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Lord Venkateswara (Vishnu)
The richest and most-visited Hindu temple in the world, dedicated to Lord Venkateswara, atop the Tirumala hills near Tirupati.
Lord Shiva (Vishweshwar)
One of the twelve Jyotirlingas, on the western bank of the Ganga in Varanasi, the most sacred Shiva shrine of Kashi.
Lord Badrinarayan (Vishnu)
One of the Char Dham and Chhota Char Dham shrines, a Himalayan temple of Vishnu as Badrinarayan, open only in the warmer months.
Lord Shiva (Kedarnath)
A Himalayan Jyotirlinga and Char Dham shrine of Lord Shiva at 3,583 m, accessible only on foot or by helicopter during the season.
Goddess Ganga
Char Dham shrine of Goddess Ganga near the source of the river Bhagirathi in the Garhwal Himalayas.
Goddess Yamuna
Char Dham shrine of Goddess Yamuna at the source of the river Yamuna, with nearby hot springs at Surya Kund.
Lord Shiva (Somnath)
The first of the twelve Jyotirlingas, on the Arabian Sea coast of Gujarat, rebuilt many times through history.
Lord Shiva (Mahakaleshwar)
The Dakshinamukhi (south-facing) Jyotirlinga of Ujjain, famed for its unique pre-dawn Bhasma (sacred ash) Aarti.
Lord Shiva (Omkareshwar)
A Jyotirlinga on the sacred Mandhata island in the Narmada river, shaped like the symbol Om.
Lord Shiva (Bhimashankar)
A Jyotirlinga set amid the forested Sahyadri ghats of Maharashtra, regarded as the source of the river Bhima.
Lord Shiva (Trimbakeshwar)
A Jyotirlinga near Nashik at the source of the Godavari, the foremost site for Kaal Sarp and Narayan Nagbali remedial poojas.
Lord Shiva (Grishneshwar)
The twelfth Jyotirlinga, located at Verul near the Ellora caves in Maharashtra.
Lord Shiva (Nageshwar)
A Jyotirlinga near Dwarka in Gujarat, marked by a towering seated statue of Lord Shiva.
Lord Shiva (Baidyanath)
A rare site that is both a Jyotirlinga and a Shakti Peeth, the focus of the great Shravani Mela kanwar pilgrimage.
Lord Shiva (Mallikarjuna) & Goddess Bhramaramba
A unique shrine on the Nallamala hills that is both a Jyotirlinga and a Shakti Peeth, on the Krishna river.
Lord Shiva (Ramanathaswamy)
A Jyotirlinga and Char Dham shrine on Rameswaram island, with India's longest temple corridor and 22 holy wells.
Lord Ganesha (Siddhivinayak)
Mumbai's most famous Ganesha temple at Prabhadevi, drawing huge crowds especially on Tuesdays.
Shirdi Sai Baba
The samadhi shrine of Shirdi Sai Baba, one of India's most visited pilgrimage centres.
Mata Vaishno Devi (Shakti)
A cave shrine of the Goddess on the Trikuta hills above Katra, one of the most visited pilgrimages in North India.
Goddess Kamakhya (Shakti)
One of the most powerful Shakti Peethas, on Nilachal Hill in Guwahati, centre of the Tantric Ambubachi Mela.
Goddess Kali
A renowned Shakti Peeth and the temple from which the city of Kolkata takes its name.
Lord Jagannath (Krishna/Vishnu)
One of the four Char Dham, home of Lord Jagannath and the world-famous Rath Yatra chariot festival.
Lord Krishna (Dwarkadhish)
One of the four Char Dham, the Jagat Mandir of Lord Krishna as king of Dwarka on the Gujarat coast.
Goddess Meenakshi & Lord Sundareswarar (Shiva)
The grand twin-shrine temple of Goddess Meenakshi and Sundareswarar in Madurai, famed for its colourful gopurams.
Lord Vishnu (Anantha Padmanabha)
A Divya Desam of Lord Vishnu in reclining (Anantha Shayanam) posture, one of the wealthiest temples in the world.
Lord Ranganatha (Vishnu)
The first and foremost Divya Desam, the vast island temple of Lord Ranganatha on the Kaveri at Srirangam.
Lord Krishna (Guruvayurappan)
A revered Krishna temple in Kerala, called the 'Dwarka of the South', known for its strict rituals and dress code.
Lord Ayyappa (Dharma Sastha)
The forest hill shrine of Lord Ayyappa, drawing tens of millions of black-clad pilgrims during the Mandala-Makaravilakku season.
Goddess Mahalakshmi (Ambabai)
The Ambabai Shakti Peeth of Kolhapur, famed for Kiranotsav when the setting sun's rays fall on the deity.
Guru Granth Sahib (Sikh shrine)
The holiest shrine of Sikhism, the golden gurdwara amid the sacred pool (Amrit Sarovar) at Amritsar.
Lord Shiva (Mahabaleshwar) - Atmalinga
An ancient coastal Shiva temple at Gokarna enshrining the Atmalinga, an important Karnataka pilgrimage site.
Goddess Mookambika (Shakti)
A celebrated Devi temple of Goddess Mookambika in the Karnataka Western Ghats, popular for children's Vidyarambham.
Khatu Shyam Ji (Barbarika/Krishna)
The hugely popular Rajasthan shrine of Khatu Shyam Ji, the head of Barbarika worshipped as a form of Krishna.
Lord Hanuman (Salasar Balaji)
A famous Hanuman temple in Rajasthan's Churu district, depicting Balaji with a beard and moustache.
Lord Shiva (Kalahasteeswara) - Vayu Lingam
The Vayu (air) element among the Pancha Bhoota Sthalams, India's principal temple for Rahu-Ketu Sarpa Dosha remedies.
Lord Hanuman (Balaji)
A Hanuman temple in Rajasthan renowned for its traditional rituals believed to ward off evil spirits and black magic.
Lord Shani (Saturn)
The open-air swayambhu Shani shrine where the village famously has no doors, India's chief temple for Shani Dosh remedies.
Lord Shani (Saturn) & Lord Shiva (Dharbaranyeswarar)
The Saturn (Shani) shrine among the nine Navagraha temples, the most important Shani temple of the south.
Lord Mangal (Mars) / Shiva
Believed to be the birthplace of the planet Mars, Ujjain's chief temple for Mangal Dosh (Manglik) remedial poojas.
Lord Vishnu (footprint)
Temple on the Phalgu river enshrining Lord Vishnu's footprint, India's most important centre for Pind Daan ancestral rites.
Goddess Jwala (eternal flame)
A Shakti Peeth in Kangra where eternal natural flames burn from the rock, worshipped as the Goddess.
Goddess Naina Devi (Shakti)
A hilltop Shakti Peeth in Himachal's Bilaspur district, where the eyes (naina) of the Goddess are said to have fallen.
Goddess Chinnamastika (Chintpurni)
A revered Shakti Peeth in Himachal's Una district, dedicated to the Goddess Chinnamastika as Chintpurni.
Goddess Mansa Devi (Shakti)
A popular Shakti shrine near Chandigarh, drawing huge crowds during the Navratri melas.
Lord Surya (Sun)
The Sun (Surya) temple among the nine Navagraha shrines near Kumbakonam, the only one where Surya is the principal deity.
Lord Chandra (Moon) / Shiva
The Moon (Chandra) shrine among the nine Navagraha temples near Kumbakonam.
Lord Vaidyanathaswamy (Shiva) / Angaraka (Mars)
The Mars (Angaraka) Navagraha temple, where Shiva is worshipped as Vaidyanatha, the healer of ailments.
