Hinduism

Mayureshwar Temple, Morgaon

Morgaon, Maharashtra, India

Mayureshwar Temple at Morgaon is the customary opening and closing station of Maharashtra's Ashtavinayak pilgrimage....

Mehandipur Balaji Temple

Mehandipur, Rajasthan, India

Mehandipur Balaji Temple is a Hanuman pilgrimage destination in eastern Rajasthan, known for people seeking protection and relief from distress....

Mengening Sacred Springs

Tampaksiring, Bali, Indonesia

Mengening’s water emerges from the cliff and among roots in the Pakerisan valley.

Mt. Abang

Abang Batu Dinding, Bali, Indonesia

Rising on the eastern rim of the Batur caldera, Mount Abang is Bali's third-highest mountain and one of its sacred peaks, in legend a fragment of the cosmic Mahameru...

Mt. Agung

Kecamatan Kubu, Bali, Indonesia

Mount Agung is the highest point in Bali and, in Balinese cosmology, the dwelling of the gods and the island's Mount Meru, the axis of the universe....

Mt. Batur

Bangli, Bali, Indonesia

An active volcano rising from a sacred crater lake, Mount Batur is the second holiest mountain in Bali and the divine source of the island's water....

Mt. Bromo, Java

Cemoro Lawang, East Java, Indonesia

An active cone rising from a vast volcanic Sea of Sand, Mount Bromo, named for Brahma, is the sacred mountain of the Tenggerese, a Hindu people of East Java....

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 Autonomous Region, 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....

Muang Tam Sanctuary

Prakhon Chai, Buri Ram, Thailand

Prasat Muang Tam is a Khmer Hindu sanctuary near Phanom Rung in Buriram. Fine Arts identifies it as a community religious center dedicated to Shiva....

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....

Nagapooshani Amman Temple

Nainativu, Nainativu, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka

Nagapooshani Amman Temple is a documented temple in Nainativu, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, connected with Hinduism (Shaktism)....

Nageshwar Jyotirlinga

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...

Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil

Nallur, Nallur, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka

Nallur Kandaswamy Kovil is a documented temple in Nallur, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, connected with Hinduism....

Nelluvai Sree Dhanwanthari Temple

Nelluvai, Kerala, India

Nelluvai's Dhanwanthari Temple in Thrissur district is a Kerala pilgrimage place associated with prayers for health....

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....

Palani Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple

Palani, Tamil Nadu, India

The hilltop Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple at Palani is one of Murugan's six principal abodes....

Papnash Sacred Spring

Bidar, Karnataka, India

A natural spring flows into the pond before Papnash Shiva Temple.

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, Bagmati Province, Nepal

Pashupatinath is Nepal's most sacred Shiva temple and the spiritual heart of the country....

Pesiraman Dalem Pingit, Sebatu

Sebatu, Tegallalang, Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia

Pesiraman Dalem Pingit is a Balinese Hindu melukat site at Sebatu in Gianyar. Its waterfall and shrines are associated with purification under the care of the customary...

Phanom Rung Sanctuary

Chaloem Phra Kiat, Buri Ram, Thailand

Phanom Rung is an archaeological Shaiva sanctuary built on an extinct volcano in Buriram....

Phimeanakas

Inside Angkor Thom

Siem Reap, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Phimeanakas stands within the Royal Palace enclosure and was developed from the late tenth into the early eleventh century as a royal sacred structure....

Phnom Bakheng

Siem Reap, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Phnom Bakheng is Yasovarman I's temple mountain above the early capital of Yasodharapura and one of Angkor's major works of sacred landscape planning....

Phnom Bok

Banteay Srei, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Phnom Bok is one of the hilltop temples associated with Yasovarman I, with a triad dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma....

Phnom Da

Angkor Borei, Takeo, Cambodia

Phnom Da is the temple-bearing hill south of Angkor Borei, known for its summit sanctuary, caves, inscriptions, and sculptures associated with early Cambodian art....

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....

Phong Nha Cave and Tiên Sư Cốc Tự

Phong Nha, Quảng Trị, Vietnam

According to official park history, Phong Nha Cave and Tiên Sư Cốc Tự join an exact river-cave identity with a living guardian-deity shrine beside its entrance....

Phra Trimurti Shrine

Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand

The Phra Trimurti Shrine outside CentralWorld is a modern Bangkok worship site whose image is associated with Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva....

Po Klong Garai Towers

Phan Rang–Tháp Chàm, Khánh Hòa, Vietnam

Po Klong Garai is a Cham temple-tower complex in Phan Rang–Tháp Chàm where the deified king Po Klong Garai is honored within a Shaiva religious field....

Po Nagar Cham Towers

Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa, Vietnam

Po Nagar remains a living goddess sanctuary above the Cái River. Cham devotion to Yan Po Nagar and Vietnamese devotion to Thiên Y A Na meet there without becoming...

Po Rome Towers

Phước Hữu, Khánh Hòa, Vietnam

Po Rome Towers are a surviving Cham sanctuary in Ninh Thuận where the deified king Po Rome remains a focus of reverence....

Pô Sah Inư Towers

Phú Thủy, Lâm Đồng, Vietnam

Pô Sah Inư Towers form a surviving Cham sanctuary in Phan Thiết. Their religious roots lie in Shaiva worship, while later community memory associates the complex with...

Prambanan Temple

Bokoharjo, 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...

Prasat Krahom at Koh Ker

Inside Prasat Thom and Prang

Srayang, Preah Vihear, Cambodia

Prasat Krahom is the red-brick sanctuary within the main Prasat Thom sequence and is associated in the nomination record with a monumental image of five-faced, ten-armed...

Prasat Kravan

Siem Reap, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Prasat Kravan is a row of five brick towers whose interior brick bas-reliefs include rare monumental images of Vishnu and Lakshmi....

Prasat Neang Khmau at Koh Ker

Inside Koh Ker Archaeological Site

Srayang, Preah Vihear, Cambodia

Prasat Neang Khmau is a solitary laterite sanctuary at Koh Ker whose darkened fabric gives the modern name 'Black Lady.' The shrine belongs to Koh Ker's Shaiva landscape...

Prasat Sa Kamphaeng Yai

Uthumphon Phisai, Si Sa Ket, Thailand

Prasat Sa Kamphaeng Yai is a Khmer-period sanctuary enclosed within the grounds of a present Buddhist temple in Si Sa Ket....

Prasat Thom and Prang

Inside Koh Ker Archaeological Site

Srayang, Preah Vihear, Cambodia

Prasat Thom is Koh Ker's principal axial temple complex, culminating in the seven-tiered Prang that carried the royal Shiva linga Tribhuvanesvara....

Pre Rup

Siem Reap, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Pre Rup was constructed under Rajendravarman II and dedicated to Shiva in 961, combining brick sanctuaries with laterite and sandstone platforms....

Preah Ko

Roluos, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Preah Ko is Indravarman I's six-tower ancestral temple at Hariharalaya, dedicated to royal predecessors and centered on Shiva under the name Paramesvara....

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....