Maharashtra

Tukaram

Saint Tukaram

Tuḷjā Bhavānī

Tuḷjā Bhavānī — the sword-giver of Shivaji

Tulja Bhavani

Tuḷjā Bhavānī — Kuladevī of Chhatrapati Shivaji

Tuljabhavani

Bhavani of Tuljapur — Kuladevata of the Maratha Empire

Tulsīdās at Tulsī Ghāṭ

Sant Tulsīdās — 16th c. author of Rāmcaritamānas

Tungnāth Mahādev — world's highest Shiva temple

Tungnāth — 2nd of the Panch Kedar, 3,680m altitude

Anantaśayana Krishna of Udupi

Distinct anantashayana form at Udupi

Udupi Krishna

Lord of Udupi

Harsiddhi Mātā of Ujjain

Harsiddhi — Vikramāditya's ista-devi

Ujjain Moksha Puri

Avantikā / Ujjayinī — Sapta Mokṣapurī #6

Undavalli Caves Padmanabha

Undavalli — rock-cut 7th c. Vishnu

Uraiyur Azhagiyamanavalan

Uṟaiyūr — old Chola capital, Nachiyar's birthplace

Vadakkunnathan Thrissur

Vaṭakkunnāthan — 8th c. Kerala-style Shiva temple, first of 108 Kerala Shaiva

Vadakkunnathan

Lord of the North

Vaidyanath Deoghar

Baidyanātha — Jyotirlinga of Jharkhand

Vaikom Mahadeva

Vaikkatṭ-appan — Kerala-style Shiva with Vaikom Ashtami

Tirupperai

Tirupperai — one of Nava Tirupati

Vaishnavi

Vaishnavi — Fourth Matrika — Vishnu's shakti

Vaiṣṇo Devī

Vaiṣṇo Devī — the Triguṇa goddess of Trikuṭa

Vaishno Devi

Mata Rani — Mother of the Cave

Vaitheeswaran Koyil Angaraka

Vaidyanātha — Navagraha Aṅgāraka (Mars) + healing-Shiva

Vaidyanātha of Vaidhīśvaran Koyil

Vaidyanātha — Shiva the divine physician

Vaḷḷi Nāyakī — Pazhaṇī

Vaḷḷi — Murugan's second consort

Vamana

Vāmana — fifth avatar of Vishnu, the Dwarf-Brahmin

Vanamamalai Perumal

Vāṉamāmalai / Nāṉkuṇerī — Vishnu as Deivanayagan

Varadavinayak of Mahad

Ashtavinayak — one of eight sacred Ganeshas of Maharashtra

Varahi

Varahi — Fifth Matrika — Varaha's shakti

Varanasi Temples

City of Temples

Varuna

God of Cosmic Order & Water

Vayu

God of Wind — Lord of Prana

Vedānta Deśika at Thooppul

Vedānta Deśika — 13th–14th c. polymath of Śrīvaiṣṇavism

Vaṇkaṭeśvara temples outside Tirumala

Veṅkaṭeśvara pilgrimages at satellite temples across India

Vighnahar of Ozar

Ashtavinayak — one of eight sacred Ganeshas of Maharashtra

Vijayawada Kanaka

Goddess of Vijayawada

Vindhyavasini

Vindhyavāsinī Devī — Goddess of the Vindhyas

Virūpākṣa of Hampi

Virūpākṣa — Shiva of Vijayanagara capital

Vishnu Matloda

Mountain Vishnu

Vishnu Sri Lanka

Vishnu of Sri Lanka

Vishnu

The Preserver — Supreme God of Hinduism

Vishnumoorthi (Theyyam form)

Theyyam form of Narasimha — Vaishnava Theyyam of North Malabar

Vithala of Hampi

Viṭhala — Hampi musical-pillars temple

Viṭṭhala (Viṭhobā) of Pandharpur

Viṭṭhala — the brick-standing Vishnu of Maharashtra

Vitthala (Vithoba)

Vithoba of Pandharpur — the Warkari god

Vrindavan Krishna

Lord of Vrindavan

Waghobā — Warli tiger-god

Waghoba — the Warli-tribal tiger-guardian

Yadādri Lakṣmī-Narasiṁha — see main

Yadādri (see main entry yadagirigutta-narasimha)

