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Vivekananda Rock Memorial, Kanyakumari
Hinduism

Vivekananda Rock Memorial, Kanyakumari

Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India

At the southernmost tip of India, where the Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea, and Indian Ocean converge, stands the Kumari Amman Temple....

Kadalekalu Ganesha Temple, Hampi, Karnataka
UNESCOHinduism

Kadalekalu Ganesha Temple, Hampi, Karnataka

Hampi, Karnataka, India

On the boulder-strewn slopes of Hemakuta Hill, the Vijayanagara sculptors carved their devotion into a single massive granite boulder....

Hanuman Tok
Hinduism

Hanuman Tok

Gangtok, Sikkim, India

High in the Himalayan state of Sikkim, at 7,200 feet, a Hindu temple marks the spot where Lord Hanuman is believed to have rested during his legendary flight bearing a...

Kakatiya Rudreshwara Ramappa Temple, Telangana
UNESCOHinduism

Kakatiya Rudreshwara Ramappa Temple, Telangana

Palampet, Telangana, India

Rising from the Telangana countryside on a star-shaped platform, Ramappa Temple stands as the pinnacle of Kakatiya dynasty architecture....

Jain temples of Khajuraho
UNESCOJainism

Jain temples of Khajuraho

Jatkra, Madhya Pradesh, India

Rising from the eastern reaches of Khajuraho, these temples stand apart from their more famous neighbors....

Group of Monuments at Hampi
UNESCOHinduism

Group of Monuments at Hampi

Hampi, Karnataka, India

Hampi sprawls across a boulder-strewn landscape in Karnataka, its sixteen hundred monuments testifying to the Vijayanagara Empire's golden age....

Badrinath
Hinduism

Badrinath

Badrinath, Uttarakhand, India

Rising at 3,133 meters in the Garhwal Himalayas, Badrinath Temple stands as one of Hinduism's four Char Dham—the pilgrimage circuit that promises liberation to those who...

Bhoramdev Temple, Kabirdham district, Chhattisgarh
Hinduism

Bhoramdev Temple, Kabirdham district, Chhattisgarh

Bodla Tahsil, Chhattisgarh, India

Rising from the forested foothills of the Maikal range, Bhoramdeo Temple has held Shiva in an embrace of stone for nearly a millennium....

Danteshwari Temple, Chhattisgarh
Hinduism

Danteshwari Temple, Chhattisgarh

Dondi Tahsil, Chhattisgarh, India

At the meeting of the Shankini and Dankini rivers in Dantewada stands a temple held to mark where Sati's tooth fell, one of the 52 Shakti Peethas....

Savitri Mata Mandi (Savitri Temple)
Hinduism

Savitri Mata Mandi (Savitri Temple)

Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

Perched atop Ratnagiri Hill in Pushkar, the Savitri Mata Temple honors the first wife of Lord Brahma, who cursed her husband and merged with this mountain....

Baba Balak Nath Temple, Deotsidh, Himachal Pradesh
Hinduism

Baba Balak Nath Temple, Deotsidh, Himachal Pradesh

Dhatwal, Himachal Pradesh, India

On a hilltop above Chakmoh in Himachal Pradesh, a natural cave enshrines Baba Balak Nath—revered both as an avatar of Kartikeya and as an immortal Natha yogi....

Avanti Swami Temple ruins, Kashmir
Hinduism

Avanti Swami Temple ruins, Kashmir

Avantipora, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Above the Jhelum near Awantipora stand the grey stone ruins of Avantiswami, the great Vishnu temple of King Avantivarman's lost 9th-century capital....

Bhaskareswara Temple, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Hinduism

Bhaskareswara Temple, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, Odisha, India

On Tankapani Road in Bhubaneswar, the Bhaskareswar Temple is an architectural anomaly — a two-tiered shrine without the usual assembly hall, built specifically to house a...

