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Hinduism
Hindu sacred geography is organized through temple networks, rivers, tirthas, pilgrimage cities, mountain shrines, deities, festivals, and living ritual practice.
235 sacred places share this lineage. Use the country links to narrow in.
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Hinduism sacred sites connect places through shared lineage, ritual use, memory, and pilgrimage practice across the Pilgrim Map atlas.
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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....
Bhagsunag Sacred Spring Kund
Bhagsu, Himachal Pradesh, India
In front of Bhagsunag temple, spring water feeds a sacred bathing kund.
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....
Bhaktavatsala Perumal Temple, Tiruninravar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Avadi, Tamil Nadu, India
At Thirunindravur, a western suburb of Chennai, stands one of the 108 Divya Desams — the Vishnu shrines hymned by the Tamil Alvar saints....
Bhalka Tirth, Veraval, Gujarat
Veraval, Gujarat, India
At Prabhas Patan near Veraval in Gujarat, Bhalka Tirth marks the spot where, by tradition, a hunter's arrow struck Krishna as he sat in yogic repose beneath a peepal tree....
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....
Bhartrihari Caves, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India
Near the Shipra River in Ujjain, Bhartrihari Caves bring a story of renunciation into an enclosed setting of pillars, chambers and shrines....
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...
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....
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....
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....
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....
Bindabasini Temple, Pokhara
Pokhara, Gandaki Province, Nepal
On a hill overlooking the Annapurna range, Pokhara's oldest temple pulses with devotion....
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...
Brahma Sarovar, Kurukshetra, Haryana
Kurukshetra, Haryana, India
Brahma Sarovar is a vast sacred tank in Kurukshetra, Haryana, where tradition holds Brahma performed the first yajna and the universe began....
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....
Brahmakund, Rajgir
Rajgir, Bihar, India
Brahmakund is a sacred hot-water bathing place in Rajgir.
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....
Brihadeeswara Temple, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
In 1010 CE, the Chola emperor Rajaraja I completed a temple so vast that its tower rises 216 feet and its capstone weighs 80 tons....
Budhanilkantha Temple
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal
In a water-filled tank at the foot of Shivapuri Hill, Nepal's largest stone carving depicts Vishnu asleep on the cosmic serpent Shesha....
Candi Belahan, Java
Bulusari, East Java, Indonesia
On the wooded eastern slope of Mount Penanggungan in East Java lies Candi Belahan, an eleventh-century royal bathing place....
Candi Jolotundo, Java
Kedungudi, East Java, Indonesia
Carved into the western slope of Mount Penanggungan around 977 CE, Jolotundo is the oldest bathing temple in East Java....
Candi Sukuh
Berjo, Central Java, Indonesia
High on the western slope of Mount Lawu stands a temple unlike any other in Java: a truncated stone pyramid rising over terraces, carved with images of Bhima the divine...
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....
Chandranath Shaktipeeth Temple
Sitakunda, Chattogram, Bangladesh
At 1,020 feet above the Chittagong coast, Chandranath Temple commands the highest point on the shoreline....
Changu Narayan Temple
Bhaktapur, Bagmati Province, Nepal
On a forested hilltop east of Kathmandu, Nepal's oldest Hindu temple has watched over the valley for over 1,600 years....
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....
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...
Chettikulangara Bhagavathy Temple, Mavelikkara, Kerala
Chettikulangara, Kerala, India
In a village west of Mavelikkara stands one of central Kerala's great goddess temples, where Bhadrakali is honoured at dawn as Saraswati, at midday as Lakshmi, and in the...
Chilkur Balaji Temple
Chilkur, Telangana, India
Chilkur Balaji is a temple of Venkateswara outside Hyderabad.
Chinnamasta
Chhinnamasta, Madhesh Province, Nepal
At the confluence of sacred rivers in Jharkhand, Chhinnamasta Temple honors the most radical form of the Divine Mother: a goddess who severs her own head to nourish her...
Chintamani Temple
Theur, Maharashtra, India
Chintamani Temple at Theur is one of Maharashtra's eight Ashtavinayak shrines, where Ganesha is worshipped as Chintamani Vinayaka....
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....
Courtallam Falls
Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu, India
Courtallam's waterfalls form part of a Tamil sacred landscape in the Western Ghats near Tenkasi....
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....
Dakshinkali Temple
Pharping, Bagmati Province, Nepal
In a forested ravine where two sacred streams meet, Dakshinkali Temple draws thousands of devotees to worship the fierce goddess in her most primal form....
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....
Dhakeshwari Temple, Dhaka
Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
In Old Dhaka, the temple that may have given the capital its name continues to function as the spiritual center of Bangladesh's Hindu community....
East Mebon
Siem Reap, Siem Reap, Cambodia
East Mebon was built by Rajendravarman II as an island temple within the East Baray, with five brick towers rising above laterite and sandstone platforms....
Elephanta Caves
Maharashtra, India
On Elephanta Island near Mumbai, rock-cut sanctuaries give monumental form to devotion to Shiva....
Ellora caves, Maharashtra
Khuldabad, Maharashtra, India
Over four centuries, Buddhist monks, Hindu devotees, and Jain ascetics carved 34 temples and monasteries into a basalt cliff in western India—side by side, in the same...
Erawan Shrine
Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Erawan Shrine is a compact urban sanctuary dedicated to Thao Maha Phrom, the Thai form of four-faced Brahma....
Ganesha Shrine at CentralWorld
Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
The Ganesha Shrine beside CentralWorld is an active Bangkok place of Hindu and Thai popular devotion....
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....
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....
Garbharakshambigai Temple, Thirukkarugavur
Thirukkarugavur, Tamil Nadu, India
The temple at Thirukkarugavur is devoted to Shiva as Mullaivananathar and the goddess Garbharakshambigai....
Gaumukh Spring, Mount Abu
Mount Abu, Rajasthan, India
At Gaumukh near Mount Abu, water flowing through a cow-mouth feature gives the temple precinct its name.
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What are Hinduism sacred sites?
Hinduism sacred sites are places connected by shared lineage, practice, memory, ritual use, or pilgrimage tradition.
Where can I find Hinduism sacred sites?
The strongest country clusters in this guide include India, Cambodia, Indonesia, Nepal, Thailand, Bangladesh.
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