A living reference atlas

Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages

Five thousand religious, mystical, Indigenous and esoteric lineages from around the world — what they are, where they came from, and where to read more.

Source-linked and transparently qualified. Editorial standards and correction criteria are public.

Created and maintained by Ayara and Kyle Jonathan B@KJB_and_AYARA

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Entries: 5,000
Geographic connections: 7,326
Countries and territories: 162

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Atlas 4178Institution-specific

Satsang movement of Deoghar

South Asian Traditions New religious movement

Public geography: India
Period / origin: Established in Pabna in the early twentieth century; Deoghar seat from 1946
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 4179Initiatory

Rāmsnehī Sampradāya of Shahpura

South Asian Traditions Lineage / school

Public geography: India
Period / origin: Eighteenth-century origins; living lineage
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 4180Initiatory

Sri Ahobila Math

South Asian Traditions Order / organization

Public geography: India
Period / origin: Medieval origins; living institution
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 4181Initiatory

Brahmatantra Svatantra Parakala Matha

South Asian Traditions Order / organization

Public geography: India
Period / origin: Medieval origins; living institution
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 4184Initiatory

Sri Uttaradi Math

South Asian Traditions Order / organization

Public geography: India
Period / origin: Medieval origins; living institution
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 4186Initiatory

Vyasaraja Matha of Sosale

South Asian Traditions Order / organization

Public geography: India
Period / origin: Early modern lineage; living institution
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 4190Initiatory

Poundarikapuram Srimad Andavan Ashramam

South Asian Traditions Order / organization

Public geography: India
Period / origin: Modern institutional form of an older lineage
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 4191Open / public

Pandharpur Wari pilgrimage cycle

South Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: India
Period / origin: Longstanding; living annual cycle
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 4194Community-bound / restricted

Theyyam ritual tradition

South Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: India
Period / origin: Longstanding; living seasonal transmission
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 4195Open / public

Abhisamayālaṃkāra

Buddhist Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: India
Period / origin: Historical Sanskrit Buddhist work; current GRETIL electronic edition documented
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 4196Open / public

Catuḥśatikā

Buddhist Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: India
Period / origin: Historical Sanskrit Buddhist work; current GRETIL electronic edition documented
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 4197Open / public

Bodhisattvabhūmi

Buddhist Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: India
Period / origin: Historical Sanskrit Buddhist work; current GRETIL electronic edition documented
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 4198Open / public

Pramāṇavārttikakārikā

Buddhist Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: India
Period / origin: Historical Sanskrit Buddhist work; current GRETIL electronic edition documented
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 4199Open / public

Vimalakīrtinirdeśa

Buddhist Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: India
Period / origin: Historical canonical scripture; current 84000 scholarly translation documented
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 4200Open / public

Samādhirāja Sūtra

Buddhist Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: India
Period / origin: Historical canonical scripture; current 84000 scholarly translation documented
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 4201Open / public

Sūtra of the Ten Qualities

Buddhist Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: India
Period / origin: Historical canonical scripture; current 84000 scholarly translation documented
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 4202Open / public

Determining the Vinaya: Upāli’s Questions

Buddhist Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: India
Period / origin: Historical canonical scripture; current 84000 scholarly translation documented
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 4203Open / public

Inquiry of the Girl Sumati

Buddhist Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: India
Period / origin: Historical canonical scripture; current 84000 scholarly translation documented
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 4204Open / public

Gayāśīrṣa Hill Sūtra

Buddhist Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: India
Period / origin: Historical canonical scripture; current 84000 scholarly translation documented
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 4205Open / public

Prophecy of Dīpaṅkara

Buddhist Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: India
Period / origin: Historical canonical scripture; current 84000 scholarly translation documented
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 4206Open / public

Sūtra on the Three Bodies

Buddhist Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: India
Period / origin: Historical canonical scripture; current 84000 scholarly translation documented
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 4237Community-bound / restricted

Torgya festival of Tawang Monastery

Buddhist Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: India
Period / origin: Longstanding; living annual cycle
Evidence status: Directly cited

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Atlas 4658Institution-specific

Nizamuddin Auliya dargah settlement and sacred precinct

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Sacred site / complex

Public geography: India
Period / origin: 14th century–present living settlement
Evidence status: Related-entry source

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Atlas 4662Institution-specific

Chishti qawwali shrine-performance tradition

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Practice / discipline

Public geography: India, Pakistan
Period / origin: Medieval roots; living contemporary practice
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Country links · under reviewIndia, Pakistan

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