Infobox deity

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The template can be used for any god, deity or mythological figure who is worshiped in a religion or cult. For other mythological figures, please consider other templates like Template:Infobox mythical creature or Template:Infobox character.

All fields

{{{name}}}
{{{deity_of}}}
Member of {{{member_of}}}
[[File:{{{image}}}|frameless|alt={{{alt}}}|{{{alt}}}]] {{{caption}}}
Other names	{{{other_names}}}
Name in hieroglyphs	{{{hiero}}}
Name in Old Norse	{{{Old_Norse}}}
{{{script_name}}}	{{{script}}}
Venerated in	{{{venerated_in}}}
Affiliation	{{{affiliation}}}
Major cult center	{{{cult_center}}}
Predecessor	{{{predecessor}}}
Successor	{{{successor}}}
Abode	{{{abode}}}
Planet	{{{planet}}}
Mantra	{{{mantra}}}
Weapon	{{{weapon}}}
Army	{{{army}}}
Battles	{{{battles}}}
Artifacts	{{{artifacts}}}
Animals	{{{animals}}}
Symbol	{{{symbol}}}
Adherents	{{{adherents}}}
Height	{{{height}}}
Age	{{{age}}}
Tree	{{{tree}}}
Day	{{{day}}}
Color	{{{color}}}
Number	{{{number}}}
Mount	{{{mount}}}
Texts	{{{texts}}}
Gender	{{{gender}}}
Region	{{{region}}}
Ethnic group	{{{ethnic_group}}}
Festivals	{{{festivals}}}
Personal information
Parents	{{{parents}}}
Siblings	{{{siblings}}}
Consort	{{{consort}}}
Offspring	{{{offspring}}}
Equivalents
Greek equivalent	{{{Greek_equivalent}}}
Roman equivalent	{{{Roman_equivalent}}}
Etruscan equivalent	{{{Etruscan_equivalent}}}
Christian equivalent	{{{Christian_equivalent}}}
Slavic equivalent	{{{Slavic_equivalent}}}
Hinduism equivalent	{{{Hinduism_equivalent}}}
Canaanite equivalent	{{{Canaanite_equivalent}}}
{{{equivalent1_type}}} equivalent	{{{equivalent1}}}
{{{equivalent2_type}}} equivalent	{{{equivalent2}}}
{{{equivalent3_type}}} equivalent	{{{equivalent3}}}
{{{equivalent4_type}}} equivalent	{{{equivalent4}}}
{{{equivalent5_type}}} equivalent	{{{equivalent5}}}

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{{Infobox deity
| type         = 
| name         = 
| deity_of     = <!-- or god_of / Alusi_of -->
| member_of    = 
| image        = 
| alt          = <!-- for alternate text of the title image per [[WP:ALT]] -->
| caption      = 
| other_names  = 
| hiero        = 
| avatar_birth = 
| avatar_end   =
| Old_Norse    = 
| script_name  = 
| script       = 
| affiliation  = <!-- or | associate = -->
| cult_center  = <!-- or | cult_centre = -->
| abode        = <!-- or | abodes = -->
| planet       = <!-- or | world = -->
| mantra       = 
| mantra benefits =
| weapon       = <!-- or | weapons = -->
| battles      = 
| artifacts    = <!-- or | artefacts = -->
| animals      = 
| symbol       = <!-- or | symbols = -->
| adherents    =
| height       = 
| age          = 
| tree         =
| day          = 
| color        = <!-- or | colour = -->
| number       = 
| consort      = <!-- or | consorts = -->
| parents      = 
| siblings     = 
| offspring    = <!-- or | children = -->
| predecessor  =
| successor    =
| army         =
| mount        = 
| texts        = 
| gender       =
| Greek_equivalent            = 
| Roman_equivalent            = 
| Etruscan_equivalent         = 
| Christian_equivalent        = 
| Islamic_equivalent          = 
| Slavic_equivalent           = 
| Hinduism_equivalent         = 
| Canaanite_equivalent        =
| Maya_equivalent        =
| Aztec_equivalent        =
| equivalent1_type = 
| equivalent1 =
| equivalent2_type = 
| equivalent2 =
| equivalent3_type = 
| equivalent3 =
| equivalent4_type = 
| equivalent4 =
| equivalent5_type = 
| equivalent5 =
| region       = 
| ethnic_group = 
| festivals    = 
| nirvana      =
}}