Lord Swetharanyeswarar (Shiva) / Budha (Mercury)
The Mercury (Budha) shrine among the nine Navagraha temples, also a noted Shiva sthalam.
Lord Apatsahayesvarar (Shiva) / Guru (Jupiter)
The Jupiter (Guru) shrine among the nine Navagraha temples, especially busy during the Guru transit.
Lord Agniswarar (Shiva) / Sukra (Venus)
The Venus (Sukra) shrine among the nine Navagraha temples near Kumbakonam.
Lord Naganathaswamy (Shiva) / Rahu
The Rahu Navagraha shrine, famed for milk that appears to turn blue during the Rahu Kalam abhishekam.
Lord Naganathaswamy (Shiva) / Ketu
The Ketu Navagraha shrine, the ninth of the Navagraha temples near Kumbakonam.
Goddess Kanaka Durga
A hilltop temple of Goddess Durga on the Indrakeeladri hill overlooking the Krishna river.
Lord Narasimha (Vishnu)
An ancient hill temple of Varaha-Narasimha near Visakhapatnam, whose deity is kept covered in sandal paste.
Lord Satyanarayana (Vishnu)
A famous temple on Ratnagiri hill where the Satyanarayana Vratam is performed by countless devotees.
Lord Shiva (Uma Maheshwara)
A cave-set Shiva temple in Kurnool district known for its growing Nandi statue and natural springs.
Lord Shiva (Mahanandiswara)
One of the Nava Nandis, a Shiva temple fed by perennial natural spring-water pushkarinis.
Lord Veerabhadra (Shiva)
A Vijayanagara-era temple famed for its hanging pillar, murals and the giant monolithic Nandi nearby.
Lord Ganesha (Varasiddhi Vinayaka)
A self-manifested Ganesha temple in Chittoor district whose idol is said to be growing in size.
Lord Kurma (Vishnu)
A rare temple dedicated to the Kurma (tortoise) avatar of Vishnu, near Srikakulam.
Lord Venkateswara (Vishnu)
Known as 'Chinna Tirupati', a Venkateswara hill temple in West Godavari district.
Goddess Padmavathi (Lakshmi)
The temple of Goddess Padmavathi, consort of Lord Venkateswara, near Tirupati.
Lord Narasimha (Vishnu)
A major Narasimha hill temple near Hyderabad, recently rebuilt in grand Kakatiya style as Yadadri.
Lord Rama
A celebrated Rama temple on the Godavari, the heart of Telangana's Sri Rama Navami celebrations.
Lord Shiva, Vishnu & Surya
A Kakatiya-era trikuta temple famed for its star-shaped platform and finely carved pillars.
Goddess Bhadrakali
An ancient hilltop temple of the fierce Goddess Bhadrakali beside a scenic lake in Warangal.
Lord Shiva (Raja Rajeshwara)
A revered Shiva temple in Telangana known as Dakshina Kashi, with the Kodandapani worship tradition.
Lord Balaji (Vishnu)
The 'Visa Balaji' temple near Hyderabad, famed for accepting no money and the 108-pradakshina vow.
Lord Jagannath
A modern Kalinga-style Jagannath temple in Banjara Hills built by the Odia community.
Lord Krishna
The Krishna temple founded by Madhvacharya, where the deity is viewed through the silver Navagraha Kindi window.
Lord Shiva (Manjunatha)
A unique temple administered by a Jain family where Shiva is worshipped, famed for its charity and free meals.
Lord Subramanya (Murugan)
A major serpent-deity temple in the Western Ghats, foremost for Sarpa Samskara (serpent dosha) remedies.
Lord Shiva
A coastal Shiva temple famed for the world's second-tallest Shiva statue overlooking the Arabian Sea.
Goddess Chamundeshwari
The Goddess temple atop Chamundi Hill above Mysuru, presiding deity of the Wadiyar royal family.
Goddess Annapoorneshwari
A temple of the food-goddess Annapoorneshwari in the Chikkamagaluru ghats, known for its free meals.
Goddess Sharada (Saraswati)
The Goddess Sharada temple at the Sringeri Sharada Peetham founded by Adi Shankaracharya.
Lord Shiva (Srikanteshwara)
A large Shiva temple on the Kabini river near Mysuru, known as Dakshina Kashi.
Goddess Banashankari
An ancient Goddess temple near Badami with a stepped temple-tank (Haridra Tirtha).
Lord Ganesha
A popular Ganapati temple in Uttara Kannada district near the coast.
Goddess Durga Parameshwari
A Goddess temple on an island in the Nandini river near Mangaluru.
Lord Murugan (Dhandayuthapani)
One of the six Aaru Padai Veedu abodes of Murugan, a hill temple whose idol is made of the Navapashana herb.
Lord Murugan
A seashore Aaru Padai Veedu abode of Murugan on the Bay of Bengal coast.
Lord Murugan (Swaminatha)
An Aaru Padai Veedu abode where Murugan is said to have taught the meaning of Om to Shiva.
Lord Murugan
A rock-cut Aaru Padai Veedu abode near Madurai marking Murugan's marriage to Deivanai.
Lord Murugan
A forest-hill Aaru Padai Veedu abode of Murugan near Madurai.
Lord Murugan
An Aaru Padai Veedu hill abode of Murugan, a very popular pilgrimage near Chennai.
Lord Shiva (Brihadeeswarar)
The Chola-era 'Big Temple', a UNESCO World Heritage granite Shiva temple with a towering vimana.
Lord Shiva (Nataraja)
The Akasha (space/ether) Pancha Bhoota Sthalam, home of the cosmic dancer Nataraja and the Chidambara Rahasya.
Lord Shiva (Arunachaleswarar)
The Agni (fire) Pancha Bhoota Sthalam, famed for the Karthigai Deepam beacon on Arunachala hill.
Lord Shiva (Ekambareswarar)
The Prithvi (earth) Pancha Bhoota Sthalam at Kanchipuram, with an ancient mango-tree sthala vriksham.
Lord Shiva (Jambukeswarar)
The Appu (water) Pancha Bhoota Sthalam, where the lingam sits in an ever-flowing underground spring.
Lord Shiva (Kapaleeshwarar)
A Dravidian Shiva temple at Mylapore, Chennai, famed for its towering gopuram and Arupathimoovar festival.
Goddess Kamakshi
A principal Shakti temple of Goddess Kamakshi at Kanchipuram, associated with Adi Shankara's Sri Chakra.
Lord Vishnu (Varadaraja)
A Divya Desam of Vishnu at Kanchipuram, one of the three great temples of the temple-city.
Goddess Kali
An ancient Kali temple at the edge of Chidambaram associated with the dance contest legend.
Goddess Mariamman
A hugely popular Mariamman temple near Tiruchirappalli, known for its annual flower-pot festival.
Lord Murugan
A hill temple of Murugan on the Western Ghats overlooking Coimbatore.
Lord Shiva (Nellaiappar)
A twin Shiva-Parvati temple famed for its musical pillars and connecting chain-hall.
Trimurti (Brahma-Vishnu-Shiva)
A temple near Kanyakumari worshipping the Trimurti together, with famed musical pillars.
Goddess Kanya Kumari (Devi)
The seashore Goddess temple at the southern tip of India where three seas meet.
Goddess Andal & Vishnu
A Divya Desam and birthplace of the poet-saint Andal, whose gopuram features on the Tamil Nadu emblem.
Lord Vishnu
A Divya Desam linked to the life of Ramanujacharya, near Sivaganga.
Goddess Bhagavathy (Rajarajeswari)
A famed Goddess temple near Kochi, renowned for rituals believed to cure mental afflictions.
