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Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği
Divriği, Sivas, Turkey
The Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği in Sivas, Türkiye, brings Islamic worship and charitable care into one medieval complex....
Kurume Suitengu
Kurume, Japan
Kurume’s Suitengu is the head shrine of the Suitengu tradition, distinct from the well-known Tokyo shrine....
San Ramon Nonato Sanctuary, Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
San Ramon Nonato Sanctuary in Buenos Aires is associated with prayers for pregnant women and families....
Sanctuary of Sant Ramon Nonat
Sant Ramon, Segarra, Spain
The sanctuary of Sant Ramon Nonat in Catalonia honours Saint Raymond Nonnatus, a figure associated with expectant mothers and childbirth....
Yasuzumi Shrine
Takanezawa, Tochigi, Japan
Yasuzumi Shrine in Takanezawa is associated with prayers for safe childbirth and children’s growth....
Shorinji Temple, Sakurai
Sakurai, Nara, Japan
At Shorinji, the principal Koyasu Enmei Jizo is associated with prayers for children and safe childbirth....
Yukura Shrine
Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
Yukura Shrine is a guardian shrine of Hakodate’s Yunokawa district. Alongside its connection with the hot springs, it offers prayers for childbirth and children’s growth....
Saidouji Temple
Niimi, Okayama, Japan
Saidouji is a Soto Buddhist temple in the mountains of Niimi, known for its Koyasu Kannon and prayers for childbirth....
Prato Cathedral
Prato, Italy
Prato Cathedral, dedicated to Saint Stephen, preserves the Sacra Cintola, a belt venerated as belonging to Mary....
Sri Mariamman Temple, Singapore
Singapore, Singapore
Sri Mariamman Temple on South Bridge Road is a many-shrined Hindu sanctuary in Singapore’s Chinatown....
Saint Lucy’s Church, Newark
Newark, United States
Saint Lucy’s Church in Newark houses the National Shrine of Saint Gerard. Its long-standing celebration of the saint belongs to the parish’s Italian-American history and...
Minase Jingu
Shimamoto, Japan
Minase Jingu in Shimamoto venerates the emperors Go-Toba, Tsuchimikado and Juntoku. Alongside that imperial remembrance, it maintains prayers for childbirth....
Obitoke-dera Temple
Nara, Japan
Obitoke-dera in Nara is known for prayers for conception and safe childbirth. Its belly-band devotion and imperial associations are described by the city’s tourism service....
Gokonomiya Shrine
Kyoto, Japan
Gokonomiya Shrine in Kyoto’s Fushimi district combines devotion to Empress Jingu with a story of fragrant spring water....
Saint Joseph’s Redemptorist Church, Dundalk
Dundalk, Ireland
Saint Joseph’s Redemptorist Church in Dundalk maintains a devotion to Saint Gerard Majella that includes people hoping for children and mothers approaching birth....
Wara Tenjingu (Shikichi Shrine)
Kyoto, Japan
Shikichi Shrine, commonly called Wara Tenjingu, is a Kyoto shrine associated with safe-childbirth prayers....
Santa Maria del Parto a Mergellina
Naples, Italy
Santa Maria del Parto a Mergellina carries childbirth in its name and in the dedication of its lower church....
San Ramon Nonato Church, Sabanilla
Sabanilla, Montes de Oca, Costa Rica
San Ramon Nonato Church in Sabanilla, Costa Rica, has a documented connection with prayers for pregnant women and families....
Wat Mahabut and Mae Nak Shrine
Bangkok, Thailand
Within Bangkok’s Wat Mahabut, the Mae Nak shrine keeps a famous story close to the canal landscape where it is told....
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Pregnancy, Matemblewo
Gdańsk, Poland
The Matemblewo sanctuary in Gdansk venerates Mary as pregnant, giving a visible focus to prayers for expectant families....
Tenrikyo Church Headquarters and Jiba
Tenri, Nara, Japan
Tenrikyo’s Church Headquarters surrounds Jiba, understood within the faith as the place where human life began....
