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Gurdwara Dukh Niwaran Sahib, Patiala

Patiala, Punjab, India

Gurdwara Dukh Niwaran Sahib in Patiala commemorates Guru Tegh Bahadur and is associated with prayers for relief from suffering....

Guru Nanak Jhira Sacred Spring

Bidar, Karnataka, India

At Guru Nanak Jhira Sahib in Bidar, spring water gathers in the Amrit Kund beside a living Sikh place of worship.

Guruvayur Sri Krishna Temple

Guruvayur, Kerala, India

Guruvayur Sri Krishna Temple is a major Vaishnava pilgrimage centre in Kerala's Thrissur district....

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...

Husain Tekri, Jaora

Jaora, Madhya Pradesh, India

Husain Tekri is a shrine complex near Jaora in Madhya Pradesh, associated with remembrance of Karbala and with pilgrims seeking relief from suffering....

Iruppu Falls

Kodagu, Karnataka, India

Iruppu Falls lies on the Lakshmana Tirtha in the Brahmagiri hills of Kodagu. The nearby Rameshwara temple and a narrative of Rama and Lakshmana make the waterfall a place...

Jagannath Vishnu Temple, Puri, Odisha

Puri (M), Odisha, India

Jagannath Temple is less a monument than a living order of worship, food, service, and pilgrimage....

Jain temples of Khajuraho

Jatkra, Madhya Pradesh, India

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

Kadalekalu Ganesha Temple, Hampi, Karnataka

Part of Group of Monuments at Hampi

Hampi, Karnataka, India

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

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....

Kalahasteeswarar Temple, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu

Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India

The Kalahasteeswarar Temple in Kumbakonam is considered equivalent to the renowned Srikalahasti Temple near Tirupati, earning it the name Then Kalahasti, Southern...

Kalpeshwar temple, Uttarakhand

Urgam, Uttarakhand, India

Kalpeshwar is the fifth and final shrine of the Panch Kedar, a small stone temple built into a cave in Uttarakhand's Urgam Valley where Shiva's jata, his matted locks, are...

Kangchenjunga

Sikkim / Nepal border, India

Kangchenjunga stands within sacred geographies held by Lepcha communities and Tibetan Buddhist practitioners in Sikkim....

Kanheri Caves

Maharashtra, India

Kanheri sits within Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Mumbai, where a large group of excavated chambers preserves a Buddhist monastic landscape....

Kapil Dhara, Amarkantak

Madhya Pradesh, India

Kapil Dhara is a waterfall of the Narmada near Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh. The river's sacred geography and the remembered meditation of the sage Kapila give the cascade...

Kapila Theertham

Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India

Kapila Theertham joins a waterfall, sacred tank and temple at the foot of the Tirumala hills in Tirupati....

Karla Caves

Maharashtra, India

Near Lonavala, Karla’s rock-cut Buddhist complex centres on a large chaitya prayer hall....

Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Kashi Vishwanath houses one of the twelve jyotirlingas — Shiva manifest as a self-arisen pillar of light — at the heart of Varanasi, where the Ganga, the cremation ghats,...

Kedarnath Temple, Uttarakhand

Kedarnath, Uttarakhand, India

Kedarnath Temple stands at 3,583 metres in the Garhwal Himalayas, the highest of the twelve Jyotirlingas and one of Uttarakhand's four Char Dham sites....

Kesgarh Sahib Gurdwara, Anandpur Sahib, Punjab

Anandpur Sahib, Punjab, India

Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib at Anandpur Sahib is one of the five Takhts, the principal seats of authority in Sikh tradition....

Khanqah-e-Moula

Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Khanqah-e-Moula is an active Muslim shrine and mosque in Srinagar's old city, set beside the Jhelum and associated with Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani, known as Shah-e-Hamadan....

Khecheopalri Lake

sikkim, india

Khecheopalri Lake lies near Pelling in Sikkim. Buddhist and Hindu reverence meets locally recorded Lepcha stories in this forested setting....

Kheerganga Sacred Hot Spring

Kheerganga, Himachal Pradesh, India

Kheerganga’s hot spring is a religious destination reached on foot in Himachal Pradesh’s Parvati Valley.

Kollur Mookambika Temple

Kolluru, Karnataka, India

Kollur Mookambika Temple in Karnataka is a major goddess pilgrimage destination, visited by people from Karnataka, Kerala, and farther afield....

Koratty Muthy (Poovankula Matha)

Inside Saint Mary's Forane Church, Koratty

Koratty, Kerala, India

The image is treated as a devotional object inside Saint Mary's Forane Church. An exact photograph shows the image in procession, while the linked parent page identifies...