Goddess Bhagavathy (Attukal Amma)
The 'Sabarimala of Women', site of the Attukal Pongala that gathers millions of women devotees.
Lord Shiva (Mahadeva)
An ancient Shiva temple in Kottayam district famed for its murals and the golden Ezharaponnana elephants.
Lord Shiva (Mahadeva)
A major Shiva temple in Kottayam district, part of a one-day Shiva pilgrimage with Ettumanoor and Kaduthuruthy.
Goddess Bhadrakali
An ancient Bhadrakali temple in Thrissur district, centre of the Bharani festival.
Lord Vishnu (Santhanagopalamurthy)
A revered Vishnu temple near Kochi, the family deity of the Cochin royal house.
Lord Ganesha
A popular Ganapati temple in Thiruvananthapuram known for coconut-breaking offerings.
Lord Nagaraja (serpent deity)
A famous serpent-god temple in a sacred grove, traditionally with a priestess; sought for serpent-dosha remedies.
Lord Krishna (Parthasarathy)
A Divya Desam on the Pamba river famed for the Aranmula snake-boat race and metal mirrors.
Lord Vishnu
A forest Vishnu temple in Wayanad amid hills, a noted site for ancestral (pind) rites at Papanasini stream.
Lord Vitthal (Krishna)
The great Vitthal temple on the Chandrabhaga river, destination of the Pandharpur Wari pilgrimage.
Goddess Tulja Bhavani
A principal Shakti Peeth of Maharashtra, the family deity (kuldevi) of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
Goddess Saptashrungi
A hill Shakti Peeth on the seven-peaked Saptashrungi range near Nashik.
Goddess Mahalakshmi
A seaside Goddess temple in Mumbai dedicated to Mahalakshmi, Mahakali and Mahasaraswati.
Goddess Mumbadevi
The patron-goddess temple from which the city of Mumbai takes its name.
Lord Ganesha (Mayureshwar)
The first of the eight Ashtavinayak Ganesha shrines, near Pune.
Lord Ganesha (Chintamani)
An Ashtavinayak Ganesha shrine near Pune, believed to bring peace of mind.
Lord Ganesha (Siddhivinayak)
The only Ashtavinayak shrine across the Bhima river in Ahmednagar district.
Lord Ganesha (Mahaganapati)
An Ashtavinayak shrine where Shiva is said to have worshipped Ganesha before slaying Tripurasura.
Lord Ganesha (Vighnahar)
An Ashtavinayak shrine on the Kukadi river, the remover of obstacles.
Lord Ganesha (Girijatmaj)
The only Ashtavinayak shrine set inside a hill cave, near Junnar.
Lord Ganesha (Varadvinayak)
An Ashtavinayak shrine in the Konkan where an oil lamp is said to burn perpetually.
Lord Ganesha (Ballaleshwar)
The only Ashtavinayak shrine named after a devotee (Ballal), in the Konkan.
Lord Ganesha
Pune's most famous and richly adorned Ganesha temple, a focal point of the city's Ganeshotsav.
Lord Shiva (Vaijnath)
A revered Shiva temple in Beed district, counted by some traditions among the Jyotirlinga sites.
Lord Shiva (Nagnath)
An ancient Shiva temple in Hingoli district, regarded in some traditions as a Jyotirlinga (Nagnath).
Lord Khandoba (Shiva/Martand Bhairav)
The golden-turmeric hill temple of Khandoba near Pune, famed for showers of bhandara (turmeric).
Goddess Amba (Shakti)
A major Shakti Peeth on the Gujarat-Rajasthan border where a yantra, not an idol, is worshipped.
Goddess Mahakali
A hill Shakti Peeth atop Pavagadh near the UNESCO site of Champaner.
Goddess Bahuchara Mata
A Shakti Peeth in Mehsana district revered as one of the three principal Goddess temples of Gujarat.
Lord Swaminarayan
A grand Swaminarayan temple-complex in Gujarat's capital with exhibitions and gardens.
Lord Krishna (Ranchhodrai)
A famous Krishna temple in Kheda district drawing huge crowds on Purnima days.
Lord Vishnu (Shamlaji)
An ancient Vishnu temple on the Meshwo river, a popular tribal-and-pilgrim fair site.
Lord Krishna
The spot near Somnath where Lord Krishna is believed to have departed his mortal form.
Lord Surya (Sun)
An 11th-century Solanki-era Sun temple with a stepwell tank, a renowned heritage monument.
Goddess Rukmini
The temple of Rukmini, consort of Krishna, set apart from the main Dwarkadhish temple.
Lord Dattatreya
A shrine atop the Girnar hills reached by thousands of steps, sacred to Dattatreya.
Lord Brahma
One of the very few temples in the world dedicated to Lord Brahma, beside the holy Pushkar lake.
Goddess Karni Mata
The famous 'rat temple' near Bikaner, where thousands of sacred kabas (rats) are worshipped.
Lord Shiva (Eklingji)
The ruling deity of the Mewar royal house, a four-faced Shiva temple near Udaipur.
Lord Krishna (Shrinathji)
The principal Pushtimarg haveli of Shrinathji, a child-form of Krishna, a major Vaishnava centre.
Lord Krishna (Govind Dev)
The royal temple of Jaipur where the deity of Govind Dev Ji is shown in seven daily jhanki darshans.
Lord Hanuman & natural springs
A pilgrimage complex of springs and shrines in a gorge near Jaipur, popularly called the Monkey Temple.
Rani Sati (Dadiji)
A large temple in Shekhawati dedicated to Rani Sati, revered chiefly by the Marwari community.
Goddess Tanot Mata (Hinglaj form)
A border Goddess temple near Jaisalmer, famed for unexploded shells during the 1965 war and maintained by the BSF.
Lord Krishna (Sanwariya Seth)
A hugely popular Krishna temple near Chittorgarh, regarded as the deity of traders and businesses.
Goddess Kaila Devi
A Goddess temple in Karauli district, kuldevi of many Rajput clans, with a large annual fair.
Lord Krishna (Banke Bihari)
One of Vrindavan's most beloved Krishna temples, where the deity is shown only in brief curtained glimpses.
Lord Krishna & Balaram
The principal ISKCON temple in Vrindavan, founded by Srila Prabhupada near his samadhi.
Lord Krishna & Radha
A grand white-marble temple in Vrindavan depicting the pastimes of Radha-Krishna and Sita-Ram.
Lord Krishna (Dwarkadhish)
A leading Pushtimarg Krishna temple in the heart of Mathura.
Lord Krishna
The temple complex at the believed birthplace of Lord Krishna in Mathura.
Lord Rama (Ram Lalla)
The grand temple at the believed birthplace of Lord Rama, consecrated in 2024 in Ayodhya.
Lord Hanuman
A fort-like hilltop Hanuman temple in Ayodhya, traditionally visited before the Ram temple.
Lord Hanuman
A revered Hanuman temple in Varanasi founded in the tradition of Goswami Tulsidas.
Goddess Vishalakshi
A Shakti Peeth in Varanasi where the Goddess is worshipped as Vishalakshi.
Goddess Vindhyavasini
A major Shakti shrine on the Ganga in Mirzapur district, centre of the Vindhya Parikrama.
Guru Gorakhnath
The principal seat of the Nath sampradaya in Gorakhpur, with a large Makar Sankranti fair.
Lord Shiva (Mankameshwar)
An ancient Shiva temple on the Gomti river in Lucknow.
Goddess Pateshwari Devi
A Shakti Peeth in Balrampur district near the Nepal border.
Goddess Annapurna
The temple of Annapurna, goddess of food, adjacent to Kashi Vishwanath.
