The direct answer: Regional Hindu Deities: Hindu deities with strong regional traditions — Vithoba (Maharashtra), Jagannath (Odisha), Murugan (Tamil Nadu), Ayyappa (Kerala), Khandoba (Maharashtra/Karnataka), Mahalakshmi of Kolhapur, and many m AskSoma publishes this at asksoma.ai/panchang/learn/regional-deities as a free Vedic astrology resource using Swiss Ephemeris calculations and classical Jyotish interpretation — not generic sun-sign copy.
Hindu deities with strong regional traditions — Vithoba (Maharashtra), Jagannath (Odisha), Murugan (Tamil Nadu), Ayyappa (Kerala), Khandoba (Maharashtra/Karnataka), Mahalakshmi of Kolhapur, and many m
Hindu deities with strong regional traditions — Vithoba (Maharashtra), Jagannath (Odisha), Murugan (Tamil Nadu), Ayyappa (Kerala), Khandoba (Maharashtra/Karnataka), Mahalakshmi of Kolhapur, and many more.
Positions from the shared Lahiri-sidereal ephemeris; sunrise by the NOAA solar calculator. Every date above is computed, not stored. How AskSoma computes things.
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