Kukke Subramanya Temple

Subrahmanya, Karnataka, India

Kukke Subramanya Temple lies in the Western Ghats of Karnataka, near the Kumaradhara River....

Lake Tsomgo

Changgu, Sikkim, India

Tsomgo, also written Tshomgo or Changu, is a sacred lake in Sikkim whose meaning extends beyond its role as a visitor destination....

Lingaraj Temple, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, Odisha, India

Lingaraj is the architectural and devotional centre of Bhubaneswar, the Temple City of India....

Madhyamaheshwar Temple

Gaundar, Uttarakhand, India

Madhyamaheshwar enshrines the navel of a bull-formed Shiva at roughly 3,497 metres in the Garhwal Himalayas, reached by a multi-day trek through pine forest and river...

Mahabodhi Temple and Bodhi Tree, Bodh Gaya, Bihar

Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India

The Mahabodhi Temple marks where it happened—where a man sat down beneath a pipal tree and, after forty-nine days of meditation, achieved complete liberation from...

Mahaganpati Temple, Ranjangaon

Ranjangaon, Maharashtra, India

Mahaganpati Temple in Ranjangaon is the Ashtavinayak shrine of Ganesha in his great or expansive form....

Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga Shiva Temple, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh

Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India

Mahakaleshwar is the only dakshinamukhi (south-facing) jyotirlinga among the twelve and the sole temple in the world whose daily 04:00 aarti smears the lingam with sacred...

Mahavatar Babaji Cave, Dwarahat Range, Uttarakhand

Ratkhal, Uttarakhand, India

Above Kukuchina in the Kumaon Himalayas, this small cave draws practitioners of Kriya Yoga to a place of lineage and remembrance....

Mani Mahesh Lake and Temple, Budhil Valley, Himachal Pradesh

Brahmaur, Himachal Pradesh, India

Manimahesh Lake lies in the Budhil valley of Himachal Pradesh, beneath a mountain revered as Shiva’s abode....

Manikaran Hot Springs

Manikaran, Himachal Pradesh, India

Manikaran’s hot springs emerge beside the Parvati River, among Hindu temples and a Sikh gurdwara.

Manikyadhara Falls

Baba Budangiri, Karnataka, India

Manikyadhara Falls is part of the Baba Budangiri pilgrimage landscape in Karnataka....

Mannarasala Sree Nagaraja Temple

Haripad, Kerala, India

At Mannarasala, serpent veneration is carried through a sacred grove, thousands of offered images, and a hereditary priestess....

Marundeeswarar Temple, Thiruvanmiyur

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Marundeeswarar Temple in Thiruvanmiyur is a Shaiva place of worship within present-day Chennai....

Masjid Dastgeer Sahib, Kashmir

Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Rising from the heart of Srinagar's Khanyar quarter, Dastgeer Sahib houses a hair relic of Abdul Qadir Gilani, founder of the Qadiriyya Sufi order....

Mayureshwar Temple, Morgaon

Morgaon, Maharashtra, India

Mayureshwar Temple at Morgaon is the customary opening and closing station of Maharashtra's Ashtavinayak pilgrimage....

Mehandipur Balaji Temple

Mehandipur, Rajasthan, India

Mehandipur Balaji Temple is a Hanuman pilgrimage destination in eastern Rajasthan, known for people seeking protection and relief from distress....

Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity is a living sacred place in Kolkata, West Bengal. The Mother House is not simply a museum to a famous humanitarian....

Murudeshwara Shiva temple, Bhatkal Taluk, Karnataka

Bailuru, Karnataka, India

Murudeshwara stands on Kanduka Hill, a small headland projecting into the Arabian Sea on Karnataka's coast....

Nageshwar Jyotirlinga

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...

Nagore Dargah

Nagore, Tamil Nadu, India

Rising from the Coromandel coast of Tamil Nadu, Nagore Dargah holds the tomb of Shahul Hamid, a 16th-century Sufi saint whose blessings have drawn Hindus and Muslims alike...

Nelluvai Sree Dhanwanthari Temple

Nelluvai, Kerala, India

Nelluvai's Dhanwanthari Temple in Thrissur district is a Kerala pilgrimage place associated with prayers for health....

Omkareshwar Jyotir Linga Shiva temple, Omkareshwar, Madhya Pradesh

Omkareshwar, Madhya Pradesh, India

Omkareshwar is the fourth jyotirlinga and the only one located on an island. Mandhata Island sits in the Narmada — tradition holds it is shaped like the sacred syllable Om....

Our Lady of Ransom Church, Kanyakumari

Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India

The white Gothic-style church is a visible landmark in Kanyakumari and an active place of Catholic worship....