Tradition guide
Hinduism
Hindu sacred geography is organized through temple networks, rivers, tirthas, pilgrimage cities, mountain shrines, deities, festivals, and living ritual practice.
129 sacred places share this lineage. Use the country and site-type filters to narrow in.
Atlas summary
Hinduism sacred sites overview
Hinduism sacred sites connect places through shared lineage, ritual use, memory, and pilgrimage practice across the Pilgrim Map atlas.
Use this page to compare country clusters, common place types, UNESCO-tagged landmarks, and the map distribution before exploring individual site pages.
| Coverage | 129 Hinduism sacred places in the current atlas. |
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| UNESCO heritage | 11 UNESCO-tagged Hinduism sites appear in this browse view. |
Dates connected to Hinduism
Upcoming festivals, feast days, and pilgrimages tied to Hinduism. Add any to your calendar, or see the full observance calendar.
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Nagchandreshwar Opening (Nag Panchami)
Mon, Aug 17, 2026Observance
Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga Shiva Temple, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh - Add
Srivari Brahmotsavam
Sep 15 – Wed, Sep 23, 2026Festival
Venkateswara temple, Tirumala, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh - Add
Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha Kumbh Mela
Oct 31 – Mon, Jul 24, 2028Pilgrimage
Trimbakeshwar Jyotir Linga Shiva Temple, Trimbak, Maharashtra
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Mt. Gede, Java
Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia
An active volcano in the West Java highlands, Mount Gede is a kabuyutan in Sundanese belief, a sacred dwelling of ancestral guardian spirits....
Mt. Kailash
Darchen, Tibet, China
Mount Kailash rises 6,638 meters from the Tibetan plateau—four sheer faces matching the four cardinal directions, standing in geometric solitude that seems more...
Mt. Lawu, Java
Karanganyar, Central Java, Indonesia
Gunung Lawu rises on the Central and East Java border, a stratovolcano named among the eighteen sacred mountains of old Java....
Mt. Rinjani
West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Gunung Rinjani is Indonesia's second-highest volcano, sacred to both the Sasak people of Lombok and Balinese Hindus....
Mt. Salak, Java
Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia
Gunung Salak is an eroded volcano southwest of Jakarta, sanctified in Sundanese tradition since the era of the Pajajaran kingdom....
Mt. Semeru
Lumajang, East Java, Indonesia
Gunung Semeru, called Mahameru, is the highest mountain on Java and the most sacred to Indonesian Hindus....
Muktinath Temple
Muktinath, Gandaki Province, Nepal
At 3,710 meters in Nepal's Mustang district, Muktinath Temple stands where Hindus and Buddhists have worshipped together for centuries....
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, 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...
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....
Parahyangan Agung Jagatkarta Temple, Java
Bogor, West Java, Indonesia
Pura Parahyangan Agung Jagatkarta stands at the foot of sacred Mount Salak near Bogor, the largest Hindu temple in West Java and second-largest in Indonesia after Pura...
Pashupatinath Temple
Kathmandu, Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal
Pashupatinath is Nepal's most sacred Shiva temple and the spiritual heart of the country....
Prambanan Temple
Bokoharjo, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Rising from the Javanese plain like fingers pointing toward the divine, Prambanan is Indonesia's largest Hindu temple complex—a stone cosmos built for the Trimurti: Brahma...
Pumdikot Shiva Statue, Pokhara
Pokhara, Gandaki Province, Nepal
At 1,500 meters above sea level, Nepal's second-tallest Shiva statue stands with blessing hand raised toward the Annapurna range....
Pura Luhur Lempuyang, Bali, Indonesia
Sega, Bali, Indonesia
Pura Penataran Agung Lempuyang sits on the middle slope of Mount Lempuyang in East Bali, the principal gathering temple of one of the island's oldest and holiest complexes....
Pura Tirta Empul Temple
Malet Seri Batu, Bali, Indonesia
Pura Tirta Empul is one of Bali's principal tirta (holy water) temples and a continuously active Balinese Hindu sanctuary at Tampaksiring....
Puthia Rajbari Temple complex
Puthia, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh
Twenty-three kilometres east of Rajshahi, the Puthia complex holds Bangladesh's largest concentration of historic Hindu temples — including the country's largest Shiva...
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...
Savitri Mata Mandi (Savitri Temple)
Pushkar, Rajasthan, India
Perched atop Ratnagiri Hill in Pushkar, the Savitri Mata Temple honors the first wife of Lord Brahma, who cursed her husband and merged with this mountain....
Shree Swargadwari Mandir
Swargadwari, Lumbini Province, Nepal
At 2,121 meters on a forested hilltop in western Nepal's Pyuthan District, Shree Swargadwari Mandir houses a sacred fire that has not been extinguished since 1895....
Shri Amarnath Shiva Cave, Kashmir
Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Shri Amarnath is the rare Shaiva shrine where the deity is not represented but literally manifests, year after year, as a column of ice that forms and dissolves with the...
Shri Chakreshwari Devi Temple (Sharika Mata Temple)
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Perched atop Hari Parbat in Srinagar, Sharika Mata Temple houses a Svayambhu Sri Chakra—a self-manifested sacred geometric form on natural rock that Tantric practitioners...
Somnath Jyotir Linga Shiva Temple, Somnath, Gujarat
Veraval, Gujarat, India
Somnath is the Adi Jyotirlinga — the first in the canonical sequence of twelve — standing on the Saurashtra coast where Chandra the moon-god is said to have installed it....
Sri Mahalingaswamy Temple
Priranavidagam, Tamil Nadu, India
At Tiruvidaimarudur, a self-manifested Shiva lingam has drawn pilgrims for over two millennia....
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...
Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu
Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India
Chidambaram is the temple where Shiva is held to have performed the Ananda Tandava, the dance of bliss....
Thom Temple, Koh Ker
Kuleaen, Preah Vihear, Cambodia
Prasat Thom at Koh Ker is a 35-meter stepped pyramid of seven tiers, the state temple of a Khmer capital that existed for just sixteen years....
Trimbakeshwar Jyotir Linga Shiva Temple, Trimbak, Maharashtra
Trimbak, Maharashtra, India
Trimbakeshwar is the tenth jyotirlinga and the only one with a three-faced lingam — Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva together....
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...
Vaidyanath Jyotir Linga and Jai Durga Shakti Pitha, Deoghar, Jharkhand
Deoghar, Jharkhand, India
Baidyanath Dham is the ninth of the twelve jyotirlingas, the only one understood as Shiva-the-physician, and the only complex where a jyotirlinga and a Shakti Pitha...
Vat Phou
Nongsa, Champasak Province, Laos
Below a mountain crowned with a natural linga-shaped rock, the ruined sanctuary of Vat Phou climbs the hillside above the Mekong plain in southern Laos....
Venkateswara temple, Tirumala, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh, India
Tirumala Venkateswara Temple rises on the Seven Hills of Andhra Pradesh as the most visited religious site on Earth....
Vivekananda Rock Memorial, Kanyakumari
Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India
At the southernmost tip of India, where the Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea, and Indian Ocean converge, stands the Kumari Amman Temple....
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Previous pageKey questions
Hinduism sacred-site questions
- 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, Indonesia, Nepal, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Cambodia.
- What kinds of places are included?
- Common place types include temple, hindu temple, religious, cave temple, city, city and municipality.
- Can I map Hinduism sacred sites?
- Yes. Compare country clusters and site types first, then open individual pages for coordinates, historical context, and visitor guidance.