Mandir मन्दिर

Ahobilam Nava Narasimha

అహోబిలం

Ahobilam, Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh

Nine Narasimha shrines. The Ahobila Math is their hereditary custodian; there is no separate temple site.

Ambaji

અંબાજી

Ambaji, Banaskantha, Gujarat

A Shakti peeth run by a trust chaired by the district Collector.

Angala Parameswari, Melmalayanur

அங்காள பரமேஸ்வரி

Melmalayanur, Villupuram, Tamil Nadu

Run by the Tamil Nadu HR&CE department. A blog's claim that she is the kuladeivam of most Tamils is unusable.

Aryadurga, Devihasol

Devihasol, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra

A goddess temple near Rajapur. Some sources give Vijayadurga at Kerim instead for the same families.

Ashapura Mata, Nadol

आशापुरा माता, नाडोल

Nadol, Pali, Rajasthan

The Ashapura shrine at Nadol. A different shrine from Mata no Madh in Kutch.

Ayyanar, Mariamman, Karuppasamy and other Tamil village deities

குலதெய்வம்

Tamil Nadu

Village-level kuladeivams: Ayyanar, Mariamman, Karuppasamy, Madurai Veeran, Sudalaimadan and Muneeswarar. Each has thousands of village seats.

Baan Mata

बाण माता

Chittorgarh, Rajasthan

The goddess at Chittorgarh.

Baba Balak Nath, Chintpurni, Naina Devi and Brajeshwari

Himachal Pradesh

Regional shrines run by state temple trusts under the 1984 Act: Baba Balak Nath (Hamirpur), Chintpurni (Una), Naina Devi (Bilaspur) and Brajeshwari (Kangra). A low source says local people call Brajeshwari their kul-devi. Jwalamukhi has its own page.

Baba Bhed Devta

Bhed, near Nagrota, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

Worshipped with Kaliveer.

Baba Kala Mehar

Bir Sikhanwala, Faridkot, Punjab

A jathera shrine at Bir Sikhanwala.

Baba Shivo (Goran Baba)

Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

A Dogra ancestor shrine.

Badi and Chhoti Patan Devi

पटन देवी

Patna City, Patna, Bihar

Two shrines of the goddess of Patna.

Badrinath and Kedarnath

बद्रीनाथ, केदारनाथ

Uttarakhand

Run by the statutory Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC), which barred non-Sanatanis from both temples in 2026. The Badrinath Rawal is a Nambudiri, assisted by Dimri Brahmins; the Kedarnath Rawal comes from the Veerashaiva Jangam community.

Bargabhima, Tamluk

বর্গভীমা

Tamluk, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

A goddess temple at Tamluk.

Bhabanipur, Bodeshwari, Sugandha, Chandranath and Dhakeshwari

Bangladesh

Goddess shrines in Bangladesh. Bhabanipur has had a committee since 1991. Sources about them are partisan and are used here only to show that they exist.

Bhadrakali, Ayyappan, Vettakkorumakan, Muthappan and Kathivanoor Veeran

Kerala

Deities Kerala families keep as kuladevatas, each with many local shrines.

Bhagavathi kavus and sarpa kavus

കാവ്

Kerala

Sacred groves kept by Nair tharavads and Nambudiri illams, about 2,000 in all. Nair tharavads were matrilineal: children belonged to the mother's house.

Bhavani of Pratapgad

प्रतापगडची भवानी

Pratapgad, Satara, Maharashtra

Installed by Shivaji in 1661. A low source says the fort is privately owned by the Satara Bhosale heir.

Bhumiya, Gugga Pir and Sakhi Sarwar

Punjab

Bhumiya is a village's founder deity. Gugga Pir and Sakhi Sarwar are saints honoured across castes.

Biraja, Jajpur

ବିରଜା

Jajpur, Odisha

A Shakti peeth run by a Trust Board. The Pati family prescribes the worship.

Brahm Baba, Sokha, Narsingh and Gauraiya

Bihar

Village deities kept as kuldevtas across castes in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Each village has its own seat.

Bunt guttu and daiva shrines

Karnataka

A Bunt family's ancestral house (guttu) and its daiva or bhuta shrine. Bunt families also belong to a matrilineal bari, one of 53, passed through the mother.

Chamunda Devi, Chamba

Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

A separate Chamunda shrine in Chamba town.

