A gramadevata (Sanskrit: ग्रामदेवता, romanized: Grāmadevatā, lit. 'village deity') is the tutelary deity of a given locality in Hinduism, primarily worshipped...

regarded as a form of Vishnu by his adherents. He is considered to be a gramadevata in some rural regions of Maharashtra and South India, and sometimes considered...

misfortune. This is distinct from an ishta-devata (personal tutelar) and a grāmadevatā (village deities). Male kuladevatas are sometimes referred to as a kuladeva...

ishta-devata, while family tutelary deities are known as Kuladevata. Gramadevata are guardian deities of villages. Devas can also be seen as tutelary...

consecrated at this temple has been regarded as the presiding deity (Gramadevata) of the city. Pune changed hands between the Mughals and the Marathas...

in Pauri Gharwal district of Uttrakhand. Betal is also the village's gramadevata (village deity). This temple also has a Shiva Pindi and its gana. The...

Tutelary deity. (เทพารักษ์) which deity these types same match with Grāmadevatā and Kuladevata in Hinduism., statue of his most important located in...

Lakshmi, Parvati and Tripurasundari. Also worshipped are the various Gramadevatas across the Indian villages. Shaktism also encompasses various tantric...

(forest spirits, perhaps descendants of early nature-spirit cults), gramadevata (village gods), devatas of river crossings, caves, mountains, and so...

are multiple folk dance rituals in Karnataka used for the worship of gramadevata. One of these from Tulu areas is Yakshagana, literally meansing the song...

(November 2013). Vicissitudes of the Goddess: Reconstructions of the Gramadevata in India's Religious Traditions. OUP USA. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-19-932503-0...

Apsaras Asuras Daitya Danava Devata Dikpāla Gandharvas Gana Kuladevatas Gramadevatas Rakshasas Vahanas Yakshas / Yakshini Texts (list) Vedas Rig Sama Yajur...

devotee of Shiva who is considered a god in the Lingayat faith and the grāmadevatā of Solapur. It is at the temple's site where he is recorded as having...

warrior sacrifice tradition. Today, such women are still worshipped as Gramadevatas throughout South India. According to Axel Michaels, the first inscriptional...

deities which are not found in Hindu scriptures. It involves worship of Gramadevata (village deity), Kuladevata (household deity) and local deities. It is...

temple built around the murti. The Kasba Ganapati is the presiding deity (gramadevata) of Pune. Kasba Ganpati is considered the first Manacha Ganpati, or most...

waste-to-energy electricity plant in Maharashtra is situated in Solapur. The Gramadevata (Chief deity) of the city is Shri Shivyogi Siddheshwar. The "Nandidhwaj"...

Padma, Sree (2013). Vicissitudes of the Goddess: Reconstructions of the Gramadevata in India's Religious Traditions. Oxford University Press. p. 83. ISBN 9780199325047...

Apsaras Asuras Daitya Danava Devata Dikpāla Gandharvas Gana Kuladevatas Gramadevatas Rakshasas Vahanas Yakshas / Yakshini Texts (list) Vedas Rig Sama Yajur...

Pournima. Mahalasa/Mhalsa is worshipped as an independent goddess or gramadevata (village guardian deity). Her chief temples stand in Mardol in Goa. Her...

Jumadi Murti of Jumadi Affiliation Grāmadevatā Kuladevata Mantra Jumadi mantra Weapon sword Ghanta Mount Buffalo or Elephant Texts Folk religion Dravidian...

September 2013). Vicissitudes of the Goddess: Reconstructions of the Gramadevata in India's Religious Traditions. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-932504-7...

Nookallamma (or Nookambika) is a local deity or Gramadevata popular in Andhra Pradesh State of India. The temple houses the goddess Nookambika.The King...

the worship of a gramadevata (gram means village and devta means deity) in many forms at different places. One form of gramadevata popular in villages...

dual nature see his quote: "Gaṇeśa has a dual nature; as Vināyaka, as a grāmadevatā, he is vighnakartā, and as Gaṇeśa he is vighnahartā, a paurāṇic devatā...

link them with Shaktism. Sree Padma, in an anthropological study of the Grāmadevatā tradition, finds pre-Hindu roots but declines to explicitly identify...

Srinivasamangapuram, Thathayyaguntta Gangamma Temple of goddess Gangamma is the Gramadevata of Tirupati, Sri Kodandaramaswami Temple etc. Hindu Temples in Tirupati...

Apsaras Asuras Daitya Danava Devata Dikpāla Gandharvas Gana Kuladevatas Gramadevatas Rakshasas Vahanas Yakshas / Yakshini Texts (list) Vedas Rig Sama Yajur...

Santeri, Bhumika, Bhutnath and Betal is a popular folk deity worshipped as Gramadevata (village god) in most villages of Goa and Sindhudurg of Maharashtra....

Thathayyagunta Gangamma Temple is the temple dedicated to Goddess Gangamma, Gramadevata of Tirupati. The temple is one of the ancient and is at the heart of...