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Plate DEI · THALVithalaविठोबा

URN · urn:vamshanidhi:deity:vitthal

Deities · Vaiṣṇava

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विठोबा

Vithala

Pantheon

Vaiṣṇava

60 temple links

ISynopsis

Form of Vishnu/Krishna worshipped at Pandharpur, Maharashtra. Central deity of the Varkari tradition. Annual Ashadhi and Kartiki Ekadashi waris draw millions of pilgrims.

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8 entries

  1. PantheonVaiṣṇava · Curated pantheon classificationscholarly interpretation
  2. Name (mar/Deva)विठोबाtextual
  3. Name (hin/Deva)विठ्ठलtextual
  4. Name (eng/Latn)Vithoba · also: Vitthal, Pandurang, Vithalatextual
  5. Name (tam/Taml)விட்டலன்textual
  6. Name (tel/Telu)విఠలుడుtextual
  7. Name (kan/Knda)ವಿಠ್ಠಲtextual
  8. Enshrined at60 templescommunity attested

IIFamily lineages worshipping this deity

Verified family lineages that hold this deity as their kuladevataa (family patron deity). The kuladevataa registry (ADR-0044) grows as contributors share their family patron deity through lineage submissions.

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IIITemples enshrining this devatā

60 attested
  • Temple 00962b64primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 06d58c06primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 0a618e19primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 0abf64cbprimary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 0ae9090fprimary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 10a6c265primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 10da5c4cprimary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 11381889primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 1bc4139cprimary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 1c341f8cprimary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 1e48f1eaprimary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 1ec3b41dprimary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 245e21c6primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 28264070primary · name-pattern derived
  • And 46 further temples.

IVFamily lineages

Families who consider Vithala their kuladevataa have contributed lineage records to the Vamsha archive. The connection persists across generations as part of the hundred-year horizon set for this registry.

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