Shiva

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Hinduism

Adi Kumbeswarar Temple, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu

Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India

Rising in the heart of Kumbakonam, Adi Kumbeswarar Temple holds what devotees understand as a swayambhu lingam—Shiva manifest in stone formed from amrita, the nectar of...

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Arulmigu Arunachaleswarar, Tiruvanamalai, Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu, India

No description available yet.

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Baba Dhansar, Jammu

Jammu and Kashmir, India

No description available yet.

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Bada Mahadev Temple, Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh, India

No description available yet.

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Bhimeshwar temple, Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand, India

No description available yet.

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Hinduism

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....

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Brahmaramba Malikarjuna Swamy, Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh, India

No description available yet.

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UNESCOHinduism

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....

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Chengalloor Mahadeva Temple, Trivandrum, Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

No description available yet.

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Chouragarh Temple, Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh, India

No description available yet.

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Dwadash Shib Temple, Nabadwip, West Bengal

Nabadwip, West Bengal, India

No description available yet.

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Ekambaranathar Temple, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu

Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India

No description available yet.

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Ernakulam Shiva Temple, Ernakulam, Kerala

Ernakulam, Kerala, India

No description available yet.

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Shaivism

Ettumanoor Mahadeva Temple

Ettumanoor, Kerala, India

Ettumanoor Mahadeva Temple in Kottayam district is a living Shaiva sanctuary known for its Kerala architecture, mural art, and festival traditions....

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Gomukh Shiva temple, Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand, India

No description available yet.

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Hinduism — Shaivism

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....

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Gupteswar Temple, Odisha

Odisha, India

No description available yet.

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Hatkeswar Shiva temple, Vadnagar, Gujarat

Gujarat, India

No description available yet.

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Hoysaleshwara Temple, Halebidu, Karnataka

Karnataka, India

No description available yet.

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Jageshwar Dham temple, Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand, India

No description available yet.

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Jatashankar Temple, Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh, India

No description available yet.

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Kaduthuruthy Mahadeva Temple, Kaduthuruthy, Kerala

Kerala, India

No description available yet.

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Kailasanathar Temple, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu

Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India

No description available yet.

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UNESCOHinduism

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....

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Hinduism

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...

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Kapaleeshvara Shiva Temple, Mylapore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

No description available yet.

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Kapil Muni Jyotir Linga Shiva temple, Sagar Island, West Bengal

West Bengal, India

No description available yet.

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Kapilash Temple (Mahadev Chandrashekhar), Dhenkanal, Odisha

Odisha, India

No description available yet.

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Kapileshwar Mahadev Mandir, Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand, India

No description available yet.

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Hinduism

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,...

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Kayarohana Swami Temple, Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu, India

No description available yet.

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Hinduism

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....

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Khudneshwar Asthan, Morwa, Bihar

Bihar, India

No description available yet.

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Kirteshwar Mahadev temple, Legship

Sikkim, India

No description available yet.

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Leaning Temple, Huma, Odisha

Odisha, India

No description available yet.

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Mahabaleshvara Temple, Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra

Maharashtra, India

No description available yet.

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Mahaballeswara Shiva temple, Gokarna, Karnataka

Karnataka, India

No description available yet.

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Mamleshwar Jyotirlinga, Omkareshwar, Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh, India

No description available yet.

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Manimahesh Kailash Peak, Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh, India

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Matya Gajendranath Mandir, Ramghat, Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh, India

No description available yet.

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Hinduism

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....

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UNESCOHinduism

Pashupatinath Temple

Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal

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

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Hinduism

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....