Chamunda Nandikeshwar Dham

चामुंडा नंदिकेश्वर धाम

Near Palampur, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

A Chamunda shrine run by a government trust. Not the Chamunda temple in Chamba town, nor Jodhpur's.

Chamundeshwari, Mysuru

ಚಾಮುಂಡೇಶ್ವರಿ

Chamundi Hills, Mysuru, Karnataka

The goddess on Chamundi Hills.

Chandrika Devi

चन्द्रिका देवी

Bakshi Ka Talab, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

A goddess shrine on the Gomti north of Lucknow.

Chhinnamastika, Rajrappa

छिन्नमस्तिका

Rajrappa, Ramgarh, Jharkhand

The shrine of Chhinnamasta. The district administration runs it, and the Jharkhand High Court oversees its development.

Cuttack Chandi

କଟକ ଚଣ୍ଡୀ

Cuttack, Odisha

The goddess of Cuttack, run by the Odisha Endowments department.

Dakshineswar Kali

দক্ষিণেশ্বর কালী

Dakshineswar, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal

Run by its Board of Trustees under a Chairman-cum-Special Officer appointed by the court in April 2025, after disputes over trustee elections.

Deo Surya Mandir and Umga

देव सूर्य मंदिर

Deo, Aurangabad, Bihar

Sun temples at Deo and Umga. The Patna High Court ordered a safety audit in November 2025.

Devi Patan (Maa Pateshwari)

देवीपाटन

Tulsipur, Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh

A goddess shrine that is also a Nath siddha peeth. Nath priests from Nepal lead the Navratri worship. Sources disagree on whether a Nath mahant or the Balrampur royal family runs it.

Dhandai Devi

Khandesh, Maharashtra

A goddess of Khandesh.

Dhari Devi

धारी देवी

Kaliyasaur, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand

A goddess shrine on the Alaknanda, relocated for a hydro project after the Supreme Court rejected a plea against it. A trust handover was pending in 2022.

Durgadevi, Guhagar

Guhagar, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra

A goddess temple at Guhagar.

Ekvira Devi, Karla

एकवीरा देवी

Karla, Pune, Maharashtra

A goddess temple beside the Karla caves, run by the Shree Ekvira Devsthan Trust.

Gokarna Mahabaleshwar

ಗೋಕರ್ಣ ಮಹಾಬಲೇಶ್ವರ

Gokarna, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka

A Shiva temple run since 2021 by a committee the Supreme Court appointed under Justice B. N. Srikrishna.

Gosaunik Ghar (Maithil household shrine)

गोसाउनिक घर

Bihar

The household shrine of a Maithil family, where its kuldevi (often a Bhagwati) and kuldevta (often Dharmaraj) are kept. The deity differs from family to family; even the Upanayan feast changes with the nature of the family's kuldevi or kuldevta.

Gram devta (village deity)

ग्राम देवता

All India

The deity of a village, distinct from the family's kuldevi and from a person's ishta devata. Every village has its own.

Grihadevata (household deity)

গৃহদেবতা

West Bengal

The deity a Bengali household keeps at home, recorded family by family. The Santipur Advaita household's Shyamsundar is one example.

Haat Kalika

हाट कालिका

Gangolihat, Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand

The Isht Devi of the Kumaon Regiment, an institutional rather than a family link.

Himachal village devtas

Himachal Pradesh

Each village devta has its palanquin, kardar (caretaker) and gur (medium). Bijat Maharaj at Sarain and Shirgul at Churdhar are examples; most families of Sarain keep Bijat as kul-devta. Kullu invited 332 devtas to Dussehra in 2025.

Hinglaj Mata

हिंगलाज माता

Hinglaj, Lasbela, Balochistan, Pakistan

A Shakti peeth in Balochistan. Families who cannot travel there worship her at a substitute shrine in Gandevi, Gujarat.

Jagar devtas of Garhwal and Kumaon

Uttarakhand

Bhairav, Narsingh, Nagraja and other deities a family consults through jagar. Which one a family keeps depends on its village, and the knowledge is oral.

Jageshwar Dham

जागेश्वर धाम

Jageshwar, Almora, Uttarakhand

A complex of Shiva temples run by a trust the Governor set up in 2013.

Jamway Mata

जमवाय माता

Jamwa Ramgarh, Jaipur, Rajasthan

A goddess shrine at Jamwa Ramgarh.

