Deities

The deities you grew up hearing your grandmother's prayers to. The deities your family has called on at every major moment for as many generations as the household memory holds. Mytheertha gathers them here, with the cultural texture each one carries.

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Vaishnava

Sri Venkateshwara

Also Balaji, Srinivasa, Govinda

The Lord of the Seven Hills, present for the duration of Kali Yuga

Shaiva

Sri Murugan

Also Subramanya, Kartikeya, Skanda, Kumara

The Tamil deity of the hills, the vel, and the resolution of trouble

Shakta

Sri Meenakshi

Also Thadathakai, the fish-eyed goddess

The goddess of Madurai, sovereign and consort, principal deity of the Chitra festival

Pan-Hindu

Sri Ganesha

Also Vinayaka, Ganapathi, Pillayar

The remover of obstacles, invoked at the beginning of every undertaking