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

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

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Atlas 1846Open / public

Khorazm Lazgi dance tradition

Central, North & Inner Asian Lineage / school

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

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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Atlas 1847Varies by lineage

Katta Ashula master-singer tradition

Central, North & Inner Asian Lineage / school

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

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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Atlas 1848Varies by lineage

Shashmaqom classical-devotional transmission tradition

Central, North & Inner Asian Lineage / school

Public geography: Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Period / origin: 16th century–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesTajikistan, Uzbekistan

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Atlas 1857Community-bound / restricted

Boysun District oral and ritual heritage

Central, North & Inner Asian Umbrella tradition

Public geography: Uzbekistan
Period / origin: Historically layered; living
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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Atlas 2346Varies by lineage

Bakhshi art of Uzbekistan transmission tradition

Central, North & Inner Asian Lineage / school

Public geography: Uzbekistan
Period / origin: Historically documented; living transmission or safeguarding context
Evidence status: Related-entry source

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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Atlas 2835Community-bound / restricted

Chor-Bakr Sufi necropolis and khanqah complex

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Uzbekistan
Period / origin: 16th century–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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Atlas 2836Community-bound / restricted

Bahouddin Naqshband memorial complex

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Uzbekistan
Period / origin: 14th century–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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Atlas 2837Community-bound / restricted

Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi mausoleum complex

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Uzbekistan
Period / origin: 9th century–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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Atlas 2838Scholarly / historical only

Sultan-Saodat sayyid necropolis

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Uzbekistan
Period / origin: 11th–17th centuries
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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Atlas 2839Scholarly / historical only

Kokildor-Ota khanqah

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Uzbekistan
Period / origin: 16th century
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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Atlas 2840Scholarly / historical only

Fayaz Tepe Buddhist monastery

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Uzbekistan
Period / origin: 1st–3rd centuries CE
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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Atlas 2841Scholarly / historical only

Kara Tepe Buddhist cave-monastery complex

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Uzbekistan
Period / origin: 1st–4th centuries CE
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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Atlas 2842Scholarly / historical only

Zurmala Stupa

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Uzbekistan
Period / origin: Kushan period
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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Atlas 2843Community-bound / restricted

Zangiota Sufi pilgrimage complex

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Uzbekistan
Period / origin: 14th century–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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Atlas 2847Scholarly / historical only

Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Uzbekistan
Period / origin: Late 11th–mid-15th-century development; portal dated 1208–1209
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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Atlas 2848Community-bound / restricted

Sheikh Mukhtar-Vali mausoleum complex

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Uzbekistan
Period / origin: 13th–14th centuries
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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Atlas 2849Scholarly / historical only

Chilpik Tower of Silence

Central, North & Inner Asian Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Uzbekistan
Period / origin: 1st–4th and 9th–11th centuries CE; 7th–8th-century repair phase
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesUzbekistan

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Atlas 3355Scholarly / historical only