Lord Shiva (Neelkanth)
A hill Shiva temple near Rishikesh marking where Shiva drank the poison of the ocean-churning.
Goddess Mansa Devi
A hilltop Goddess temple above Haridwar reached by ropeway, where devotees tie wish-threads.
Goddess Chandi Devi
A Goddess temple on Neel Parvat across the Ganga at Haridwar, one of the city's Siddh Peethas.
Goddess Surkanda Devi
A high-altitude Shakti Peeth between Dhanaulti and Chamba reached by a short trek/ropeway.
Lord Shiva (Tungnath)
The highest Shiva temple in the world among the Panch Kedar, reached by a trek from Chopta.
Lord Shiva (Madhyamaheshwar)
A Panch Kedar Shiva temple where the navel of Shiva is worshipped, in the Garhwal Himalayas.
Lord Shiva (Rudranath)
A Panch Kedar shrine where the face (mukh) of Shiva is worshipped, reached by a challenging trek.
Lord Shiva (Kalpeshwar)
The only Panch Kedar temple open all year, where the matted locks (jata) of Shiva are worshipped.
Hanuman / Neem Karoli Baba
The Himalayan ashram of Neem Karoli Baba near Nainital, a Hanuman-centred site of global renown.
Goddess Purnagiri
A hill Shakti Peeth near the Nepal border, drawing large numbers during Chaitra Navratri.
Lord Shiva (Vaidyanath)
A 13th-century Nagara-style Shiva temple in the Kangra valley dedicated to Shiva the healer.
Lord Hanuman
A hilltop Hanuman temple at Shimla's highest point, marked by a giant Hanuman statue.
Lord Shiva (Bijli Mahadev)
A hill Shiva temple near Kullu whose tall staff is believed to attract periodic lightning onto the lingam.
Goddess Hidimba
A distinctive wooden cave-temple of Hidimba in cedar forest at Manali.
Goddess Bhimakali
A Shakti Peeth in Shimla district with striking Himachali tower architecture.
Goddess Brajeshwari
A Shakti Peeth at Kangra, once renowned for its great wealth.
Baba Balak Nath
A cave shrine of Baba Balak Nath in Hamirpur district, especially thronged on Sundays.
Goddess Durga
A silver-doored temple in Amritsar built on the model of the Golden Temple, dedicated to Durga and Lakshmi-Narayan.
Goddess Tripurmalini
An ancient Shakti Peeth around a sacred tank in Jalandhar.
Goddess Sheetla Mata
A popular Goddess temple in Gurugram drawing huge crowds, especially during its annual fair.
Lord Shiva (Sthaneshwar)
An ancient Shiva temple at Kurukshetra associated with the Mahabharata, beside the Sthaneshwar tank.
Lord Rama
A large temple complex in Jammu dedicated to Lord Rama, built by the Dogra rulers.
Lord Shiva
A hilltop Shiva temple above Srinagar offering panoramic views of the Dal lake and valley.
Goddess Ragnya Devi (Kheer Bhawani)
A revered Kashmiri Pandit Goddess temple set around a spring whose water is said to change colour.
Lord Shiva (ice lingam)
A high Himalayan cave where a naturally forming ice lingam is worshipped during the seasonal Amarnath Yatra.
Lord Shiva
The largest of the Khajuraho group, a Chandela-era Shiva temple and UNESCO World Heritage monument.
Goddess Sharda
A hilltop Shakti Peeth at Maihar reached by over a thousand steps or a ropeway.
Goddess Bagalamukhi & Dhumavati
A renowned tantric shrine of Goddess Bagalamukhi at Datia, sought for protection and victory.
Lord Kal Bhairav
An Ujjain temple of Kal Bhairav famed for the deity accepting offerings of liquor.
Goddess Harsiddhi
A Shakti Peeth at Ujjain noted for its two tall lamp-towers (deepstambhas).
Lord Rama (as king)
The only temple where Rama is worshipped as a king, with a daily guard-of-honour, in a former palace.
Lord Shiva
An unfinished 11th-century temple near Bhopal housing one of India's largest monolithic Shiva lingams.
Goddess Danteshwari
A Shakti Peeth in Bastar, the presiding deity of the former Bastar state and its Dussehra.
Goddess Mahamaya
An ancient Shakti Peeth at Ratanpur, one of Chhattisgarh's most important Goddess temples.
Lord Vishnu (Rajiv Lochan)
A Vishnu temple at the Triveni Sangam of Chhattisgarh, known as the Prayag of the region.
Buddha (Bodhi tree site)
The UNESCO World Heritage temple marking the spot of the Buddha's enlightenment under the Bodhi tree.
Lord Hanuman
One of North India's most-visited Hanuman temples, beside Patna Junction railway station.
Goddess Patneshwari
A Shakti Peeth in Patna from which, by tradition, the city derives its name.
Goddess Mundeshwari & Shiva
A hilltop temple in Kaimur counted among the oldest functioning temples in India.
Lord Shiva (Basukinath)
A revered Shiva temple in Jharkhand, traditionally visited together with Baidyanath Dham.
Goddess Chhinnamasta
A powerful tantric Goddess temple at the confluence of the Damodar and Bhera rivers.
Lord Jagannath
A 17th-century hilltop Jagannath temple in Ranchi with its own Rath Yatra.
Lord Shiva
A hill Shiva temple overlooking Ranchi, also a site of national-flag hoisting.
Goddess Kali (Bhavatarini)
The Kali temple on the Hooghly where Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa served as priest.
Sri Ramakrishna
The headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, blending temple architecture of many faiths.
Goddess Tara
A major tantric Shakti shrine of Goddess Tara in Birbhum, set beside a cremation ground.
Goddess Kankaleshwari (Kali)
A Shakti Peeth near Santiniketan associated with the waist (kankal) of Sati.
Lord Krishna & Chaitanya
The global headquarters of ISKCON at Mayapur, birthplace-region of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
Lord Shiva (Bakreshwar) & Mahishmardini
A Shiva-and-Shakti pilgrimage site in Birbhum known for its cluster of hot springs.
Goddess Kiriteswari
A Shakti Peeth near Murshidabad associated with the crown (kirit) of Sati.
Lord Shiva (Jalpeshwar)
An ancient Shiva temple in North Bengal, focus of a large Shravan-month fair.
Lord Shiva (Harihara)
The towering 11th-century temple of Lingaraja, the grandest of Bhubaneswar's many Kalinga temples.
Lord Surya (Sun)
The UNESCO World Heritage 13th-century Sun temple conceived as the chariot of Surya, on the coast.
Goddess Biraja (Durga)
A major Shakti Peeth at Jajpur, an important ancient centre on the Baitarani river.
Goddess Samaleswari
The presiding Goddess of western Odisha, on the bank of the Mahanadi at Sambalpur.
Goddess Tara Tarini
A hilltop twin-Goddess Shakti Peeth on the Rushikulya river, reached by steps or ropeway.
64 Yoginis
A rare open-air circular temple near Bhubaneswar enshrining the sixty-four Yoginis.
Lord Shiva (Umananda)
A Shiva temple on Peacock Island in the Brahmaputra, reputedly the world's smallest inhabited river island.
Navagraha (nine planets)
A hilltop temple in Guwahati dedicated to the nine planetary deities.
Lord Vishnu (Hayagriva Madhava)
An ancient temple near Guwahati revered by Hindus and some Buddhists alike.
Goddess Tripura Sundari
A Shakti Peeth in Tripura, also called Matabari, with a distinctive tortoise-shaped sanctum.
Lord Shiva (Mahabhairab)
A hilltop Shiva temple at Tezpur enshrining one of the largest lingams in the region.
