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Plate DEI · REYADattatreyaदत्तात्रेय

URN · urn:vamshanidhi:deity:dattatreya

Deities · Śaiva

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दत्तात्रेय

Dattatreya

Pantheon

Śaiva

40 temple links

ISynopsis

Syncretic deity combining Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Regarded as the first avadhuta and guru of gurus. Worshipped primarily in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

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8 entries

  1. PantheonŚaiva · Curated pantheon classificationscholarly interpretation
  2. Name (kan/Knda)ದತ್ತಾತ್ರೇಯtextual
  3. Name (tel/Telu)దత్తాత్రేయుడుtextual
  4. Name (hin/Deva)दत्तात्रेयtextual
  5. Name (eng/Latn)Dattatreya · also: Datta, Avadhutatextual
  6. Name (tam/Taml)தத்தாத்ரேயர்textual
  7. Name (mal/Mlym)ദത്താത്രേയൻtextual
  8. Enshrined at40 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

40 attested
  • Temple 00bcc77aprimary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 015505e0primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 016653a0primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 02232783primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 02b4d5b4primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 036bc943primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 072ed5c6primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 094d5ea1primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 0a22db6fprimary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 0e470dd6primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 138297dcprimary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 151e0d9cprimary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 15e11781primary · name-pattern derived
  • Temple 17fec386primary · name-pattern derived
  • And 26 further temples.

IVFamily lineages

Families who consider Dattatreya 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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URN · urn:vamshanidhi:deity:dattatreya

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