Yādādri Narasiṁha

Yādādri — the newly-rebuilt Telangana Narasimha

Yama

Lord of Death — The First Mortal

Yamuna

The Sacred River Goddess

Yamunā at Yamunotri

Yamunā — sister of Yama, the cleansing river

Yellamma of Saundatti

Yellamma / Reṇuka — the mother goddess of northern Karnataka

Yellamma

Village Guardian

Aṣṭavināyaka Ganesha cluster

Adbhuta-nārāyaṇa

Adi-nātha-perumāḷ

Adikesava-perumal (Ashtabujagaram)

Adikeshava-perumal

Ahobilam Narasiṁha — 9 forms

Airavateshwara Darasuram

Aiyanar of Pudukottai

Aiyyanār of Puliyangudi

Akilandeshwari of Thiruvanaikka — the goddess-consort

Akshardham Delhi — Swaminarayan

Alangudi Guru

Alwarthirunagari

Amarnāth Cave Shiva

Ambaji

Ambalappuzha Krishna

Ambājī of Arāsur

Ambubāchī Melā — Kāmākhyā

Amṛtaghaṭeśvara

Anantaśayana Krishna of Udupi

Angala Parameswari

Aṅgala Parameśvarī — Queen of the Six Abodes (Arupadaiveedu)

Angala Parameswari

Anjaneya

Son of Anjana

Annapūrṇā of Vizag

Annyur-natha-eswarar

Anuradhapura Maha Sthan

Anuradhapura — ancient Buddhist capital of Sri Lanka

Apsara

Celestial Nymph

Aranmula Parthasarathy

Arjuna

Third Pandava

Arul-vallar of Thirupazhamannippadikkarai

Arunachaleshwara Thiruvannamalai

Ashta-Matrika

Eight Mothers

Attukāl Pongāla Bhagavatī

Avinashi-appan of Thirukkaronam

Avinashi-appar (Avinasi-lingam)

Avinashi-natha

Ayodhya Moksha Puri

Ayodhya Ram

Ayodhya Ram Mandir

Azhagiya-nambi-perumal

Badri-narayana

Bahucharā Mātā

Bahuchara Mata

Baijnāth Mahādev

Ballaleshwar of Pali

Banke Bihārī of Vrindavan

Banni Mata

Barnawapara Deities

Barong

Basara Sarasvatī

Belur Math — Ramakrishna Mission HQ

Beni

Tribal Deity

Bet Dwaraka — Krishna's residential island

Bhadrakali Mahur

Bhairavi

Bhairavī — fifth Mahavidya, the Terrifying One

Bhairavi

Bhakta Kannappa of Kalahasti

Bhakti

Devotional Deity

Bhasma Āratī of Mahakaleshwar

Bhima

Second Pandava

Bhānu Pratāppur Danteśvari

Bhoot

Ghost Spirit

Bhootnath

Ghost Lord

Bhramaramba Srisailam

Bhārat Mātā Mandir

Bhutnath

Bhuvaneshvari

Bhuvaneśvarī — Mahavidya, Ruler of the Worlds

Bhuvaneśvara of Omkareshwar

Bijlī Mahādev

Bijli Mahadev

Karṇī Mātā — additional

See main karni-mata-deshnoke

Bilvāraṇyeśvara

Biraja

Brahmā of Pushkar

Brahmani

Brahmapura-eswarar / Sattanathar / Thoniappar

Brajeshwari Devi

Brihadeeshwarar Thanjavur

Buḍhi Ṭhākurāṇi

Caitanya Mahāprabhu of Nabadwip

Chamunda Devi

Chamunda (Matrika)

Chandi Devi Haridwar

Chandra: The Moon God

Chaturdaśa Devatā — 14 Tripura Gods

Chavan Rishi

Parthasarathy Triplicane

Pārthasārathy — Vishnu as Arjuna's charioteer

Chhath Maiya

Chhath Maiya (Pilgrimage)

Rajrappa Chhinnamasta (full)