Nossa Senhora do Bom Parto Church, Tatuape
São Paulo, Brazil
Nossa Senhora do Bom Parto in Sao Paulo’s Tatuape area carries a Marian title associated with childbirth. The archdiocese records the parish’s foundation in 1940....
National Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche
St. Augustine, United States
At the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche in St Augustine, Mary is depicted nursing Jesus....
Sanctuary of Saint Gerard Majella, Materdomini
Materdomini, Caposele, Italy
The sanctuary at Materdomini holds the remains of Saint Gerard Majella and receives families praying for mothers and children....
Okazaki Shrine, Kyoto
Kyoto, Japan
Okazaki Shrine in Kyoto is known for prayers for conception and childbirth. Rabbit figures give the precinct a distinctive visual identity, connected locally with divine...
Basilica of Our Lady of Deliverance, Quintin
Quintin, France
Quintin’s Basilica of Our Lady of Deliverance preserves a Marian belt relic and a continuing devotion associated with childbirth....
Obara Jinja Shrine
Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, Japan
Obara Jinja in rural Fukuchiyama receives families praying for childbirth. Across the river stands an ubuya, a small thatched structure once used in local birth customs....
Our Lady of Childbirth Chapel, Tal-Hlas
Qormi, Malta
Tal-Hlas near Qormi is known locally as the chapel of Our Lady of Childbirth, while its formal dedication is to the Assumption....
Linshui Palace, Gutian
Daqiao, Gutian County, China
Linshui Palace in Gutian is associated with Chen Jinggu, revered for protecting women and children....
Anjo-ji Temple, Gojo
Gojo, Nara, Japan
Anjo-ji in Gojo venerates an eleven-faced Kannon as Koyasu Kannon, associated with prayers for conception and childbirth....
Hioka Shrine
Kakogawa, Japan
Hioka Shrine in Kakogawa receives prayers for safe childbirth. Its tradition recalls Princess Inabi-no-Oiratsume and the birth of twins, while the Imigomori observance...
Chinkaiseki Hachimangu
Itoshima, Fukuoka, Japan
At Chinkaiseki Hachimangu in Itoshima, childbirth prayers are linked to sacred stones and the story of Empress Jingu. The shrine overlooks the Genkai Sea.
Awashima Shrine, Kada
Wakayama, Japan
Awashima Shrine in Kada, Wakayama, is associated with women’s prayers, including conception and childbirth. Dolls dedicated by visitors fill its vivid shrine setting....
Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple, Singapore
Singapore, Singapore
Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple grew with Singapore’s Indian migrant community on Serangoon Road....
Cathedral of Saint Paul, Birmingham
Birmingham, United States
Birmingham’s Cathedral of Saint Paul contains a Madonna del Parto shrine created in the twenty-first century....
Umi Hachimangu
Umi, Japan
Umi Hachimangu is associated with the traditional birthplace of Emperor Ojin. Prayers for childbirth and thanksgiving after birth are woven into its precinct through...
Takaoshihime Shrine
Masaki, Ehime, Japan
Takaoshihime Shrine in Masaki honours a deity revered as an ancestral protector of midwives and wet nurses....
Chilkur Balaji Temple
Chilkur, Telangana, India
Chilkur Balaji is a temple of Venkateswara outside Hyderabad.
Wenchang Temple, Dalongdong
Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
Dalongdong’s Wenchang Temple is also known as the Wenchang shrine of Shuren Academy.
Che Kung Temple, Sha Tin
Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong
Che Kung Temple in Sha Tin is a place where worshippers seek protection and a favorable turn in their affairs.
National Shrine of Saint Rita of Cascia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
The National Shrine of Saint Rita of Cascia on South Broad Street welcomes people carrying painful conflicts, strained relationships and causes they find difficult to...
Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chishti
Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, India
The marble tomb of Sheikh Salim Chishti stands in the courtyard of Fatehpur Sikri’s congregational mosque.
