Badrinath Temple
Lord Vishnu as Badrinarayan
A Char Dham and Divya Desam on the Alaknanda river between the Nar and Narayan mountains. It is open only in the…
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Sacred places that carry the living heritage of Sanatana Dharma and the architecture of Bharat.
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Brihadeeswarar Temple, Thanjavur
Lord Shiva
A masterpiece of Chola architecture with a 66 m vimana, part of the UNESCO Great Living Chola Temples. The monolithic capstone and…
Read moreDwarkadhish Temple, Dwarka
Sri Krishna
A Char Dham and Sapta Puri site on the Gomti river mouth, linked to Sri Krishna kingdom of Dvaraka. Its five-storey shrine…
Read moreGuruvayur Sri Krishna Temple
Guruvayurappan (Sri Krishna as Balagopalan)
Known as Bhooloka Vaikuntam, the Vaikuntha of the earth. The idol depicts Maha Vishnu in his four-armed form. Narayaneeyam was composed here…
Read moreJagannath Temple, Puri
Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra
A Char Dham temple and the home of the grand Rath Yatra, when the three deities are drawn in giant chariots. The…
Read moreKashi Vishwanath Temple, Varanasi
Lord Shiva (Jyotirlinga)
One of the most revered Jyotirlingas on the banks of the Ganga in Kashi, the ancient city of light. The Kashi Vishwanath…
Read moreKedarnath Temple
Lord Shiva (Jyotirlinga)
A Himalayan Jyotirlinga at about 3,500 m near the Mandakini river. Open roughly from April-May to October-November each year.
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Khajuraho Group of Monuments
Shiva, Vishnu and Jain tirthankaras
UNESCO-listed Nagara-style temples famed for sculpture covering life, art, music, devotion and the arts of the Chandela era.
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Konark Sun Temple
Surya, the Sun God
A UNESCO World Heritage chariot-shaped temple with 24 intricately carved stone wheels, a sundial-like marvel of Kalinga architecture. Its stone wheel is…
Read moreLingaraja Temple, Bhubaneswar
Harihara (Shiva and Vishnu)
The finest example of the Kalinga style in the Temple City of Bhubaneswar, with a 55 m tall tower and sculpted sandstone…
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Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh Gaya
Buddha (place of Enlightenment)
UNESCO site where Prince Siddhartha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree. A sacred centre of Bharat dharmic heritage and the legacy of…
Read moreMahakaleshwar Temple, Ujjain
Lord Shiva (Jyotirlinga)
The only south-facing Jyotirlinga, on the Shipra river in Avantika, one of the seven sacred cities. Famous for its pre-dawn Bhasma Aarti.
Read moreMeenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai
Goddess Meenakshi and Sundareswarar
A grand Dravidian complex with fourteen gopurams covered in thousands of colourful stucco figures, the Hall of a Thousand Pillars and the…
Read moreNataraja Temple, Chidambaram
Lord Shiva as Nataraja
The Akasha (space) Lingam among the Pancha Bhoota Sthalams. The Chit Sabha enshrines the cosmic dance of Nataraja, and the temple is…
Read moreRamanathaswamy Temple, Rameswaram
Lord Shiva (Jyotirlinga)
One of the twelve Jyotirlingas and a Char Dham site. Tradition says Sri Rama worshipped Shiva here before crossing to Lanka. Known…
Read moreRanganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam
Lord Ranganatha (Vishnu)
Built on an island in the Kaveri, it is among the largest functioning Hindu temple complexes in the world, with 21 gopurams…
Read moreSabarimala Sree Dharmasastha Temple
Lord Ayyappa
A forest hill shrine in the Western Ghats that draws millions of pilgrims during the Mandalam and Makaravilakku season, who observe a…
Read moreShri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir, Ayodhya
Sri Ram Lalla
Built at the birthplace of Sri Rama in Ayodhya in the Nagara style. Ayodhya is one of the seven Moksha-puris, and the…
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Lord Shiva (first Jyotirlinga)
Standing on the Arabian Sea shore at Prabhas Patan, it is regarded as the first of the twelve Jyotirlingas and a symbol…
Read moreSree Padmanabhaswamy Temple
Lord Vishnu reclining on Anantha
A Dravidian-Kerala style temple in Thiruvananthapuram. The deity reclines on the serpent Anantha and is viewed through three doors. In 1750 Marthanda…
Read moreSri Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple)
Sikh Gurdwara
The holiest Sikh shrine, set in the Amrit Sarovar. Its community kitchen (langar) serves free meals to tens of thousands of people…
Read moreTirumala Venkateswara Temple
Lord Venkateswara (Balaji)
On the seven hills of Tirumala at Tirupati, widely counted among the most visited and richest places of worship in the world.…
Read moreVadakkunnathan Temple, Thrissur
Lord Shiva
One of the oldest Shiva temples of Kerala, built in the classical Kerala style with murals and a circular Koothambalam. It is…
Read moreVaishno Devi Temple
Mata Vaishno Devi
A cave shrine on the Trikuta hills reached by a 12-km trek from Katra with pony, helicopter and ropeway options. Registration of…
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Virupaksha Temple, Hampi
Lord Virupaksha (Shiva)
The living heart of the ruins of Vijayanagara, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with a soaring gopuram beside the Tungabhadra river.
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