Chinnamastā of Rajrappa

Chhinnamasta of Rajrappa

Chhou

Mask Dance Deity

Chidambaram Natarāja

Chinnamastā at Chintpurnī

Chintamani of Theur

Chitrakūṭa — Rama's forest exile

Chitrakoot Dham

Chāmuṇḍā Devī

Chāmuṇḍēśvarī of Chāmuṇḍī Hill

Chokkanathar of Thirukkolakka

Chottanikkara Bhagavatī

Dakshineswar

Dakshineswar Temple Complex

Dakshineswar

Dakshineswar Kali

Dakshineśvara Kālī

Danteshwari of Bastar

Danteśvari Mā of Dantewada

Datta (Dattatreya) of Mahur

Dattatreya: The Triple Divine

Devaraja of Naimisharanya

Devasenā — Indra's daughter

Devi Kushmeshwar

Dhari Devi

Dharmarāj / Dharma Thakur

Dharmeś / Dharam Mahārāj — Bhojpur village hero-god

Ādi Śaṅkara at Kaladi

Draupadī Amman of Gingee

Drohna

War God

Durgā-amma in Yakṣagāna country

Durgā Pūjā of Kolkata — the pandal tradition

Dwarka Krishna

Dwarka Moksha Puri

Dwarkadhish Dwarka

Dwijing — Bodo community river-god

Eklingji — Iṣṭa-devī of Mewar

Ekāmbareshwar Kanchipuram

Ellai Amman

Emoinu

Ettumanoor Mahadeva

Gaṅgā at Daśāśvamedha Ghāṭ

Gaṅgā at Gangotri

Gaṅgā source — see main

Gajānan Mahārāj of Śegāon

Gandharva

Celestial Musician

Ganesh Sri Lanka

Gaṅgā source — see main

See gangotri-ganga main

Gangaikondacholapuram Brihadeeshwarar

Gangamma

Gangamma of Tirupati

Ghṛṣṇeśvara of Ellora

Girijatmaj of Lenyadri

Goddess Sri Lanka

Golū Devtā

Golu Devta

Gopala-krishna-perumal

Gorakhnāth at Gorakhpur

Govardhan Parikramā

Govardhana of Vraja

Govind Dev of Jaipur

Grama Devata

Village Deity

Grama Devata

Guhyeshwari

Gulikan

Ḍāgunji Ganeśa

Guru Raghavendra

Gōvinda-rāja-perumāḷ (Kerala's Thiruchittrakuta)

Halakki Gauḍi's Mother

Har-kī-Paurī — Viṣṇu's footprint

Harbhujī of Benewad

Hardaul / Hardevji

Hari Mandir Sāhib — Golden Temple

Haridwar Moksha Puri

Harsiddhi Mātā of Ujjain

Hatu Burhiya / Dharamajī

Hayagrīva Mādhava of Hājo

Hidimba Devi

Hinglaj Mata

Hurangu Narayan

Igguttappa of Pādi

Indrani

Jagannātha of Ranchi

Jagatrakshaga-perumal

Jageshwar

Lord of Jageshwar

Jambukeshwar Thiruvanaikaval

Jākhū Hanumān of Shimla

Jogaṇiyā Mātā

Jvara-hareshwarar

Jwalamukhi (Shakti Pitha)

Jyotibā of Wadi Ratnagiri

Kaṇṇagi Amman

Kabīr of Lahartara

Kadampuzha Bhagavathy

Kailasanathar Kanchipuram

Kaisina-vendan

Kala Bhairava Varanasi

Kaliamman (Tamil Folk)

Kalighat Kali

Kalinga Deities

Kallaḻagar of Aḻagar Koyil

Kūḍalmāṇikyam — Bharata

Kalpeśvar — Shiva's hair

Kalva-perumāḷ

Kalyāṇa-sundarar

Kalyana-jagannatha-perumal

Kalyana-narayana of Dwaraka

Kamala (Mahavidya)