Siddhivinayak Temple, Prabhadevi
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
At Prabhadevi in Mumbai, Siddhivinayak is a temple of Ganesha approached at the beginning of undertakings.
Sian Pae Rongsi Shrine at Wat San Chao
Ban Klang, Pathum Thani, Thailand
Within Wat San Chao, devotees honor a Chinese-born rice-mill owner remembered for his generosity, ritual knowledge and advice to merchants.
Zeniarai Benzaiten Ugafuku Shrine
Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
A hillside shrine in Kamakura brings Benzaiten, the deity associated with water and prosperity, together with the serpent deity Ugafukujin.
National Shrine of Saint Jude
Chicago, Illinois, United States
The National Shrine of Saint Jude is inside Our Lady of Guadalupe Church on Chicago’s Southeast Side.
San Cayetano Sanctuary, Liniers
Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
San Cayetano in Liniers is a working parish and sanctuary where prayers for employment and enough food for a household meet practical pastoral support.
National Shrine of Saint Dymphna
Massillon, Ohio, United States
The National Shrine of Saint Dymphna is housed in Saint Mary’s Catholic Church in Massillon.
Rani-ki-Vav
Patan, Gujarat, India
Rani-ki-Vav in Patan, Gujarat, is an eleventh-century stepwell where water architecture and Hindu sacred imagery meet....
Kaya Kinondo Sacred Forest
Kwale County, Kenya
Kaya Kinondo is a sacred forest of the Digo community in Kwale County on Kenya’s coast....
Meskel Square
Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Meskel Square is a major public gathering place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Its religious importance is especially visible during Meskel, the Ethiopian Orthodox...
Te Rēinga Falls
Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand
Te Rēinga Falls lies below the meeting of the Hangaroa and Ruakituri rivers in the Wairoa district....
Courtallam Falls
Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu, India
Courtallam's waterfalls form part of a Tamil sacred landscape in the Western Ghats near Tenkasi....
Yōrō Falls
Yōrō, Gifu, Japan
Yōrō Falls in Gifu carries a story about care between generations. The waterfall is approached through Yōrō Park, within a landscape that also includes a shrine, a temple...
Todoroki Falls, Kaiyō
Kaiyō, Tokushima, Japan
Todoroki Falls in Kaiyō belongs to a living shrine landscape in southern Tokushima....
Munlochy Clootie Well
Munlochy, Scotland, United Kingdom
Munlochy’s Clootie Well is a woodland spring on the Black Isle.
Dupath Well
Callington, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Dupath Well stands on a working farm near Callington.
St Brigid’s Well, Liscannor
Liscannor, County Clare, Ireland
St Brigid’s Well near Liscannor occupies a well-house below a hillside cemetery.
St Cybi’s Well, Llangybi
Llangybi, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom
St Cybi’s Well near Llangybi in Gwynedd preserves a Christian healing tradition in two well chambers beneath Garn Bentyrch.
Tobar na Molt
Tubrid, Ardfert, County Kerry, Ireland
Tobar na Molt lies in a small sanctuary at Tubrid near Ardfert.
St Seiriol’s Well, Penmon
Penmon, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom
St Seiriol’s Well on Anglesey joins an early saint’s memory with modern Christian pilgrimage beside Penmon’s priory and parish church.
Madron Holy Well
Madron, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Madron’s holy well is a small stone-lined spring in wet woodland near the village.
Pushkar Lake
rajasthan, india
Pushkar Lake sits within the town of Pushkar in Rajasthan. Ghats and temples gather around a body of water held sacred in Hindu pilgrimage....
Chicabal Lake
quetzaltenango, guatemala
Chicabal Lake occupies a volcanic crater near San Martín Sacatepéquez in Guatemala. It is a sacred place in Mam Maya religious life and part of a protected landscape....
Ganga Talao
savanne, mauritius
Ganga Talao, also called Grand Bassin, is a crater lake in Mauritius’s Savanne district. Shrines and pilgrimage connect it with the religious life of Mauritian Hindus....
