Tradition guide
Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Christian
Islamic sacred sites include mosques, Sufi shrines, sacred cities, tombs, learning centers, and pilgrimage landscapes shaped by prayer, memory, and community.
36 sacred places share this lineage. Use the country and site-type filters to narrow in.
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Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Christian sacred sites overview
Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Christian 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 | 36 Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Christian sacred places in the current atlas. |
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Adam's Peak (Sri Pada)
Dalhousie, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
Rising 2,243 meters above the Sri Lankan highlands, the conical peak known as Sri Pada—or Adam's Peak—draws pilgrims from four world religions to a single mysterious...
Bahauddin Naqshband Memorial Complex
Bukhara, Bukhara Province, Uzbekistan
In a village outside Bukhara, pilgrims have gathered for six centuries at the tomb of Baha-ud-Din Naqshband, founder of one of the largest Sufi orders in the world....
Beemapalli Mosque, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
On the coast of Thiruvananthapuram, white domes and minarets mark the dargah of Beema Beevi, a Sufi woman saint revered for her baraka and held by tradition to descend...
Cheraman Juma Masjid, Kodungallur, Kerala
Sringapuram, Kerala, India
On the old Muziris coast at Kodungallur stands a mosque that Malabar Muslim tradition holds to be the first in India, founded in the Prophet's own lifetime....
Church of St. George and mosque of El Khidr, Lod (Lynda), Israel
Lod, Center District, Israel
In Lod, the ancient Lydda, a Greek Orthodox church and an Islamic mosque stand wall-to-wall over the venerated tomb of St. George and Al-Khidr....
Dome of the Rock
Jerusalem, Israel
Completed in 691/692 CE, the Dome of the Rock is one of the oldest surviving works of Islamic architecture....
Foundation Stone
Jerusalem, Israel
The Foundation Stone — Even haShetiya — is the bare rock at the heart of the Temple Mount, enshrined within the Dome of the Rock....
Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque
Sarajevo, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque stands at the spiritual center of Bosnian Islam, its minaret sounding the call to prayer over Sarajevo since 1530....
Great Mosque of Djenné
Djenné, Mopti, Mali
Rising from the floodplain of the Bani River, the Great Mosque of Djenné is the largest mud-brick building in the world....
Hala Sultan Tekki
Dromolaxia - Meneou Municipality, Cyprus, Cyprus
On the western shore of the Larnaca Salt Lake in Cyprus, an Ottoman mosque and mausoleum complex marks the burial place of Umm Haram, a woman from the Prophet Muhammad's...
Imam Ali’s Step Mosque, Basra
Az Zubayr, Al-Basra Governorate, Iraq
In the old quarter west of modern Basra stands one of the very first mosques built in Islam, founded around 635 CE....
Imamzadeh Mausoleum, Ganja
Ganja City, Azerbaijan
In Ganja, Azerbaijan's second largest city, a pilgrimage complex holds the grave of Imamzadeh Ibrahim — son of the fifth Shia Imam, who fled Umayyad persecution in the 8th...
Itchan Kala
Khiva, Xorazm Region, Uzbekistan
Rising from the Khorezm desert, Itchan Kala preserves twenty-five centuries of sacred history within mud-brick walls that have witnessed Zoroastrian fire worship, Silk...
Jam Karan
Qom, Qom Province, Iran
Near Qom, Jamkaran is among the most actively visited Shia mosques in Iran. Tradition holds it was built on the instruction of the Twelfth Imam himself....
Jame' Mosque of Isfahan
Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
In the heart of Isfahan, where the bazaar opens into tranquil courtyard, stands a mosque that has hosted continuous prayer since 771 CE....
Kashan
Kashan, Isfahan Province, Iran
On the desert edge of Kashan, Tepe Sialk is one of Iran's oldest settlements — more than seven millennia of occupation layered into two mounds, with ancient necropolises...
Kataragama Temple, Sri Lanka
Kataragama, Uva Province, Sri Lanka
Kataragama stands as one of the world's rare multi-faith pilgrimage sites, where Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, and indigenous Vedda devotees worship side by side....
Koutoubia Mosque
Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi, Morocco
The Koutoubia Mosque has anchored Marrakech's spiritual life since the 12th century, its minaret rising above the red walls of the medina as both landmark and call to...
Mahan
Mahan, Kerman Province, Iran
In Mahan, near Kerman, the shrine of Shah Nematollah Vali enfolds the tomb of the 14th-century poet and mystic who founded the Nimatullahi Sufi order....