Lord Shiva (rock carvings)
A hill of colossal ancient rock-cut Shiva carvings and waterfalls in northern Tripura.
Lord Krishna (Govindajee)
The royal Vaishnava temple of Manipur beside the old palace at Imphal.
Multiple Hindu deities
The most prominent Hindu temple in Gangtok, a community shrine in the heart of the city.
Lord Shiva (Manguesh)
One of Goa's largest and most-visited temples, dedicated to a form of Shiva, with a famous lamp-tower.
Goddess Shantadurga
A prominent Goan Goddess temple where Shantadurga mediates between Shiva and Vishnu.
Goddess Mahalasa
A noted Goan temple of Mahalasa, regarded as a feminine form linked to Vishnu/Mohini.
Lord Krishna & Radha
One of the largest ISKCON temples in the world, a landmark Krishna temple on Hare Krishna Hill.
Lord Krishna & Radha
A major ISKCON temple in East of Kailash, New Delhi, with multimedia exhibits on the Gita.
Lord Swaminarayan
A vast Swaminarayan temple-complex on the Yamuna in Delhi, among the largest Hindu temples in the world.
Goddess Katyayani (Durga)
A sprawling marble Goddess temple-complex in south Delhi, very busy during Navratri.
Goddess Durga
A central-Delhi Goddess temple known for its tall Hanuman statue nearby.
Goddess Kalka (Kali)
An ancient Goddess temple in south Delhi near the Lotus Temple, thronged during Navratri.
Lord Vishnu & Goddess Lakshmi
A landmark Vishnu-Lakshmi temple built by the Birlas and inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi.
Lord Hanuman
An ancient self-manifested Hanuman temple in central Delhi with continuous Ram-naam chanting.
Lord Krishna & Radha
A prominent ISKCON temple at Juhu, Mumbai, founded in the time of Srila Prabhupada.
Lord Hanuman
A Chennai temple famed for a 32-foot monolithic Anjaneya (Hanuman) idol.
Lord Shiva (Thyagaraja)
An ancient Shiva temple in north Chennai, one of the Padal Petra Sthalams.
Lord Krishna (Parthasarathy)
A Divya Desam in Chennai's Triplicane dedicated to Krishna as Arjuna's charioteer.
Lord Murugan
A very popular Murugan temple in Chennai, also frequented for wedding ceremonies.
Goddess Karumariamman
A widely visited Amman temple on the outskirts of Chennai.
Lord Ganesha
A seafront Ganesha temple in the French quarter of Puducherry, predating the colonial town.
Lord Shiva
An old Shiva temple in Puducherry town, rebuilt after colonial-era destruction.
Lord Shiva (Thyagaraja)
A vast Shiva temple at Thiruvarur with one of the largest temple chariots in Tamil Nadu.
Lord Shiva
A Chola UNESCO World Heritage Shiva temple built by Rajendra Chola to mark his Ganga campaign.
Lord Shiva (Airavatesvara)
A Chola-era UNESCO World Heritage Shiva temple near Kumbakonam famed for its stone wheels and carvings.
Lord Shiva (Kumbeswarar)
The largest Shiva temple in Kumbakonam, central to the famed Mahamaham festival every 12 years.
Lord Vishnu (Sarangapani)
A major Divya Desam of Vishnu at Kumbakonam with a towering eleven-tiered gopuram.
Lord Vishnu (Oppiliappan)
A Divya Desam near Kumbakonam where offerings are made without salt, by tradition.
Lord Vishnu (Veeraraghava)
A Divya Desam near Chennai noted as a place of healing prayers.
Lord Vishnu
A coastal Divya Desam south of Chennai sought by those seeking marriage.
Lord Vishnu (Kallazhagar)
A Divya Desam in the hills near Madurai, central to the Chithirai festival river-descent.
Lord Vishnu
A Divya Desam near Madurai associated with the Sudarshana Chakra worship.
Lord Vishnu (Vaishnava Nambi)
A Divya Desam at the foot of the Western Ghats in Tirunelveli district.
Lord Vishnu (Vaikuntanathan)
One of the Nava Tirupathi Divya Desams on the Thamirabarani river.
Lord Sankaranarayanan (Hari-Hara)
A temple where Shiva and Vishnu are worshipped in a combined Hari-Hara form, in Tenkasi district.
Goddess Mariamman
A popular Mariamman temple near Thanjavur, established from the Samayapuram tradition.
Goddess Mutharamman
A coastal Amman temple in Thoothukudi district famed for its grand Dussehra festival.
Lord Shiva (Amirthakadeswarar)
A Shiva temple where the legend of Markandeya conquering death is enshrined, popular for 60th/80th-birthday rites.
Lord Shiva
The oldest temple in Kanchipuram, a Pallava-era sandstone Shiva temple of great heritage value.
Lord Vishnu
A Pallava-Chola temple near Kanchipuram famed for inscriptions recording an early electoral system.
Lord Shiva (Vedagiriswarar)
A hill Shiva temple near Mahabalipuram reached by hundreds of steps.
Lord Narasimha (Vishnu)
A cluster of nine Narasimha shrines in the Nallamala hills, a foremost centre of Narasimha worship.
Sri Raghavendra Swamy
The brindavan (samadhi) of the saint Raghavendra Swamy on the Tungabhadra, a major Madhva pilgrimage.
Lord Narasimha (Vishnu)
A forest Narasimha temple in Nellore district set amid a scenic valley and waterfall.
Lord Rama
A grand single-stone-walled Rama temple in Kadapa district, site of a famous Sri Rama Navami Kalyanam.
Lord Shiva (Bhimeswara)
One of the Pancharama Kshetras, a tall ancient Shiva temple in East Godavari.
Lord Shiva (Amareswara)
One of the five Pancharama Kshetras, a Shiva temple on the Krishna at Amaravati.
Lord Shiva (Ramalingeswara)
A Pancharama Kshetra Shiva temple with one of the tallest gopurams in the region.
Lord Shiva (Bhimeswara)
A two-storeyed Pancharama Kshetra Shiva temple near Kakinada.
Goddess Jogulamba
A Shakti Peeth on the Tungabhadra in Telangana, among the Navabrahma temple group.
Lord Shiva (Ramalingeswara)
A hill Shiva temple near Hyderabad believed to have a Rama-installed lingam.
Goddess Saraswati
One of the few Saraswati temples in India, on the Godavari, popular for children's Akshara-abhyasam.
Lord Mallanna (Shiva/Khandoba form)
A hill temple of Mallanna, a folk form of Shiva, drawing large weekend and festival crowds in Telangana.
Lord Shiva (Virupaksha)
The living Shiva temple at the heart of the UNESCO World Heritage ruins of Vijayanagara, Hampi.
Lord Vishnu (Vittala)
The iconic Hampi temple famed for its stone chariot and musical pillars (now non-functional shrine).
Lord Shiva (Manjunatha)
An ancient Kadri Manjunatha Shiva temple at Mangaluru with notable bronze idols.
Lord Vishnu (Cheluvanarayana)
A Sri Vaishnava hill temple associated with Ramanujacharya, famed for the Vairamudi festival.
Lord Shiva (Male Mahadeshwara)
A hill temple of Male Mahadeshwara, a major folk-Shiva pilgrimage in southern Karnataka.
Goddess Yellamma (Renuka)
A hill Goddess temple of Yellamma/Renuka in Belagavi district with a large annual fair.
Lord Shiva (Madhukeshwara)
An ancient Kadamba-era Shiva temple at Banavasi, one of Karnataka's oldest towns.
Lord Krishna (Parthasarathy)
A Krishna temple in Alappuzha famed for its sweet milk-rice offering, Ambalappuzha Paal Payasam.
