Stotrams: Deity-Based Stotrams – 01/07
🔱 Deity-Based Stotrams in Sanatana Dharma
📜 Introduction
Stotrams, at their heart, are acts of loving praise — and in Sanātana Dharma, this praise is directed toward countless divine forms. From the all-pervading Vishnu to the fierce Kali, from the innocent Balaji to the majestic Surya, Hindus across India chant Stotrams dedicated to their Ishta Devata (chosen deity) with faith and devotion.
This post lists deities worshipped across India who are the focus of major Stotrams — without going into the names of the stotrams themselves.
🔱 Deity-Based Stotrams – Master List of Deities
Organized by divine family and pantheon, this list includes pan-Indian and regional deities.
🟡 Vishnu and His Avatars
- Vishnu / Narayana
- Rama
- Krishna / Govinda / Gopala
- Narasimha
- Vamana / Trivikrama
- Varaha
- Parashurama
- Balarama
- Kalki (future avatar)
- Jagannatha (Puri form of Vishnu)
- Balaji / Venkateswara / Srinivasa (Tirumala)
- Ranganatha (Sri Rangam Vishnu)
- Padmanabhaswamy (Kerala Vishnu)
- Dwarkadhish / Ranchhodrai (Gujarat)
- Vitthala / Panduranga (Maharashtra)
🔱 Shiva and His Forms
- Shiva / Mahadeva / Rudra
- Dakshinamurthy
- Ardhanarishvara
- Nataraja
- Somanatha (Gujarat Jyotirlinga form)
- Ramanathaswamy (Rameswaram)
- Mallikarjuna (Andhra Pradesh)
- Mahakaleshwar (Ujjain)
- Baidyanath (Jharkhand)
- Omkareshwar
- Kashi Vishwanath (Varanasi)
- Kedarnath (Uttarakhand)
- Kalabhairava
- Chidambaram Nataraja (Tamil Nadu)
🕉️ Devi – The Divine Mother
- Durga / Mahishasuramardini
- Kali
- Parvati / Uma / Gauri
- Lakshmi
- Saraswati
- Lalita Tripurasundari
- Chamundeshwari (Mysore)
- Meenakshi (Madurai)
- Vaishno Devi (Jammu)
- Kamakhya Devi (Assam)
- Mahakali (Kalighat, Bengal)
- Kanaka Durga (Andhra Pradesh)
- Bhadrakali (Kerala and Odisha)
- Tara (Tarapith, Bengal)
- Mahalakshmi (Kolhapur)
- Mookambika (Karnataka-Kerala border)
- Ambaji (Gujarat)
- Jogulamba (Telangana)
- Annapurna (Varanasi)
- Rajarajeshwari (South India)
🪔 Ganesha – Remover of Obstacles
- Ganesha / Ganapati / Vinayaka
- Siddhivinayak (Mumbai)
- Uchhishta Ganapati (Tantric form)
- Heramba Ganapati (five-faced form)
- Mahaganapati (Rameshwaram & Chidambaram)
- Karpaga Vinayakar (Pillayarpatti, Tamil Nadu)
🐒 Hanuman – Devotee of Rama
- Hanuman / Anjaneya / Bajrangbali
- Veer Hanuman (North India)
- Prasanna Anjaneya (South India)
- Panchamukha Hanuman
- Koti Hanuman (Odisha & Andhra traditions)
🌞 Surya – The Sun God
- Surya / Aditya
- Suryanarayana (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka)
- Martand (Kashmir)
- Konark Surya (Odisha)
- Modhera Surya (Gujarat)
- Samba Surya (Son of Krishna)
🌕 Chandra and Planetary Deities
- Chandra
- Budha (Mercury)
- Shukra (Venus)
- Mangal (Mars)
- Brihaspati (Jupiter)
- Shani (Saturn)
- Rahu
- Ketu
- Navagrahas (All 9 planetary deities)
🪔 Other Divine Forms and Protectors
- Dattatreya
- Ayyappa (Sabarimala deity)
- Skanda / Murugan / Kartikeya
- Naga Devatas (Snake gods)
- Manasa Devi (Snake goddess)
- Bhishma Pitamaha (worshipped in Vishnu Sahasranama context)
- Gayatri Devi
- Tulasi Devi (Plant goddess)
- Yamuna / Ganga / Godavari (River goddesses)
- Dharma Devata (Personification of dharma in rituals)
🪔 Conclusion
From temples in Kashi to shrines in Kanyakumari, Stotrams arise from every region, language, and lineage — yet they all praise the same Eternal One, appearing in many divine names and forms.
“In every heart and every temple, the Divine is praised in infinite forms — and the Stotram is the voice of that praise.”
— Sanatana Decode