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.
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