Lord Shiva (Vadakkunnathan)
An ancient Shiva temple at the heart of Thrissur, around which the famous Thrissur Pooram is held.
Lord Shiva (Rajarajeswara)
A major Shiva temple in Kannur district, one of the oldest in North Kerala.
Sri Muthappan
A Kannur temple of Sri Muthappan, famed for its daily Theyyam ritual performances.
Sri Gajanan Maharaj
The samadhi temple of Sant Gajanan Maharaj in Buldhana district, one of Maharashtra's most-visited shrines.
Sri Swami Samarth
The seat of Swami Samarth of Akkalkot, a revered Dattatreya-tradition saint.
Lord Ganesha (Swayambhu Ganpati)
A seaside swayambhu Ganesha temple on the Konkan coast, a popular coastal pilgrimage.
Lord Shiva (Kalbhairav/Harihareshwar)
A coastal Shiva temple in Raigad district, called the Kashi of the South Konkan.
Goddess Vajreshwari
A Goddess temple near Mumbai set amid hot springs in Thane district.
Goddess Ekvira
A Goddess temple beside the ancient Karla Buddhist caves, kuldevi of the Koli and Agri communities.
Goddess Renuka
A hill Shakti Peeth in Nanded district, one of Maharashtra's three-and-a-half Shakti Peethas.
Goddess Bhadrakali
The patron Goddess temple within Bhadra Fort, from which the fort and area take their name.
Lord Shiva (Lakulish)
An ancient Shiva site in Vadodara district revered as the incarnation place of Lakulisha.
Lord Shiva
A Shiva temple in the Arabian Sea that disappears and reappears with the daily tides.
Lord Shiva (Koteshwar)
A Shiva temple at the westernmost tip of India, near Narayan Sarovar in Kutch.
Goddess Sachiya Mata
A historic hilltop Goddess temple in the Osian temple-town near Jodhpur.
Goddess Jeen Mata
A Shekhawati Goddess temple in Sikar district with large Navratri fairs.
Goddess Shila Devi (Kali)
The royal Kali temple within Amber Fort, kuldevi of the Kachhwaha rulers of Jaipur.
Bhairav & Jain Tirthankara
A famous Jain pilgrimage in Barmer district, also revered for its Bhairav shrine.
Multiple deities (sacred forest)
An ancient sacred forest where the Puranas are said to have been narrated, near Sitapur.
Goddess Shakumbhari
A Shakti Peeth in the Shivalik foothills of Saharanpur district.
Lord Shiva
A row of over a hundred Shiva temples on the Yamuna near Agra, site of a large cattle fair.
Lord Shiva
A Ganga-side pilgrimage town in Hapur district with a large Kartik Purnima fair.
Lord Shiva (Vaidyanath)
A 12th-century Katyuri-era Shiva temple at the confluence of the Gomati and Saryu rivers.
Lord Shiva (Jageshwar/Nagesh)
A cluster of over a hundred ancient stone Shiva temples in a deodar forest near Almora.
Goddess Kasar Devi
A hilltop Goddess temple near Almora known for its unusual geomagnetic field and Himalayan views.
Goddess Dhari Devi (Kali)
A riverside Goddess temple on the Alaknanda, regarded as the guardian deity of the Char Dham region.
Lord Shiva (Chandrasekhar)
A hill Shiva temple in Dhenkanal district reached by over a thousand steps, called the Kailash of Odisha.
Goddess Bhattarika
A Goddess temple on the bank of the Mahanadi in Cuttack district.
Lord Shiva (Akhandalamani)
A revered Shiva temple on the Baitarani river in Bhadrak district.
Goddess Dewri Mata
A roadside Goddess temple near Ranchi popular with travellers and cricketers alike.
Goddess Adya Ma (Kali)
A Ramakrishna-tradition Kali temple-complex near Dakshineswar.
Goddess Sita
A temple in Sitamarhi district revered as the birthplace of Goddess Sita.
Lord Shiva (Garibnath)
A popular Shiva temple in Muzaffarpur, especially thronged in the Shravan month.
Goddess Bijasan Devi
A hilltop Goddess temple near Bhopal reached by ropeway or steps, busy during Navratri.
Lord Shiva & Goddess Lakshmi-Narayan
A landmark hilltop Birla temple in Bhopal overlooking the lake city.
Lord Vishnu
A pair of intricately carved 11th-century Vishnu temples within Gwalior Fort.
Lord Rama (Kamadnath)
The sacred forested hill at Chitrakoot circumambulated by pilgrims, linked to Rama's exile.
Goddess Bamleshwari
A hilltop Goddess temple in Rajnandgaon district reached by steps or ropeway.
Lord Shiva
An 11th-century Nagara-style Shiva temple in Kabirdham district, called the Khajuraho of Chhattisgarh.
Lord Shiva (Saptakoteshwar)
A Shiva temple reconstructed by Chhatrapati Shivaji, the kuldevta of several Goan families.
Lord Vishnu (Chennakesava) & Shiva
An ancient temple-cluster on the Pinakini river in Kadapa district, called Madhya Ahobilam.
Lord Shiva (Kapileswara)
A Shiva temple at the foot of the Tirumala hills beside a waterfall and sacred tank.
Lord Vishnu (Govindaraja)
A large Divya Desam temple in Tirupati town, with Vishnu in a reclining posture.
Lord Hanuman
A temple with an 18-foot open-air Hanuman idol facing the Narasimha shrine across the road.
Lord Hanuman (Kashtabhanjan)
A famed Swaminarayan-tradition Hanuman temple in Botad district, sought for relief from troubles.
Lord Rama
A hilltop Rama temple near Nagpur, linked by tradition to Rama's forest sojourn and the poet Kalidasa.
Lord Rama
A riverside Rama temple in Thrissur district, part of the Nalambalam four-temple Rama circuit.
Lord Surya (Sun)
A 9th-century Sun temple in the Kumaon hills, the largest of its kind in the region.
Lord Surya (Sun)
An ancient Sun temple at Gaya, a key site for the Chhath festival.
Lord Surya (Sun)
A revered Sun temple in Bihar, the focus of one of the largest Chhath gatherings.
Lord Surya (Sun)
A Sun temple in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district, locally sought for ailments.
Lord Shiva (Marundeeswarar)
A Padal Petra Sthalam Shiva temple in south Chennai associated with healing and the sage Agastya.
Lord Murugan
A noted Murugan temple south of Chennai built around a hill shrine.
Lord Murugan
A hill Murugan temple in Sivaganga district with rock-cut shrines.
Lord Murugan (Singaravelan)
A Murugan temple famed for the Vel-spear (Soolam) festival where the idol is said to sweat.
Lord Shiva (formless)
A unique Shiva temple in Pudukkottai district with no lingam idol, worshipping formless Shiva.
Lord Shiva (Kutralanathar)
A Shiva temple amid the famed Courtallam waterfalls in Tenkasi district.
Lord Shiva (Papanasanathar)
A Shiva temple by the Thamirabarani waterfalls, sought for the washing-away of sins.
Lord Shiva-Parvati (Ardhanarishvara)
A hill temple worshipping the half-male half-female Ardhanarishvara form of Shiva and Parvati.
Lord Shiva (Panchanadeeswarar)
A Shiva temple on the Kaveri, also famed for the annual Thyagaraja Aradhana music festival.
Goddess Durga
A temple near Kumbakonam with a celebrated graceful Durga idol.
Lord Vishnu (Trivikrama)
A Divya Desam at Kanchipuram depicting Vishnu's giant Trivikrama (Vamana) form.
Lord Vishnu
A Divya Desam on a small hill near Chennai with both hill and ground shrines.