Jathera (clan-ancestor shrine)

ਜਠੇਰਾ

Punjab

A shrine to the clan's ancestor, kept for each got and often for each village. A groom pays respects at the jathera before his wedding (jathera manauna). Dogra and Mansukhani name the jatheras of ten Jat gots: Chahal (Jogi Pir), Dhaliwal (Sidh Bhoi), Dhillon (Gaggowahna and Raja Karn), Grewal (Baba Alho), Gill (Raja Ram and Raja Pir), Randhawa (Sidhsan), Sidhu (Tilkara), Sandhu (Kala Mehar), Bajwa (Baba Manga) and Bhullar (Yar Pir Bhurawala).

Jeen Mata

जीण माता

Rewasa, Sikar, Rajasthan

A goddess of Shekhawati. In legend Jeen was a Chauhan princess. The Shri Jeen Mata Mandir Trust runs the temple.

Jessoreshwari Kali

যশোরেশ্বরী কালী

Ishwaripur, Satkhira, Bangladesh

A Shakti peeth in Satkhira. India raised the theft of the goddess's crown in October 2024.

Jyotiba (Kedarnath), Wadi Ratnagiri

जोतिबा

Wadi Ratnagiri, Kolhapur, Maharashtra

Kuldevta of many Maharashtrian families.

Kaila Devi

कैला देवी

Kaila, Karauli, Rajasthan

A goddess shrine near Karauli run by the Kaila Devi Charitable Trust.

Kalbhairav, Sonari

Sonari, Dharashiv, Maharashtra

A Bhairav temple near Paranda.

Kamakhya

কামাখ্যা

Nilachal Hill, Guwahati, Kamrup Metropolitan, Assam

A Shakti peeth on Nilachal Hill, kept by Assamese and Bengali families.

Kanaka Durga, Indrakeeladri

కనకదుర్గ

Vijayawada, NTR, Andhra Pradesh

The goddess on Indrakeeladri hill. Confirm the official site through the AP Endowments portal; srikanakadurgamma.org is a different temple.

Kankalitala and Bakreshwar

Birbhum, West Bengal

Two Birbhum shrines.

Khodaldham

ખોડલધામ

Kagvad, Rajkot, Gujarat

A Khodiyar temple built by the Shri Khodal Dham Trust, whose leadership is prominent in Patidar politics.

Khodiyar Mata, Rajpara

ખોડિયાર માતા

Rajpara, Bhavnagar, Gujarat

The principal Khodiyar shrine near Bhavnagar.

Khodiyar Mata: Matel, Galdhara and Varana

Gujarat

Other seats of Khodiyar, each with its own trust: Matel in Morbi, Galdhara in Amreli and Varana in Patan.

Kiriteswari

কিরীটেশ্বরী

Kiritkona, Murshidabad, West Bengal

A Shakti peeth in Murshidabad.

Kodungallur Sree Kurumba Bhagavathy

കൊടുങ്ങല്ലൂർ ശ്രീ കുരുംബ ഭഗവതി

Kodungallur, Thrissur, Kerala

Listed as a Malabar kuladevata. Run by the Cochin Devaswom Board.

Kongu kootam temples

Tamil Nadu

About 141 Kongu kootams (clans) across Erode, Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Namakkal, Salem and Karur. The deity differs by village branch even within one kootam: Kannan kootam's Morur branch keeps Nalla Pulliamman, its Molasi branch Potriamman.

Lakshmi Narasimha, Yadagirigutta

యాదగిరిగుట్ట

Yadagirigutta, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, Telangana

The Narasimha temple at Yadagirigutta.

Maa Mundeshwari

माँ मुण्डेश्वरी

Kaura, Kaimur, Bihar

A temple protected by the ASI since 1915. A Nyas Parishad chaired by the District Magistrate runs it.

Maa Sharda, Maihar

माँ शारदा, मैहर

Maihar, Madhya Pradesh

A hilltop shrine of Sharda run by a statutory committee under a 2003 Madhya Pradesh Act. The office is at Banshipur Road, Maihar 485771.

Maha Ganapathi Mahammaya, Shirali

Shirali, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka

A temple at Shirali.

Mahalakshmi, Agroha Dham

अग्रोहा धाम

Agroha, Hisar, Haryana

The Mahalakshmi temple at Agroha, run by the Agroha Vikas Trust (1976). No source gives a separate deity for each Agarwal gotra.

Mahalakshmi, Dahanu

Dahanu, Palghar, Maharashtra

A goddess of the Adivasi communities of the area.

