Every deity has a place in the wider fabric of Hindu worship, and knowing where to look is often the first step toward understanding a ritual more fully. This alphabetical index points to the guide where each major deity's rituals are described, drawn from Avyani's Master Puja & Ritual Catalogue.
With thirty-four ritual categories now documented in our Puja Catalogue, finding the right guide often means knowing which category a deity's worship falls under — this index is arranged alphabetically to make that easy.
A–G
- Agni (अग्नि) — the fire god at the centre of every fire ritual: Homam, Havan and Yajna.
- Ashwini Kumaras — twin physician-deities of Ayurveda: Health, Children and Education Rituals.
- Ayyappa — the Sabarimala deity: Temple Festivals and Special Sevas and Festival Rituals.
- Bhoomi Devi (भूमि देवी) — the earth goddess: Vastu and Business Rituals and Agricultural, Seasonal and Protection Rituals.
- Chandi — the fierce form of Devi: Devi Rituals.
- Dhanvantari — the divine physician, a form of Vishnu: Vishnu Rituals and Health, Children and Education Rituals.
- Durga (दुर्गा) — the Divine Mother's warrior form, central to Navratri: Devi Rituals and Festival Rituals.
- Ganesha (गणेश) — Remover of Obstacles: Ganapati Rituals.
- Ganga (गंगा) — the sacred river, worshipped at ghats and invoked to sanctify water: Regional Rituals.
- Gayatri Devi — presiding deity of the Gayatri Mantra: Daily Worship and Jaap and Paath.
H–M
- Hanuman (हनुमान) — devoted servant of Rama: Hanuman Rituals.
- Jagannath — the Puri form of Krishna/Vishnu: Vishnu Rituals and Temple Festivals and Special Sevas.
- Kaal Bhairava — the fierce protector form of Shiva: Shiva Rituals and Agricultural, Seasonal and Protection Rituals.
- Kali (काली) — one of the Dasha Mahavidyas: Devi Rituals.
- Kartikeya (Murugan) — son of Shiva-Parvati, especially revered in Tamil tradition: Temple Festivals and Special Sevas.
- Krishna (कृष्ण) — including Bal Gopal, Jagannath and Shrinathji forms: Vishnu Rituals.
- Kubera (कुबेर) — treasurer of the gods: Lakshmi Rituals.
- Lakshmi (लक्ष्मी) — Goddess of prosperity: Lakshmi Rituals.
- Meenakshi — the presiding Goddess of Madurai, a form of Parvati: Devi Rituals and Temple Festivals and Special Sevas.
N–S
- Navagraha (नवग्रह) — the nine planetary deities: Navagraha and Dosha Nivaran.
- Parvati / Gauri — consort of Shiva, honoured especially by women: Devi Rituals.
- Pitru (ancestors) — the ancestral spirits honoured in remembrance rites: Shraddha and Pitru Karma.
- Radha-Krishna — the eternal divine pair, central to several sampradayas: Vishnu Rituals and Sampradaya-Specific Rituals.
- Rama (राम) — the seventh avatara of Vishnu: Vishnu Rituals.
- Saraswati (सरस्वती) — Goddess of learning, music and the arts: Devi Rituals and Health, Children and Education Rituals.
- Shani (शनि) — Saturn, including the Sade Sati period: Navagraha and Dosha Nivaran.
- Sharada — a form of Saraswati venerated at the Sringeri Peetham: Sampradaya-Specific Rituals.
- Shiva (शिव) — including Nataraja, Dakshinamurti and Jyotirlinga forms: Shiva Rituals.
- Surya (सूर्य) — the Sun God: Surya Rituals.
T–V
- Tulsi Devi (तुलसी देवी) — the sacred basil plant, closely tied to Vishnu worship: Daily Worship and Marriage Rituals (Tulsi Vivah).
- Vastu Purusha (वास्तु पुरुष) — presiding spirit of a plot or structure: Vastu and Business Rituals.
- Vishnu (विष्णु) — including the Dashavatara and Satyanarayana forms: Vishnu Rituals.
- Vishwakarma — the divine architect and engineer: Vastu and Business Rituals.
- The Dasha Mahavidyas (Kali, Tara, Bhuvaneshwari, Bhairavi, Chinnamasta, Dhumavati, Bagalamukhi, Matangi, Kamalatmika, Lalita Tripurasundari) — the ten Tantric-Shakta forms of the Goddess: Devi Rituals.
This index covers the major deities most commonly asked about; every ritual category — and the individual rituals within it — can be found in full in our Puja Catalogue, and their associated materials in our Samagri Catalogue.