Lord Vishnu
A Divya Desam in the Pallava shore-temple town of Mahabalipuram.
Goddess Bhadrakali
A Bhadrakali temple in Pathanamthitta district known for its murals and astrology.
Goddess Bhagavathy
The family-deity temple of the Valluvanad kings in Malappuram district.
Parabrahma (formless)
An unusual Kerala temple with no idol or roof, worshipping the formless Parabrahma.
Lord Shiva
An ancient Shiva temple in Pathanamthitta with notable wooden carvings and a nearby rock-cut cave.
Goddess Chowdeshwari
A Goddess temple beside the Sharavathi backwaters in Shivamogga district.
Lord Subramanya (Murugan) & Narasimha
A serpent-deity Subramanya temple near Bengaluru sought for naga-dosha relief.
Lord Shiva
A temple complex in Kolar district set with hundreds of thousands of small Shiva lingams.
Lord Vishnu (Amaranarayana)
A temple linked to the saint Kaivara Tata, in Chikkaballapur district.
Lord Shiva (Siddhalingeshwara)
The samadhi-temple of the saint Tontada Siddhalingeshwara in Tumakuru district.
Lord Venkateswara (Vishnu)
A white-marble Venkateswara temple on Naubat Pahad hill overlooking Hyderabad.
Lord Shiva (Ramalingeswara)
A Kakatiya-era UNESCO World Heritage Shiva temple famed for its floating-brick tower and carvings.
Lord Hanuman
A popular hill Hanuman temple in Jagtial district sought for the 40-day deeksha.
Lord Shiva (twin lingams)
A temple at the Godavari-Pranahita confluence with two lingams on a single pedestal.
Lord Rama
A black-stone Rama temple in Panchavati, Nashik, linked to Rama's stay during exile.
Lord Shiva
An old lakeside Shiva temple, one of the principal temples of Thane city.
Goddess Mahalaxmi
A forest Goddess temple in Palghar district with a large annual Chaitra fair.
Lord Dattatreya
A Datta-tradition temple on the Krishna river in Sangli district.
Lord Dattatreya
A major Dattatreya pilgrimage at the confluence of the Krishna and Panchganga rivers.
Lord Shiva (Hatkeshwar)
The kuldevta Shiva temple of the Nagar Brahmins, at the historic town of Vadnagar.
Lord Shiva
A 12th-century Solanki Shiva temple at the confluence of the Galti and Mahi rivers.
Goddess Chamunda
A hilltop Chamunda temple on the Rajkot-Ahmedabad highway, climbed by hundreds of steps.
Goddess Khodiyar Mata
A large modern temple of Khodiyar Mata in Rajkot district, kuldevi of the Leuva Patidar community.
Tirthankara Adinath
A marble Jain temple in the Aravallis famed for its 1,444 uniquely carved pillars.
Jain Tirthankaras
A group of exquisitely carved marble Jain temples at Mount Abu, renowned worldwide.
Lord Shiva
A Shiva temple near Mount Abu where a toe of Shiva is worshipped instead of a lingam.
Goddess Kali
A Goddess temple within the historic Chittorgarh Fort, converted from a Sun temple.
Lord Vishnu & Goddess Lakshmi
A modern white-marble Lakshmi-Narayan temple at the foot of Moti Dungri in Jaipur.
Lord Ganesha
A hugely popular Ganesha temple in Jaipur, thronged on Wednesdays and Ganesh Chaturthi.
Goddess Alopi Devi
A Shakti shrine in Prayagraj where a wooden cradle (doli), not an idol, is worshipped.
Lord Hanuman (reclining)
A temple at the Sangam in Prayagraj with a large reclining Hanuman idol that partly submerges in the Ganga floods.
Lord Shiva
An ancient swayambhu Shiva temple and Nath-tradition seat in Ghaziabad.
Lord Krishna (Radha Raman)
A self-manifested Krishna temple in Vrindavan founded by Gopala Bhatta Goswami.
Lord Shiva
A cave Shiva temple in Dehradun where water drips naturally onto the lingam.
Goddess Chamunda
A fierce-Goddess temple on the Baner river in Kangra district.
Goddess Tara Devi
A hilltop Goddess temple on the outskirts of Shimla amid deodar forest.
Guru Granth Sahib (Sikh shrine)
One of the five Takhts of Sikhism, birthplace of the Khalsa, host of the Hola Mohalla festival.
Guru Granth Sahib (Sikh shrine)
A historic Sikh shrine commemorating the younger Sahibzadas of Guru Gobind Singh.
Lord Krishna (Gita discourse)
The site at Kurukshetra where Krishna is believed to have delivered the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna.
Goddess Yogmaya
An ancient Goddess temple at Mehrauli, one of the few surviving pre-Sultanate temples of Delhi.
Lord Shiva
A historic Shiva temple in Old Delhi's Chandni Chowk with an ancient brown lingam.
Lord Shiva
A 10th-century gem of Kalinga architecture famed for its carved stone gateway (torana).
Lord Shiva (non-worshipped)
A sculpturally celebrated 11th-century Kalinga temple of reddish-gold sandstone in Bhubaneswar.
Lord Shiva (Lokanath)
An ancient Shiva temple in Puri where the lingam stays submerged in water for much of the year.
Lord Krishna (Sakshigopal)
A Krishna temple between Puri and Bhubaneswar built around the 'witness Gopal' legend.
Goddess Kichakeswari
An ornate stone Goddess temple in Mayurbhanj, the tutelary deity of the former Mayurbhanj rulers.
Lord Krishna (Madan Mohan)
A famed terracotta Krishna temple of the Malla kings at Bishnupur.
Lord Jagannath
Home of one of India's oldest Rath Yatras, at Mahesh near Serampore.
Goddess Nalateswari (Kali)
A Shakti Peeth in Birbhum associated with the throat of Sati.
Goddess Mangala Gauri
A hilltop Shakti Peeth at Gaya, one of the eighteen Maha Shakti Peethas by some traditions.
Lord Shiva
A rock Shiva temple on the Ganga, start-point of the kanwar walk to Baidyanath Dham.
Lord Hari-Hara (Vishnu-Shiva)
A Hari-Hara temple at Sonpur, associated with the Gajendra Moksha legend and the great cattle fair.
Various deities (Mauliksha etc.)
A village in Dumka with dozens of historic terracotta temples, including Mauliksha Devi.
Goddess Narmada
The temple at the source of the Narmada river atop the Maikal hills, a major pilgrimage.
64 Yoginis
A circular 64-Yogini hill temple in Morena said to have inspired the Indian Parliament's design.
Lord Shiva
A natural cave Shiva shrine amid the Satpura hills of Pachmarhi.
Lord Krishna (boyhood study)
The traditional ashram where Krishna and Sudama studied under sage Sandipani.
Goddess Ratangarh Mata
A forest Goddess temple in Datia district with a vast Diwali-time tribal fair.
Lord Shiva & Vallabhacharya birthplace
A pilgrimage town near Raipur revered as the birthplace of saint Vallabhacharya.
Lord Shiva (Trikoteswara)
A three-peaked hill Shiva temple in Andhra famed for the Maha Shivaratri Prabhala procession.
Lord Narasimha (Panakala)
A hill Narasimha temple near Vijayawada where the deity accepts only jaggery-water (panakam) offerings.
Goddess Bhuvaneswari
A Goddess temple on Nilachal Hill near Kamakhya, with sweeping views of the Brahmaputra.
Lord Krishna (Govinda)
A riverside Krishna temple at the foot of Chandrabharati hill, known for its Doul (Holi) festival.