Ajgaivinath Dham Shiva Temple, Sultanganj, Bihar
Hinduism

Ajgaivinath Dham Shiva Temple, Sultanganj, Bihar

Sultanganj, Bihar, India

On a rock island in the Ganga at Sultanganj, Ajgaivinath holds a rock-carved Shiva linga that the river continually bathes....

Bhadrakali Temple, Hanamkonda, Telangana
Hinduism

Bhadrakali Temple, Hanamkonda, Telangana

Hanamkonda, Telangana, India

On a hill between Warangal and Hanamkonda, beside Bhadrakali Lake, sits one of Telangana's oldest goddess shrines....

Arulmigu Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameshvaram, Tamil Nadu
Hinduism

Arulmigu Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameshvaram, Tamil Nadu

Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, India

Rameswaram is the temple Rama himself is said to have consecrated — a Shiva shrine raised by Vishnu's avatar in expiation for war....

Bhairabi Mandir
Hinduism

Bhairabi Mandir

Tezpur, Assam, India

On a hillock on the eastern edge of Tezpur, the Bhairabi Temple holds the image of Bhairavi, a fierce form of the Goddess....

Brahma Temple, Pushkar, Rajasthan
Hinduism

Brahma Temple, Pushkar, Rajasthan

Pushkar, Rajasthan, India

The Jagatpita Brahma Mandir in Pushkar is the most prominent of the very few temples in India dedicated to Brahma the creator....

Bhramaramba Ammavari Shakti Peetham Temple, Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh
Hinduism

Bhramaramba Ammavari Shakti Peetham Temple, Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh

Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh, India

High in the forested Nallamala Hills above the Krishna river, Srisailam holds something found nowhere else: a Maha Shakti Peetha and a Jyotirlinga together....

Dakshineswar Kali temple, Kolkata, West Bengal
Hinduism

Dakshineswar Kali temple, Kolkata, West Bengal

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

On the Hooghly in northern Kolkata stands the temple Rani Rashmoni built after a dream of the goddess....

Belur Chennakeshava Temple, Karnataka
Hinduism

Belur Chennakeshava Temple, Karnataka

Bellotte, Karnataka, India

On the banks of the Yagachi in Karnataka, the Chennakeshava Temple has held daily worship of Vishnu since 1117 CE....

Bhimashankar Shiva Jyotir Linga temple, Bhimashankar, Maharashtra
Hinduism

Bhimashankar Shiva Jyotir Linga temple, Bhimashankar, Maharashtra

Bhimashankar, Maharashtra, India

High in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, Bhimashankar is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas of Shiva — places where the god is held to have manifested as a column of light....

Chennakeshava Temple, Somanathapur, Karnataka
Hinduism

Chennakeshava Temple, Somanathapur, Karnataka

Bevinahalli, Karnataka, India

The Chennakeshava Temple at Somanathapura, consecrated in 1258 CE, is the most complete surviving Hoysala temple, a three-shrined sanctuary to Vishnu on a star-shaped...

Bhoga Nandeeshwara Temple, Nandi, Karnataka
Hinduism

Bhoga Nandeeshwara Temple, Nandi, Karnataka

Nandi, Karnataka, India

At the foot of the Nandi Hills near Bangalore, the Bhoga Nandishwara complex preserves over a thousand years of unbroken Shaiva worship....

Bateshwar Temple, Bateshwar, Uttar Pradesh
Hinduism

Bateshwar Temple, Bateshwar, Uttar Pradesh

Bateshwar, Uttar Pradesh, India

On a curve of the Yamuna south of Agra, a line of around a hundred white-spired Shiva temples stands above the ghats....

Nageshwar Jyotirlinga
Hinduism

Nageshwar Jyotirlinga

Dwarka, Dwarka, Gujarat, India

On a quiet stretch of Saurashtra coast seventeen kilometres north-west of Dwarka, Nageshwar stands as the tenth of the twelve Jyotirlingas — Shiva as Nagesha, the lord of...

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