Mahalakshmi, Kelshi

Kelshi, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra

A Peshwa-era goddess temple near Dapoli. No source names a community.

Mahamaya Bala Sundari, Trilokpur

महामाया बाला सुंदरी

Trilokpur, Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh

Run by the Trilokpur Temple Trust under the Deputy Commissioner. A different shrine from Bala Sundri at Billawar in Jammu.

Mahamaya Kalika, Kasarpal

Kasarpal, Bicholim, Goa

A Goan goddess temple.

Mahasu Devta, Hanol

महासू देवता

Hanol, Dehradun, Uttarakhand

The patron deity of the Jaunsar-Bawar region, served through wazirs and kardars. The temple is protected by the ASI.

Mallikarjuna and Bhramaramba, Srisailam

శ్రీశైలం

Srisailam, Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh

A jyotirlinga and Shakti peeth revered across the Telugu states. Also the seat of one of the Veerashaiva panchapeethas.

Mandhardevi Kalubai

मांढरदेवी काळूबाई

Mandhardev, Satara, Maharashtra

A hill goddess near Wai.

Mannarasala Sree Nagaraja

മണ്ണാറശാല

Haripad, Alappuzha, Kerala

A serpent temple run by a Nambudiri illam.

Markandeya

మార్కండేయ

Telangana

The sage from whom the Padmashalis' 101 gotras are derived by tradition. Temples stand across the Telugu states and at Bhiwandi.

Mata Sukrala Devi and Mata Bala Sundri, Billawar

Billawar, Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir

Kept as kul devi by a large number of Dogra families, clans not named. Run by a Shrine Board under J&K Act III of 2013.

Mookambika, Kollur

ಕೊಲ್ಲೂರು ಮೂಕಾಂಬಿಕಾ

Kollur, Udupi, Karnataka

A goddess temple that has filed police complaints against fake websites using its name.

Nagesh, Mahalakshmi, Damodar and Kamakshi (Goa)

Ponda, Goa

Deities listed as Vaishnava Saraswat deities, not as kuldevatas: Nagesh, Mahalakshmi at Bandora, Damodar at Zambaulim and Kamakshi at Shiroda.

Nanda Devi and the Raj Jat

नन्दा देवी राजजात

Nauti and Kurud, Chamoli, Uttarakhand

The region-wide goddess of Garhwal and Kumaon, carried every twelve years on the Raj Jat. The Kunwars of Kansuwa and the Nautiyal purohits of Nauti hold hereditary roles. William Sax reads the Raj Jat as a married daughter's return to her natal home.

Pampumekkattu Mana

Thrissur, Kerala

A Nambudiri illam with five serpent kavus.

Ponkuzhali Amman, Kolanalli

Kolanalli, Erode, Tamil Nadu

A kootam temple whose renovation committee funded a clan history.

Prabhadevi

प्रभादेवी

Dadar, Mumbai, Maharashtra

The goddess who gives Mumbai's Prabhadevi neighbourhood its name.

Purnagiri

पूर्णागिरि

Tanakpur, Champawat, Uttarakhand

A goddess shrine whose annual fair is run by the district.

Rankini

Jadugoda, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand

A goddess shrine served by Bhumij priests. No source calls her a Bhumij kuldevi.

Samaleswari, Mangala and Sarala

Odisha

Goddess shrines at Sambalpur (Samaleswari), Kakatpur in Puri district (Mangala) and Jhankad (Sarala).

Saptakoteshwar, Narve

श्री सप्तकोटेश्वर

Narve, Bicholim, Goa

A Shiva temple restored in the Maratha period.

Saptashrungi, Vani

सप्तशृंगी

Vani, Nashik, Maharashtra

A hilltop goddess run by the Shree Saptashrung Niwasini Devi Trust.

Sheetla Chaukiya Dham

शीतला चौकिया धाम

Chaukiya, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh

A Sheetla Mata shrine in Jaunpur.

Shila Devi, Amer

शिला देवी

Amer, Jaipur, Rajasthan

The dynastic goddess of the Jaipur ruling house, in Amer Fort. Sources keep her separate from the family deity.

Shree Jagannath, Puri

ଶ୍ରୀ ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ

Puri, Odisha

Kept by Odia families and widely by Bengali ones. Run by the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), which filed a cyber complaint against a site charging for free darshan. Mathas near the temple were demolished in 2019.

Shree Ramnath, Ramnathi

श्री रामनाथ

Ramnathi, Ponda, Goa

A Goan temple whose mahajans follow the Partagali and Kashi Maths.

