Plate DEI · REYADattatreyaदत्तात्रेय
URN · urn:vamshanidhi:deity:dattatreya
Deities · Śaiva
Provisionalदत्तात्रेय
Dattatreya
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.
Provenance ledger
8 entries
- PantheonŚaiva · Curated pantheon classificationscholarly interpretation
- Name (kan/Knda)ದತ್ತಾತ್ರೇಯtextual
- Name (tel/Telu)దత్తాత్రేయుడుtextual
- Name (hin/Deva)दत्तात्रेयtextual
- Name (eng/Latn)Dattatreya · also: Datta, Avadhutatextual
- Name (tam/Taml)தத்தாத்ரேயர்textual
- Name (mal/Mlym)ദത്താത്രേയൻtextual
- 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.
Where families offer to this kula-devata
The temples that enshrine Dattatreya — where a family whose kula-devata this is can trace its shrine and offer dāna.
- Datta mandirPrimary shrinePending verification
- Datta MandirPrimary shrinePending verification
- Datta MandirPrimary shrinePending verification
- Datta MandirPrimary shrinePending verification
- Datta MandirPrimary shrinePending verification
- Datta MandirPrimary shrinePending verification
- Datta MandirPrimary shrinePending verification
- Datta MandirPrimary shrinePending verification
- Datta Mandir and Shani MandirPrimary shrinePending verification
- Datta Temple, Bandi UriPrimary shrinePending verification
- Dattatraya TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Dattatrey MandirPrimary shrinePending verification
- Dattatrey PeakPrimary shrinePending verification
- Ettipotala Madhumati Sametha Dattatreya TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Gadre Datta templePrimary shrinePending verification
- Om Dattaraj MandirPrimary shrinePending verification
- Shree Datta Digamber MandirPrimary shrinePending verification
- Shree Datta Guru TemplePrimary shrinePending verification
- Shri Datta MandirPrimary shrinePending verification
- Shri Datta MandirPrimary shrinePending verification
- Shri Datta Mandir Vedant NagarPrimary shrinePending verification
- Shri Gurudatta MandirPrimary shrinePending verification
- Sri Datta MandirPrimary shrinePending verification
- Sri Dattatreya Swamy Temple, MogalicherlaPrimary shrinePending verification
Showing 24 of 53 recorded shrines — 29 more are on the record but are not listed on this page.
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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