Patronage
Who paid for these temples
A temple is a ledger in stone. 114 patrons — kings and queens, ministers and generals, merchants, abbots, widows and modern trusts — are named across the atlas as having built, rebuilt or gilded a sacred site.
This index is read from the free-text patron field, which 102 of the 1126 records carry. It is therefore partial — a site with no patron listed is not a site without a patron, only one whose funder the atlas has not yet sourced. Where a record clearly names more than one benefactor the entry is split; spellings that differ only by title or by a note of what was paid for are treated as one person, and every spelling used is reproduced on that patron's own page. No patron's own dates, house or biography is asserted anywhere here: the corpus holds no sourced field for them, so the centuries shown are those of the buildings, not of the people.
Named on more than one site
Named on a single site
101 further patrons appear once each. The count is a measure of this atlas's coverage, not of a patron's generosity.
- Adi ShankaraUttarakhand · 8th–19th c.
- Aditya CholaTamil Nadu · 10th–18th c.
- Amar Singh ThapaUttarakhand · 19th c.
- Anantavarman ChodagangaOdisha · 12th–13th c.
- AnawrahtaMandalay Region · 11th–12th c.
- Balaji Baji RaoMaharashtra · 18th c.
- Ballal SenaDhaka · 11th–19th c.
- BAPSDelhi · 20th–21st c.
- Bapusaheb ButiMaharashtra · 20th c.
- Beow LeanPenang · 19th–20th c.
- Bhadravarman I & successorsQuang Nam · 4th–13th c.
- Bhima IGujarat · 11th c.
- Bir Hambir, Raghunath SinghaWest Bengal · 16th–18th c.
- ChavundarayaKarnataka · 10th c.
- Chilarai / NaranarayanaAssam · 16th c.
- Cholas, Pandyas, Hoysalas, Vijayanagara, NayaksTamil Nadu · 9th–17th c.
- Deubai PatilMaharashtra · 19th c.
- Devaraya IIKarnataka · 15th–16th c.
- DharmapalaRajshahi (Naogaon) · 8th–9th c.
- Dharna Shah, under Rana KumbhaRajasthan · 15th c.
- Garhwal rulersUttarakhand · 8th–19th c.
- GautamibaiMaharashtra · 18th c.
- Goswamis of the Haridasi traditionUttar Pradesh · 19th c.
- Gupta and Pala emperorsBihar · 5th–12th c.
- Guru ArjanPunjab · 16th–17th c.
- Gyalse Tenzin RabgyeParo · 17th c.
- HiranyaBuriram · 9th–13th c.
- HoysalaMaharashtra · 12th–13th c.
- Isanavarman IKampong Thom · 7th c.
- Jayavarman VINakhon Ratchasima · 11th–12th c.
- Jugal Kishore Birla / DalmiaUttar Pradesh · 20th c.
- Kancherla GopannaTelangana · 17th c.
- Ketamalla, under VishnuvardhanaKarnataka · 12th c.
- King BodawpayaMandalay · 18th–19th c.
- King DhammazediYangon · 14th–18th c.
- King DutugemunuNorth Central · 2nd c. BCE
- King Keu NaoneChiang Mai · 14th c.
- King Manadeva — the Nepal Tourism Board credits the Licchavi ruler with building the stupa, which it dates to about 460 CE.Bagmati · 4th–7th c.
- King SetthathirathVientiane · 16th c.
- Kirtivarman IKarnataka · 6th c.
- Krishna IMaharashtra · 8th c.
- Krishna Suba IyerNorthern Province · 18th–19th c.
- Kulottunga Chola IAndhra Pradesh · 11th–13th c.
- Kushan renewalsPunjab · 3rd c. BCE – 2nd c. CE
- Lalitaditya MuktapidaJammu & Kashmir · 8th c.
- Laxman Vithu PatilMaharashtra · 19th c.
- MadhvacharyaKarnataka · 13th c.
- Maharaja Dhanya ManikyaTripura · 16th c.
- Maharaja Ganga SinghRajasthan · 19th–20th c.
- Maharaja Pran NathRangpur (Dinajpur) · 18th c.
- MangaleshaKarnataka · 6th c.
- Marthanda VarmaKerala · 18th c.
- Merak Lama Lodre GyatsoArunachal Pradesh · 17th c.
- MindonYangon · 14th–18th c.
- Mpu KuturanBali · 10th–16th c.
- Naraina PillaiSingapore · 19th–20th c.
- NarendradityaBuriram · 9th–13th c.
- Pallavas, Cholas, KrishnadevarayaAndhra Pradesh · 9th–16th c.
- Pandyas, Jaffna kings, Sethupathis of RamnadTamil Nadu · 12th–18th c.
- Pratap ShahUttarakhand · 19th–20th c.
- Queen Kesang ChodenParo · 7th c.
- Queen LokamahadeviKarnataka · 8th c.
- Queen Shin SawbuYangon · 14th–18th c.
- Queen Vrisha Bhanu of TikamgarhMadhesh · 19th–20th c.
- R. N. ShettyKarnataka · 20th–21st c.
- Ragunatha Maapaana MudaliyarNorthern Province · 18th–19th c.
- Rajaraja ITamil Nadu · 11th c.
- Rajaraja IITamil Nadu · 12th c.
- Rajendra ITamil Nadu · 11th c.
- Rakai PikatanYogyakarta/Central Java · 9th c.
- Ram NathRangpur (Dinajpur) · 18th c.
- Rama IIBangkok · 19th c.
- Ramakrishna MissionWest Bengal · 20th c.
- Rani RashmoniWest Bengal · 19th c.
- Ranoji ShindeMadhya Pradesh · 18th c.
- Recharla RudraTelangana · 13th c.
- Sabarna Roy Choudhury familyWest Bengal · 19th c.
- Sai Sansthan TrustMaharashtra · 20th c.
- Sardar Vallabhbhai PatelGujarat · 20th c.
- Satavahana-era gatewaysMadhya Pradesh · 3rd c. BCE – 1st c. CE
- Sengge NamgyalLadakh · 17th c.
- Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra TrustUttar Pradesh · 21st c.
- Somanatha DandanayakaKarnataka · 13th c.
- Songtsen GampoParo · 7th c.
- Sudarshan ShahUttarakhand · 19th–20th c.
- Suryavarman I & IIPreah Vihear · 9th–12th c.
- Suryavarman IISiem Reap · 12th c.
- TejapalaRajasthan · 11th–13th c.
- Tirumala NayakaTamil Nadu · 16th–17th c.
- Vakataka court of HarishenaMaharashtra · 1st c. BCE – 5th c. CE
- VastupalaRajasthan · 11th–13th c.
- VijayanagaraTamil Nadu · 9th–16th c.
- Vimal ShahRajasthan · 11th–13th c.
- Vira Narendra Sinha & successorsCentral Province · 17th–18th c.
- VirannaAndhra Pradesh · 16th c.
- VirupannaAndhra Pradesh · 16th c.
- VishnuvardhanaKarnataka · 12th–13th c.
- Yadava patronageMaharashtra · 12th–13th c.
- YajnavarahaSiem Reap · 10th c.
- Yashovarman, Dhanga, VidyadharaMadhya Pradesh · 9th–11th c.
- Yasovarman IPreah Vihear · 9th–12th c.