Hinduism

Gaurikund, Sudh Mahadev

Dhar Shiv Garh, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Gaurikund near Sudh Mahadev is a spring-fed pool and shrine in Jammu’s Udhampur district.

Girijatmaj Temple, Lenyadri

Lenyadri, Maharashtra, India

Girijatmaj Temple occupies Cave 7 at Lenyadri, a wider group of ancient Buddhist rock-cut spaces north of Junnar....

Goa Gajah

Bali, Indonesia

At Bedulu in Gianyar, Goa Gajah brings together a carved cave entrance, Hindu sacred objects and archaeological remains associated with Hindu and Buddhist traditions....

Godavari Kunda, Nepal

Godawari, Lalitpur, Bagmati, Nepal

At the foot of Phulchoki in Nepal, Godavari Kunda channels spring water through carved spouts.

Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga

Verul, 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...

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....

Gunung Kawi Sebatu Sacred Spring

Sebatu, Bali, Indonesia

Gunung Kawi Sebatu is a water temple in the village of Sebatu.

Gupt Mahadev Temple, Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh

Kundaidhana, Madhya Pradesh, India

Gupt Mahadev, also known as Chhota Mahadeo, is a cave shrine near Pachmarhi in Madhya Pradesh. The approach to its inner shrine passes through a narrow natural fissure....

Halesi–Maratika Caves

Khotang, Nepal

Halesi–Maratika is a cave pilgrimage place in eastern Nepal with distinct Hindu and Tibetan Buddhist meanings....

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...

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....

Janaki Mandir

Janakpur, Madhesh Province, Nepal

Janaki Mandir rises from the plains of southeastern Nepal like a vision displaced from Rajasthan or Mughal India, its white marble facade and latticed turrets unlike...

Jeshoreshwari Kali Shaktipeeth Temple

Shyamnagar, Khulna, Bangladesh

Near the edge of the Sundarbans in southwestern Bangladesh, the Jeshoreshwari Kali Temple marks the spot where the palm of Goddess Sati's hand is believed to have fallen....

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...

Kalinchowk Bhagwati Temple, Nepal

Dolakha, Bagmati Province, Nepal

At 3,842 meters, Kalinchowk Bhagwati Temple sits where the earth meets the sky, snow-dusted peaks stretching to the horizon....

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...

Kankalini Temple

Bhardaha, Madhesh Province, Nepal

Standing five stories tall beside the Mahendra Highway in Nepal's eastern Terai, Kankalini Temple is one of the most prominent Shakti shrines in the Saptari District....

Kanniya Hot Wells

Trincomalee, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka

Kanniya’s hot wells near Trincomalee are associated with religious remembrance as well as bathing.

Kantajeu Temple

Paltapur Union, Rangpur, Bangladesh

North of Dinajpur, a temple built over two generations carries approximately 15,000 terracotta tiles on its walls — each one carved with a scene from the Ramayana, the...

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....

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,...

Katas Raj Sacred Pool

Katas, Punjab, Pakistan

The holy pool at Katas Raj sits among temples and other historic remains in Pakistan’s Salt Range.

Kathmandu Valley

Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal

The Kathmandu Valley is a sacred landscape unlike any other on Earth. Seven UNESCO World Heritage monument zones hold temples, stupas, and shrines where Hindu and Buddhist...

Kauai's Hindu Monastery

Kapaʻa, Hawaii, United States

Kauai's Hindu Monastery in Kapaʻa, Hawaii, belongs within Hinduism. At Kauai's Hindu Monastery, sacred life continues through darshan at Kauai's Hindu Monastery, puja at...

Kbal Spean (River of a Thousand Lingas)

Part of Phnum Kulen

Banteay Srei, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Kbal Spean is a forest stream whose bed and banks carry carved lingas and Hindu deities, linking sacred imagery to flowing water....

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....

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.

Koh Ker Archaeological Site

Srayang, Preah Vihear, Cambodia

Koh Ker was the tenth-century Khmer capital known as Chok Gargyar or Lingapura, with temples, settlement, roads, quarries, and an extensive sacred water system spread...

Koneswaram Temple

Trincomalee, Trincomalee, Trincomalee District, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka

Koneswaram Temple is a documented temple in Trincomalee, Trincomalee District, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, connected with Hinduism....

Kukke Subramanya Temple

Subrahmanya, Karnataka, India

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

Lake Gosainkunda

Rasuwa, Bagmati Province, Nepal

Gosaikunda is a high-altitude lake in Nepal’s Langtang region. Pilgrimage gives it a place in religious life beyond its mountain scenery....

Lingaraj Temple, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, Odisha, India

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

Lolei

Roluos, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Lolei's four surviving brick towers were consecrated by Yasovarman I in 893 on an artificial island within the Indratataka reservoir....

Lord Murugan Statue

Part of Batu Caves Murugan Temple

Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia

Rising 42.7 metres in gold at the base of the 272 steps to Batu Caves, this colossal figure of Lord Murugan was the tallest Murugan statue in the world from its 2006...

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...

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...

Malibu Hindu Temple

Calabasas, California, United States

Malibu Hindu Temple in Calabasas, California, belongs within Hinduism. At Malibu Hindu Temple, sacred life continues through darshan at Malibu Hindu Temple, puja at Malibu...

Manakamana Temple

Gorkha, Gandaki Province, Nepal

Perched at 1,300 meters in Nepal's Gorkha hills, Manakamana Temple draws hundreds of thousands of pilgrims yearly to petition the goddess Bhagwati, an incarnation of...

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....

Mariamman Hindu Temple, Ho Chi Minh City

District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Mariamman Temple places a South Indian mother-goddess sanctuary within central Ho Chi Minh City....