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Hindu Temple
Hindu Temple sites reveal how different traditions shape sacred space through architecture, landscape, ritual, and memory.
27 hindu temple sacred sites. Use the country and tradition filters to narrow in.
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Hindu Temple sacred sites span countries, traditions, pilgrimage routes, and sacred landscapes represented in the Pilgrim Map atlas.
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Adi Kumbeswarar Temple, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India
Rising in the heart of Kumbakonam, Adi Kumbeswarar Temple holds what devotees understand as a swayambhu lingam—Shiva manifest in stone formed from amrita, the nectar of...
Arulmigu Koodal Azhagar Vishnu temple, Periyar, Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
In the heart of Madurai, Koodal Azhagar is an ancient Divya Desam where Vishnu appears in all three postures together — seated, standing and reclining — beneath the rare...
Arulmigu Nellaiappar Temple, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu
Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India
On the bank of the sacred Thamirabarani in Tirunelveli, the Kanthimathi Nellaiappar Temple joins twin shrines of Shiva and Parvati across a 14.5-acre complex....
Bagnath Temple, Bageshwar, Uttarakhand
Bāgeshwar, Uttarakhand, India
At the confluence of the Sarayu and Gomati in the Kumaon Himalaya, Bagnath enshrines Shiva as Vyaghreshwar, the Tiger Lord, said to have appeared as a tiger to the sage...
Baidyanath Shiva Temple, Deoghar, Jharkhand
Deoghar, Jharkhand, India
In the Jharkhand town of Deoghar, a lotus-towered shrine holds one of the twelve self-manifest abodes of Shiva, called the divine physician....
Batu Caves Murugan Temple
Selayang Municipal Council, Selangor, Malaysia
Just north of Kuala Lumpur, a limestone hill rises to a soaring cavern enshrining Lord Murugan, the Tamil warrior-god of victory and wisdom....
Besakih temple
Besakih, Bali, Indonesia
On the southwestern slope of Mount Agung, a complex of twenty-three temples rises in six terraces toward the holiest mountain in Bali....
Bharateswar Temple, Odisha
Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, Odisha, India
In the old town of Bhubaneswar, the Bharateswar Temple stands at the centre of a trio of sixth-century Shiva shrines named for the Ramayana heroes....
Biraja Temple, Jajpur, Odisha
Jajpur, Odisha, India
At Jajpur in Odisha, Maa Biraja marks where, by tradition, the navel of Sati fell — making the town Viraja Kshetra and the temple Nabhi Gaya, a place for ancestral rites...
Brahmeswara Temple, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha
Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, Odisha, India
Brahmeswara Temple is a Shiva shrine of 1058 CE in Bhubaneswar, built by Queen Kolavati Devi within the dense Shaiva landscape of Ekamra Kshetra....
Brihadeeswarar Temple
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
The Brihadeeswarar Temple in Thanjavur, completed in 1010 CE under Rajaraja Chola I, is one of India's grandest Shiva temples and a UNESCO Great Living Chola Temple....
Chamundeshwari Temple, Mysore, Karnataka
Chamundipuram, Karnataka, India
Atop Chamundi Hills above Mysuru stands the temple of Chamundeshwari, a fierce form of Durga said to have slain the demon Mahishasura here....
Chandramouleshwara Temple, Hubli, Karnataka
Hubli, Karnataka, India
At Unkal in Hubballi, the Chandramauleshwara Temple is a Kalyana Chalukya Shiva shrine with a rare four-faced linga and doors on all four sides....
Chengannur Mahadeva Temple, Chengannur, Kerala
Chengannur, Kerala, India
Chengannur Mahadeva Temple, among Kerala's oldest, enshrines Shiva and Parvati facing each other in one complex....
Chottanikkara Bhagavathy Temple, Chottannikkara, Kerala
Kanayannur, Kerala, India
Near Thrippunithura outside Kochi, Chottanikkara honours the goddess Rajarajeswari in three forms across the day, and the fierce Bhadrakali at its lower Keezhkavu shrine....
Gangotri Temple, Uttarakhand
Gangotri, Uttarakhand, India
Gangotri Temple stands beside the Bhagirathi river in the Garhwal Himalaya, at the place Hindu tradition holds Ganga first touched earth....
Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga
Verul, Verul, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar district, Maharashtra, India
Grishneshwar is the last of Shiva's twelve jyotirlingas, standing in Verul village barely a kilometre from the Ellora Caves but belonging to an entirely different order of...
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....
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...
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,...
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, Rudraprayag district, 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...
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...
Rudranath Temple
Gopeshwar area, Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India
Rudranath is the fourth of the Panch Kedar temples, holding a self-manifested rock face of Shiva deep in a Garhwal Himalayan forest, reached only by a multi-day trek...
Sri Velayuthar Temple
Batu Caves, Malaysia
At the top of the 272 steps, inside the vast limestone Temple Cave at Batu Caves, stands the Sri Velayuthar shrine, the presiding Murugan shrine of Malaysia's foremost...
Tungnath Temple
Tungnath, Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand, India
Tungnath is the highest of the five Panch Kedar temples, a stone Shiva shrine set above the treeline in the Garhwal Himalayas, reached only on foot and closed to the world...
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- What hindu temple sacred sites are included?
- Hindu Temple sacred sites are places where this site type carries religious, ritual, cultural, or pilgrimage significance. This guide lists 27 in the current Pilgrim Map atlas.
- Where are these hindu temple sites located?
- Major country clusters include India, Malaysia, Indonesia.
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- Traditions represented here include Hinduism.
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