Hinduism in Maharashtra

Hindus form the majority in all the districts of the state.The religion plays an important role in the lives of the Maharashtrian people in their day-to-day life.

Vitthoba, along with other incarnations of Vishnu such as Rama and Krishna, Hanuman, Dattatreya, and Shaiva deities such as Shiva, Parvati, and Ganesha, are popular with Hindus of Maharashtra.

Marathi Hindus also revere Bhakti saints associated with varkari sects such as Dnyaneshwar, Savata Mali, Tukaram, Namdev, Janabai, and Chokhamela.

The state has numerous recently built temples by groups such as the Swaminarayan sect, ISKCON, and South Indian communities.

Religion in Maharashtra state (2011)[2] Maharashtrian Hindus worship many deities that belong to the traditions of Shaktiism, Vaishnavism and Shaivism, most prominently the following: The following data is taken from 2001 Census of India.

Traditional Gudhi
A black and white photograph of a stone icon of an arms-akimbo man standing on a brick and wearing a dhoti, angarkha (shirt), uparna (cloth that flows over both his hands), a crown, fish-shaped earrings and long necklaces till his waist.
Vithoba is popular deity in Maharashtra.