Kanchi Kamakshi

Kanchipuram Moksha Puri

Kanjanur Shukra

Kannaki Amman

Kanni-amman of Salem

Kanni-māṟ of the Irular

Kanyā Kumārī — the virgin goddess at India's tip

Kanyakā Parameshwari

Kanyakumari Devi

Kapālīśvara of Mylapore

Karṇī Mātā — additional

Karni Mata

Karuppu Sami

Kasar Devi

Kashi Vishwanath

Kashmir Shiva

Kathivanur Veeran

Katteri Amman

Katyayani at Gokul

Kaumari

Kazhicheerama Vinnagaram

Kaḻicīrāma Viṇṇagaram — Kazhi-Shirama Vishnu

Kazhicheerama Vinnagaram

Kāḷūbāi of Mandhardevi

Keśava Deva of Mathura

Kedar-Gaurī of Bhubaneshwar

Kedāreśvara of Kedārghāṭ, Kāśī

Kedārnāth Jyotir-liṅga

Keezhperumpallam Ketu

Ketheeswaram of Mannar — 2nd Pancha-Ishwaram

Khajurāho Kandariya Mahādev

Khandoba Tulajapur

Kheer Bhawani / Ragnya Devi

Kheteśvar Mahāraj

Khodiyar Mata

Khoḍiyār Mātā

Khāṭu Śyāmjī

Kiṣkindhā — the Hanuman kingdom

Kimpurusha

Celestial Being

Kinnara

Celestial Being

Kāla-Bhairava of Varanasi

Kālahasti — additional

Kāli-gambāḷ of Chennai

Kālkājī Mandir of Delhi

Kodungallūr Bhagavatī

Kol Ther

Deity of Rohila

Kol Ther

Kola-Vāmana

Konarak Sūrya

Konark Sun Temple

Koneswarar of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka) — the 5th Pancha-Ishwaram

Koodal-Aḻagar

Koodal-Aḻagar — see main

Kottiyoor Bhagavathy

Kāragathān-perumāḷ

Krishna Janmasthan inner sanctum

Krishna of Dakor (kuladevata)

Krishna of Nandagaon

Kārvāṉar-perumāḷ

Ksheerabdhinatha — Vishnu of the Milk Ocean

Kātyāyanī of Chhattarpur

Kudroli Gokarnath Shiva

Kukke Subramanya

Kula-devatas — family gods

Kuladevata Krishna of Kurmi

Kumbakonam Sarangapani

Kumbeshwar Kumbakonam

Kumir

Tiger God

Kuṭralanātha / Kurumbala-eeswarar

Lakṣmī + Kubera — the wealth-pair

Lakṣmaṇa Jhūla — the ashram-Ganga

Latu Devta

Liṅgarāja of Bhubaneshwar

Lingaraja

Lingayat Deities

Loganatha-perumal

Maa Mahamaya

Great Goddess

Maa Danteshwari

Maa Mahamaya

Maṇḍara-parvata of Madhepura

Madhvācārya at Udupi

Madhyarjuneshwarar — the middle-Arjuna Shiva

Koodal-Aḻagar — see main

See main thiru-koodal-azhagar-madurai

Madurai Meenakshi-Sundareshwar

Madurai Nayak Pantheon

Madurai Veeran

Maṅgēśa of Mangeshi

Magara-nedung-kuḻai-kātha-perumāḷ

Mahadevar of Thiruvanchikulam

Mahaganapati of Ranjangaon

Mahakaleshwar Ujjain

Mahalakshmi of Kolhapur

Mahamaya

Mahasu Devta

Maheshwari

Mahākāla of Ujjain

Mahāmāyā of Ratanpur

Mahārāṇā Pratāp of Mewar

Mailara Lingeshwara

Makaranedumkuḻaikkāthar

Malai-thunginatha-eswarar

Male Mahadeshwara

Mallikarjuna Srisailam

Mallikārjuna of Śrīśailam

Manasā Devi

Mandapam Amman

Mangala

Manikarṇikā Ghāṭ

Mansā Devī of Panchkula

Mansa Devi Haridwar

Mari Amman

Mariai Aai

Mata Shyama Kali

Matangeshwar

Matangi

Mathura Moksha Puri

Mathurā — Sapta Mokṣapurī #2

Mathura Krishna

Mathura Moksha Puri

Mayureshwar

Mehājī Maṅgalīāwas

Meldī Mātā

Meldi Maa

Metrali-eswarar of Kanchi

Mhalsa (Konkan form)

Mūkāmbikā of Kollūr

Mīrābāī

Māriyamman — Punnaināllūr

Muchilottu Bhagavathi

Mundeshwari

Lord of the Munda

Muruḍēśvar Shiva

Muthappan

Mutharamman of Kulasekaranpatti