Examples

Ganesha
God of New Beginnings, Success and Wisdom Remover of Obstacles
Basohli miniature, c. 1730. National Museum, New Delhi.
Affiliation	Deva, Brahman (Ganapatya), Saguna Brahman (Panchayatana puja)
Abode	• Mount Kailash (with parents Shiva and Parvati) , • Ganeshloka
Mantra	Template:IAST
Weapon	[[Parashu|Template:IAST (axe)]], [[Pasha (Hinduism)|Template:IAST (noose)]], [[Elephant goad|Template:IAST (elephant goad)]]
Symbols	Swastika, Om, Modak
Mount	Mouse
Texts	Ganesha Purana, Mudgala Purana, Ganapati Atharvashirsa
Gender	Male
Festivals	Ganesh Chaturthi
Personal information
Parents	Shiva (father) Parvati (mother)
Siblings	Kartikeya and Ashokasundari
Consorts	Riddhi (Prosperity) Siddhi (Attainment) Buddhi (Intelligence)
Children	Shubha, Labha, Santoshi Mata

Template:Wikidata imageTemplate:Compare image with Wikidata

{{Infobox deity<!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Hindu mythology-->
| type = Hindu
| name = Ganesha
| gender = Male
| father = [[Shiva]]
| mother = [[Parvati]]
| siblings = [[Kartikeya]] and [[Ashokasundari]]
| deity_of = {{ubl
 |God of New Beginnings, Success and Wisdom
 |Remover of Obstacles}}
| image = Ganesha Basohli miniature circa 1730 Dubost p73.jpg
| caption = [[Basohli]] miniature, c. 1730. [[National Museum, New Delhi]].
| alt = Attired in an orange dhoti, an elephant-headed man sits on a large lotus. His body is red in colour and he wears various golden necklaces and bracelets and a snake around his neck. On the three points of his crown, budding lotuses have been fixed. He holds in his two right hands the rosary (lower hand) and a cup filled with three modakas (round yellow sweets), a fourth modaka held by the curving trunk is just about to be tasted. In his two left hands, he holds a lotus in the upper hand and an axe in the lower one, with its handle leaning against his shoulder.
| affiliation = [[Deva (Hinduism)|Deva]], [[Brahman]] ([[Ganapatya]]), [[Saguna Brahman]] ([[Panchayatana puja]])
| mantra = {{IAST|Oṃ Shri Gaṇeśāya Namaḥ<br>Oṃ Gaṃ Gaṇapataye Namaḥ}}
| abode =• '''[[Mount Kailash]]''' (with parents [[Shiva]] and [[Parvati]]) ,<br>• '''Ganeshloka'''
| weapon = [[Parashu|{{IAST|Paraśu}} (axe)]], [[Pasha (Hinduism)|{{IAST|pāśa}} (noose)]], [[Elephant goad|{{IAST|aṅkuśa}} (elephant goad)]]
| consorts = {{ubl
 | [[Riddhi]] (Prosperity)
 | [[Siddhi]] (Attainment)
 | [[Buddhi]] (Intelligence) 
  }}
| mount = [[Mouse]]
| symbols = [[Swastika]], [[Om]], [[Modak]]
| festivals = [[Ganesh Chaturthi]]
| texts = ''[[Ganesha Purana]]'', ''[[Mudgala Purana]]'', ''[[Ganapati Atharvashirsa]]''
| children = Shubha, Labha, [[Santoshi Mata]] 
}}

