Sentence examples for main deity from inspiring English sources

In English it's called the Ganesh Temple for its main deity, the elephant-headed Ganesh.

Above all, Athena now became the main deity to be revered by all Athenian citizens.

Bihar's replica will be called the Virat Angkor Wat Ram Mandir, and will have Ram as the main deity, flanked by his consort Sita, who is said to have been a native of the state.

These scrolls are of two kinds: one consists of arrays of religious images with a large figure of the main deity in their midst; the other consists of a maṇḍala, the Hindu and Buddhist symbol of the universe a circle enclosing a square with the deities disposed within.

At a temple in Varanasi, Dhumavati is the main deity.

The Thayumanavar temple, the largest of the three, houses a shrine for Pārvatī as well as the main deity.

Shiva, (Sanskrit: "Auspicious One")also spelled Śiwa or Śiva, one of the main deities of Hinduism, whom Shaivites worship as the supreme god.

Tlaloc had been one of the main deities of the agricultural tribes of central Mexico for many centuries, until the warlike northern tribes invaded that part of the country, bringing with them the astral cults of the sun (Huitzilopochtli) and the starry night sky (Tezcatlipoca).

The main deities of Kalikula are Kali, Chandi and Durga.

There are also two golden sculptured vimana (shrines) over the sanctum of the main deities.

The two main deities found in Hoysala temple sculpture are Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu in their various forms and avatars (incarnations).