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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

Entries: 5,000
Candidate geography relations: 7,326
Candidate country vocabulary: 162

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Atlas 0644Community-bound / restricted

Kalash dehar traditions

Central, North & Inner Asian Practice / discipline

Public geography: Pakistan
Period / origin: Indigenous, continuing under substantial social pressure
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPakistan

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Atlas 0645Open / public

Hunza bitan traditions

Central, North & Inner Asian Practice / discipline

Public geography: Pakistan
Period / origin: Precolonial roots; modern ethnographic documentation
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPakistan

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Atlas 1384Closed ethnoreligion

Kalash Chaumos winter festival

Central, North & Inner Asian Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Pakistan
Period / origin: Historically documented; living
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPakistan

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Atlas 1647Community-bound / restricted

Nevshāhiyya Qādirī branch

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Lineage / school

Public geography: India, Pakistan
Period / origin: Late 16th–17th centuries–present communities and shrines
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesIndia, Pakistan

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Atlas 1649Community-bound / restricted

Raḥmāniyya subbranch of the Nevshāhiyya

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Lineage / school

Public geography: Pakistan
Period / origin: 17th century–later shrine and community memory
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesPakistan

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Atlas 1650Community-bound / restricted

Sācyāriyya subbranch of the Nevshāhiyya

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Lineage / school

Public geography: Pakistan
Period / origin: 17th century–later shrine and community memory
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesPakistan

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Atlas 1651Community-bound / restricted

Ṣāliḥiyya subbranch of the Nevshāhiyya

Islamic Mysticism & Esotericism Lineage / school

Public geography: Pakistan
Period / origin: 17th century–later shrine and community memory
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesPakistan

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Atlas 3221Scholarly / historical only

Takht-i-Bahi Buddhist monastic ruins

Buddhist Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Pakistan
Period / origin: 1st–7th centuries CE; protected archaeological property
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPakistan

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Atlas 3222Scholarly / historical only

Taxila Buddhist archaeological complex

Buddhist Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Pakistan
Period / origin: Neolithic through early medieval layers; protected serial property
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesPakistan

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Atlas 4661Institution-specific