TemplateData

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools. TemplateData for Infobox deity Template parameters This template has custom formatting. Parameter Description Type Status Name name Character name to display in top header (default = PAGENAME). String optional Image image Image of the character. "File:" and wikilinking is not required. i.e. use {{para|image|Example.png}}. File optional Image upright image_upright The image size defaults to frameless (220px). The size should not be set to a value that would result in an image width greater than 270px. See [[#Calculating "image_upright"|help below]] for guidance on determining the value to be used. String optional Alt alt Alt text for image per [[WP:MOSALT]]. String optional Caption caption A caption explaining the image. String optional Type type Religion in which the deity is worshipped Example Hindu for Rama String required avatar_birth avatar_birth no description Unknown optional avatar_end avatar_end no description Unknown optional deity_of deity_of no description Unknown optional god_of god_of no description Unknown optional alusi_of alusi_of no description Unknown optional member_of member_of no description Unknown optional qid qid no description Unknown optional suppressfields suppressfields no description Unknown optional fetchwikidata fetchwikidata no description Unknown optional image_size image_size no description Unknown optional other_names other_names no description Unknown optional hiero hiero no description Unknown optional old_norse old_norse no description Unknown optional script_name script_name no description Unknown optional script script no description Unknown optional venerated_in venerated_in no description Unknown optional associate associate no description Unknown optional affiliation affiliation no description Unknown optional cult_centre cult_centre no description Unknown optional cult_center cult_center no description Unknown optional predecessor predecessor no description Unknown optional successor successor no description Unknown optional abode abode no description Unknown optional abodes abodes no description Unknown optional planet planet no description Unknown optional world world no description Unknown optional mantra mantra no description Unknown optional weapon weapon no description Unknown optional weapons weapons no description Unknown optional army army no description Unknown optional battles battles no description Unknown optional artefacts artefacts no description Unknown optional artifacts artifacts no description Unknown optional animals animals no description Unknown optional symbol symbol no description Unknown optional symbols symbols no description Unknown optional adherents adherents no description Unknown optional height height no description Unknown optional age age no description Unknown optional tree tree no description Unknown optional day day no description Unknown optional complexion complexion no description Unknown optional colour colour no description Unknown optional color color no description Unknown optional number number no description Unknown optional mount mount no description Unknown optional texts texts no description Unknown optional gender gender no description Unknown optional region region no description Unknown optional ethnic_group ethnic_group no description Unknown optional temples temples no description Unknown optional temple temple no description Unknown optional festivals festivals no description Unknown optional birth_name birth_name no description Unknown optional birth_date birth_date no description Unknown optional birth_place birth_place no description Unknown optional death_date death_date no description Unknown optional death_place death_place no description Unknown optional spouse spouse no description Unknown optional children children no description Unknown optional father father no description Unknown optional mother mother no description Unknown optional siblings siblings no description Unknown optional dynasty dynasty no description Unknown optional birthname birthname no description Unknown optional moksha_date moksha_date no description Unknown optional moksha_place moksha_place no description Unknown optional parents parents no description Unknown optional consort consort no description Unknown optional consorts consorts no description Unknown optional offspring offspring no description Unknown optional greek_equivalent greek_equivalent no description Unknown optional roman_equivalent roman_equivalent no description Unknown optional norse_equivalent norse_equivalent no description Unknown optional etruscan_equivalent etruscan_equivalent no description Unknown optional christian_equivalent christian_equivalent no description Unknown optional slavic_equivalent slavic_equivalent no description Unknown optional hinduism_equivalent hinduism_equivalent no description Unknown optional canaanite_equivalent canaanite_equivalent no description Unknown optional equivalent1 equivalent1 no description Unknown optional equivalent2 equivalent2 no description Unknown optional equivalent3 equivalent3 no description Unknown optional equivalent4 equivalent4 no description Unknown optional equivalent5 equivalent5 no description Unknown optional equivalent1_type equivalent1_type no description Unknown optional equivalent2_type equivalent2_type no description Unknown optional equivalent3_type equivalent3_type no description Unknown optional equivalent4_type equivalent4_type no description Unknown optional equivalent5_type equivalent5_type no description Unknown optional child child no description Unknown optional nocat_wdimage nocat_wdimage no description Unknown optional

Color template

If “|type= “ is filled with any of the following inputs, it will use colors from the infobox drawn from Template:Infobox deity/color

Deity type and color style

|type = Input	Color style output	Sidebar matching?	Footer matching?
Egyptian	Template:Colorbox	Y Yes	Y Yes
Greek	Template:Colorbox
Hindu	Template:Colorbox	Y Yes	Y Yes
Irish	Template:Colorbox
Norse	Template:Colorbox		Y Yes
Jain	Template:Colorbox
Slavic	Template:Colorbox	No sidebar	No
Turkic	Template:Colorbox
Roman	Template:Colorbox	Y Yes Y Yes
Etruscan	Template:Colorbox
Mesopotamian	Template:Colorbox
Canaanite	Template:Colorbox
Ugaritic	Template:Colorbox
Muisca	Template:Colorbox
Arabian	Template:Colorbox
Phillippine	Template:Colorbox
Hurrian	Template:Colorbox
Eblaite	Template:Colorbox
Hittite	Template:Colorbox
Elamite	Template:Colorbox
Polynesian, Hawaiian	Template:Colorbox	No	No
Japanese, Shinto	Template:Colorbox	No	No

Tracking categories

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• Category:Pages using infobox deity with color param (0)
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