Lake Manasarovar
tibet, china
Lake Manasarovar lies near Mount Kailash on the Tibetan Plateau in China. Its shores belong to a wider landscape of pilgrimage shared by different religious communities....
Khecheopalri Lake
sikkim, india
Khecheopalri Lake lies near Pelling in Sikkim. Buddhist and Hindu reverence meets locally recorded Lepcha stories in this forested setting....
Yubeng Sacred Waterfall
Deqin, Yunnan; Tibetan cultural region, China
The Sacred Waterfall near Yubeng is a pilgrimage place in the Khawa Karpo landscape of northwestern Yunnan....
Jataki Falls (Ja-taki)
Mount Takao, Tokyo, Japan
Ja-taki is a waterfall practice site associated with Takao Yakuō-in in Tokyo's western mountains....
Suruli Falls
Theni, Tamil Nadu, India
Suruli Falls in Tamil Nadu is associated with sacred bathing and remembrance of ancestors....
Akikodjiwan (Chaudière Falls)
Ottawa–Gatineau, Canada
Akikodjiwan, widely known as Chaudière Falls, lies within an Algonquin sacred landscape on the Ottawa River....
Goðafoss
Northern Iceland, Iceland
Goðafoss on Iceland's Skjálfandafljót is associated with a story about the country's conversion to Christianity....
Phnom Kulen waterfall landscape
Siem Reap, Cambodia
The waterfalls of Phnom Kulen belong to a Cambodian landscape shaped by Hindu sanctification, Buddhist pilgrimage and continuing community life....
Howick Falls (KwaNogqaza)
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Howick Falls, also known as KwaNogqaza, is a waterfall of the uMngeni River in KwaZulu-Natal....
Peguche Waterfall
Otavalo, Imbabura, Ecuador
Peguche Waterfall near Otavalo is a place of spiritual bathing within Kichwa community life....
Chishimba Falls complex
Kasama, Zambia
The Chishimba complex on Zambia's Luombe River includes Mutumuna Falls, Kaela Rapids and the main Chishimba Falls....
Chumi Gyatse
Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Chumi Gyatse is a group of waterfalls associated with Buddhist devotion in the Tawang region....
Waimea Falls
Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, United States
Waimea Falls on Oʻahu is identified by Waimea Valley's own custodial interpretation as a sacred place....
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...
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...
Manikyadhara Falls
Baba Budangiri, Karnataka, India
Manikyadhara Falls is part of the Baba Budangiri pilgrimage landscape in Karnataka....
Din Din (Barron Falls)
Queensland, Australia
Din Din, widely known as Barron Falls, is a place within Djabugay Country in Queensland....
Vasudhara Falls
Badrinath–Mana, Uttarakhand, India
Vasudhara Falls lies beyond Mana in the high mountain landscape near Badrinath. Its religious associations place the cascade within the remembered journeys of the Pandavas...
Willamette Falls
Oregon, United States
Willamette Falls is a place of enduring importance to several Native nations in the Pacific Northwest....
Salto del Tequendama
Cundinamarca, Colombia
Salto del Tequendama is a waterfall of the Bogotá River associated with the Muisca account of Bochica....
Biwa Falls (Biwa-taki)
Mount Takao, Tokyo, Japan
Biwa-taki is one of the waterfall training places associated with Takao Yakuō-in, the Buddhist temple on Mount Takao....
Lumangwe Falls
Kalungwishi River, Zambia
Lumangwe Falls on Zambia's Kalungwishi River is associated with a snake spirit bearing the same name....
Ntumbachushi Falls
Luapula, Zambia
Ntumbachushi Falls in Zambia's Luapula Province is described as a powerful shrine for Lunda and Chishinga people....
Owámniyomni (St. Anthony Falls)
Minnesota, United States
Owámniyomni, commonly called St. Anthony Falls, is a place of deep significance in Dakota homeland....
Gyōja-no-taki, Inunakisan
Izumisano, Osaka, Japan
Gyōja-no-taki is a sacred waterfall maintained within the Shugendō landscape of Inunakisan Shippōryūji in Osaka....