Mashhad
Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran
The Imam Reza Holy Shrine in Mashhad is the spiritual axis of Iranian Twelver Shiʿism — the resting place of the 8th Imam and the largest active mosque complex in the...
Masjid Dastgeer Sahib, Kashmir
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Rising from the heart of Srinagar's Khanyar quarter, Dastgeer Sahib houses a hair relic of Abdul Qadir Gilani, founder of the Qadiriyya Sufi order....
Mausoleum of 1st Imam Ali bin Abu Talib, Najaf
Al-Najaf Governorate, Iraq
In Najaf rises a golden dome over the burial place of ʿAli ibn Abi Talib — cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet, first Imam of Shiʿism, and the figure most Sufi lineages...
Mausoleum of Abbas (brother of Imam Hussein), Karbala
Karbala, Karbala, Iraq
Across the Bayn al-Haramayn plaza from the Imam Husayn Shrine in Karbala stands the gleaming golden tomb of al-Abbas ibn Ali, the flag-bearer and water-bearer who fell on...
Mausoleum of Imam al-Hasan of Basra
Az Zubayr, Al-Basra Governorate, Iraq
In the ancient cemetery of Zubayr, near Basra, lies the mausoleum of Hasan al-Basri, one of Islam's most revered spiritual teachers....
Mausoleum of Imam Hussein, Karbala
Karbala, Karbala, Iraq
On the plain of Karbala, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad was killed on the tenth of Muharram in the year 61 of the Hijra....
Mausoleum of Maytham Altammar, Kufa, Najaf
Al Kufa, Al-Najaf Governorate, Iraq
Just west of the Great Mosque of Kufa stands the shrine of Maytham al-Tammar, a freed slave and date merchant who became one of Imam Ali's most loyal companions....
Mausoleum of Sidi Shaykh
El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh, El Bayadh, Algeria
Rising from the Saharan Atlas since the 16th century, the Mausoleum of Sidi Shaykh draws thousands of pilgrims each year to receive baraka from one of Algeria's most...
Mausoleums of 10th Imam Ali Alhadi and 11th Imam Hasan Alaskari, Samarra
Samarra, Saladin Governorate, Iraq
In Samarra rises the al-Askari Shrine, holding the tombs of the tenth and eleventh Twelver Imams and, beside them, the sardab from which the awaited twelfth Imam is...
Mausoleums of 7th Imam Musa Alkadhim and 9th Imam Muhammad Aljawad, Baghdad
Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq
In the Kadhimiya district of northern Baghdad, twin golden domes rise over the tombs of two of the Twelve Imams: Musa al-Kadhim, model of patience under persecution, and...
Mausoleums of Muslim bin Aqil, Hani bin Urwa and Almukhtar, Kufa Mosque, Najaf
Al Kufa, Al-Najaf Governorate, Iraq
In the old garrison city of Kufa stands one of the earliest mosques in Islam, and one of the holiest in Shia tradition....
Merv Oasis
Mary, Mary Region, Turkmenistan
Once the largest city in the world, Merv stands in Turkmenistan's Karakum Desert as the most completely preserved of the Silk Road's ancient oases....
Ornamented Mosque
Travnik, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
In the heart of Travnik's old trading quarter, the Ornamented Mosque has gathered nearly five centuries of prayer beneath walls covered in painted gardens....
Pir Khidir Zinda
Siyazan, Siyazan Rayon (District), Azerbaijan
At the foot of Beshbarmag Mountain on Azerbaijan's Caspian coast, Pir Khidir Zinda marks the place where the prophet Khidr is said to have achieved immortality....
Seven Saints of Marrakesh
Marrakesh, Marrakech-Safi, Morocco
Marrakesh is a city built around saints. Seven holy men—scholars, mystics, protectors of the poor—lie buried within its walls....
Temple Mount
Jerusalem, Israel
A single walled hilltop in Jerusalem's Old City holds the foundation myths of three Abrahamic faiths....
The Great Mosque of Kairouan
Kairouan, Kairouan, Tunisia
Founded in 670 CE, only thirty-eight years after the Prophet Muhammad's death, the Great Mosque of Kairouan stands as the oldest mosque in Africa and the template for all...
Key questions
Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Christian sacred-site questions
- What are Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Christian sacred sites?
- Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Christian sacred sites are places connected by shared lineage, practice, memory, ritual use, or pilgrimage tradition.
- Where can I find Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Christian sacred sites?
- The strongest country clusters in this guide include Iraq, Iran, Israel, India, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan.
- What kinds of places are included?
- Common place types include mausoleum, mosque, shrine, sacred mountain, city, church and mosque.
- Can I map Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Christian sacred sites?
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