Shree Shantadurga, Kavlem

श्री शांतादुर्गा

Kavlem, Ponda, Goa

The temple of Shantadurga, kuldevi of many Gaud Saraswat families. Kavale Math is its spiritual head.

Shri Mangesh

श्री मंगेश

Mangeshi, Ponda, Goa

A Shiva temple whose mahajans are Gaud Saraswat families. Kavale Math is its spiritual head.

Sumah Devta

Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

A classical Dogra shrine.

Sundha Mata

सुंधा माता

Sundha Hill, Jalore, Rajasthan

A hill shrine in Jalore run by the Sundha Mata Trust. She is not a Chauhan kuldevi, whatever some lists say.

Surkanda Devi and Kunjapuri

Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand

Two hilltop goddess shrines in Tehri Garhwal.

Susmad Mata

Kuchera, Nagaur, Rajasthan

A goddess shrine at Kuchera.

Tambdi Jogeshwari

तांबडी जोगेश्वरी

Budhwar Peth, Pune, Maharashtra

Pune's gramdevata, the village goddess of the city, rather than a caste kuldevi.

Tanot Mata

तनोट माता

Tanot, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

A border shrine in the Thar, associated with the Border Security Force.

Tara Tarini

ତାରା ତାରିଣୀ

Ganjam, Odisha

A Shakti peeth run by the Tara Tarini Development Board.

Tarapith

তারাপীঠ

Tarapith, Birbhum, West Bengal

A Shakti peeth run by a temple committee. It has no official website: both domains long taken for it now redirect to gambling or to a private priest.

Tejaji, Kharnal

वीर तेजाजी

Kharnal, Nagaur, Rajasthan

The folk deity Veer Tejaji, worshipped by every community of the region. Tradition traces him to the Dhaulya got.

Thawe Bhawani

थावे भवानी

Thawe, Gopalganj, Bihar

A goddess shrine in Gopalganj. The Hathwa Raj house still takes part in the Nisha Puja; no source calls her its kuldevi.

The nine Nagarathar kovils

நகரத்தார் ஒன்பது கோவில்கள்

Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu

Every Nattukottai Nagarathar family (pulli) belongs to exactly one of nine temples, and marriage within the same temple is barred. Each kovil is run by its pulli members, one family one vote. Ilayathangudi has seven divisions and Vairavanpatti three vahuppus.

Ugratara Sthan

उग्रतारा स्थान

Mahishi, Saharsa, Bihar

A shrine of Ugratara at Mahishi.

Umiya Mata, Unjha

ઉમિયા માતા, ઊંઝા

Unjha, Mehsana, Gujarat

Run by the Kadva Patidar Kuldevi Shri Umiya Mataji Sansthan, with its office at Umiya Mataji Chowk, Unjha. Not the same as Vishv Umiyadham at Jaspur.

Uthanda Velayudhaswamy, Uthiyur

Uthiyur, Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu

A Murugan temple.

Vaishno Devi

वैष्णो देवी

Katra, Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir

A pan-Indian goddess shrine run by the Shrine Board. No source treats her as a Dogra clan kuldevi.

Varadaraja Perumal, Kanchipuram

வரதராஜ பெருமாள்

Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu

A principal Sri Vaishnava temple.

Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari

వాసవీ కన్యకా పరమేశ్వరి

Penugonda, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh

The goddess of the Komati and Arya Vysya community, whose tradition ties her to 102 gotras. Local sabhas run many local temples to her. No official site.

Vijayadurga, Kerim

Kerim, Ponda, Goa

A Karhade worship centre, a rival claim to Aryadurga.

Vindhyavasini Dham

विन्ध्यवासिनी धाम

Vindhyachal, Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh

The shrine of Vindhyavasini, with Ashtabhuja and Kali Khoh forming the Vindhya Trikon. The Trikon recorded 1.84 crore visits in 2025. Daily arrangements are run by the Vindhya Panda Samaj with the district.

Vishv Umiyadham

Jaspur, Ahmedabad, Gujarat

A separate foundation building an Umiya temple at Jaspur. It is not the Unjha temple.

Vyadeshwar, Guhagar

श्री देव व्याडेश्वर

Guhagar, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra

A Shiva temple run by a trust.

Yogeshwari (Jogai), Ambajogai

योगेश्वरी

Ambajogai, Beed, Maharashtra

Kuldevi of many Maharashtrian families.