Lord Shiva
An Ahom-era Shiva temple (doul) in Golaghat district of Assam.
Lord Jagannath
An octagonal orange-hued Jagannath temple near the Ujjayanta Palace in Agartala.
Goddess Durga
A Shakti Peeth in the Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya, the only one in the state.
Ancient ruins / local deities
The medieval Kachari kingdom ruins at Dimapur, an important regional heritage and ritual site.
Goddess Durga (Malini)
The ruins of an ancient Goddess temple in Arunachal Pradesh linked to the Krishna-Rukmini legend.
Lord Parshuram
A holy kund on the Lohit river where pilgrims bathe on Makar Sankranti, linked to sage Parashurama.
Lord Shiva (Vedaranyeswarar)
A coastal Padal Petra Sthalam Shiva temple in Nagapattinam district near Point Calimere.
Lord Shiva (Mahalingaswamy)
A central Shiva temple of the Kaveri delta, regarded as the centre of seven sacred Shiva sites.
Goddess Masani Amman
A Goddess temple near Pollachi with a unique reclining idol of the deity.
Lord Ganesha
A Ganesha temple atop the Rockfort in Trichy, reached by a steep climb with city views.
Lord Ganesha (Karpaga Vinayagar)
A rock-cut cave Ganesha temple in Sivaganga district with an ancient six-foot relief idol.
Goddess Bhagavathy
A Goddess temple, the family deity of the former Zamorin rulers of Kozhikode.
Lord Vishnu (Nava Mukunda)
A Divya Desam on the Bharathappuzha, an important site for ancestral (bali) rites.
Goddess Bhagavathy (Parvati)
A Goddess temple in Malappuram with no idol, famed for the Poomoodal offering of flowers.
Lord Vishnu (Vamana)
The principal Vamana temple of Kerala, central to the Onam festival's mythology of King Mahabali.
Lord Ganesha
A hill Ganesha temple in Udupi district, one of the seven Mukti Sthalas of coastal Karnataka.
Nandi (Bull of Shiva)
A Bengaluru temple housing one of the largest monolithic Nandi (bull) idols in the world.
Lord Shiva
A cave Shiva temple in Bengaluru where sunlight strikes the lingam on Makar Sankranti.
Goddess Nimishamba
A riverside Goddess temple near Mysuru believed to fulfil wishes within a minute (nimisha).
Lord Shiva
A seaside Shiva temple on the Konkan coast called the Kashi of South Konkan.
Goddess Amba
The presiding Goddess temple of Amravati, from which the city's name is derived.
Goddess Mahalaxmi Jagdamba
A popular Goddess temple near Nagpur, recently expanded into a grand complex.
Lord Swaminarayan
A major Swaminarayan temple in Kheda district, one of the original temples built by Swaminarayan.
Lord Swaminarayan
A principal Swaminarayan temple where Swaminarayan spent much of his later life.
Lord Ganesha (Trinetra)
A three-eyed Ganesha temple within Ranthambore Fort, famed for receiving wedding-invitation letters by post.
Goddess Chamunda
The kuldevi Chamunda temple within Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur.
Lord Kal Bhairav
The Kotwal (guardian) of Kashi, a much-revered Bhairav temple in Varanasi.
Goddess Durga
A red-hued Durga temple beside a sacred tank in Varanasi, popular during Navratri.
Lord Rama
A modern marble temple in Varanasi where verses of the Ramcharitmanas are inscribed on the walls.
Golu Devta
A Kumaoni 'court of justice' deity temple near Almora where devotees submit petitions on paper and bells.
Lord Shiva (Manimahesh)
A high-altitude glacial lake and Shiva abode in Chamba, site of the annual Manimahesh Yatra.
Goddess Hateshwari (Mahishasurmardini)
An ancient stone Goddess temple in the Pabbar valley of Shimla district.
Lord Rama / Sage Valmiki
A temple near Amritsar revered as the ashram of sage Valmiki and birthplace of Lava and Kusha.
Goddess Durga (Thawewali)
A revered Durga temple in Gopalganj district of Bihar with a popular legend of the devotee Rahsu.
Goddess Bhadrakali
A temple-complex in Chatra district sacred to Hindus, Buddhists and Jains alike.
Lord Jagannath
Host of the 'Dwitiya Srikshetra' Rath Yatra in Mayurbhanj, famous for its women-pulled chariot.
Lord Shiva
A limestone cave Shiva temple in the forests of Koraput district.
Lord Shiva (108 temples)
A unique concentric ring of 108 Shiva temples built by the Burdwan royal family.
Lord Shiva
The only living temple of the Khajuraho group still in worship, with a tall polished lingam.
Lord Shiva (Gandheswar)
A Shiva temple at the ancient Buddhist-Hindu heritage site of Sirpur on the Mahanadi.
Goddess Rajarajeshwari
A Goddess temple near Mangaluru known for its tall clay idol and football tradition.
Lord Narasimha (Vishnu)
A coastal Narasimha temple where the Godavari meets the Bay of Bengal.
Lord Shiva (Nagesh)
A historic Goan Shiva temple with notable wooden carvings of the Ramayana and a lamp-tower.
Lord Shiva (Damodar)
A riverside Shiva temple in South Goa, focus of the Gulalotsav (Holi) celebrations.
Lord Krishna (Govinda)
A historic Vaishnava temple in Imphal associated with the Manipuri royal family.
Lord Shiva (Billeswar)
A Shiva temple in Nalbari district of Assam, a noted Shivaratri site.
Lord Murugan
A prominent Murugan temple in Port Blair serving the Tamil community of the Andaman Islands.
Lord Hanuman (five-faced)
A temple of the five-faced (Panchamukha) Hanuman near Kumbakonam.
Lord Surya (Sun)
One of the oldest Sun temples in India, near Srikakulam, where sun-rays touch the deity on certain days.
Lord Vishnu (Charbhuja)
A four-armed Vishnu temple in Rajsamand district, one of the four Dhams of Mewar.
Lord Rama & Sita
A richly adorned temple in Ayodhya, believed by tradition to have been a palace gifted to Sita.
Goddess Lalita
A Shakti Peeth in Prayagraj counted among the principal Goddess shrines of the Sangam region.
Lord Krishna & Radha
A modern marble Radhakrishna temple in Kanpur built by the JK group.
Sage Shukadeva / Vishnu
A pilgrimage site on the Ganga in Muzaffarnagar linked to the recitation of the Bhagavata Purana.
Lord Balaram (Dauji)
A temple of Balaram, elder brother of Krishna, in the Braj region near Mathura.
Goddess Radha
The hilltop temple of Radha Rani at Barsana, famous for its Lathmar Holi.
Lord Krishna (Govardhan)
A key temple on the Govardhan Parikrama route in the Braj region.
Lord Vishnu
The oldest temple of Rishikesh, dedicated to Vishnu, traditionally consecrated by Adi Shankaracharya.
Lord Krishna / Nagraja
A high-altitude serpent-deity temple in Tehri Garhwal linked to Krishna worship.
Lord Shiva
A long natural cave shrine near Katra with a self-formed Shiva lingam, a popular Jammu pilgrimage.
Lord Shiva
A Shiva temple near Patnitop enshrining a damaged trident said to date to mythic times.
Lord Surya (Sun)
The ruins of an 8th-century Karkota-era Sun temple on a Kashmir plateau, a major heritage monument.
Goddess Kalika
A Goddess temple in Ujjain traditionally worshipped by the poet Kalidasa.
Lord Ganesha
Indore's most-visited Ganesha temple, built in the time of the Holkar queen Ahilyabai.
Lord Shiva
A Shiva temple amid the riverside ghats of Maheshwar, the Holkar capital on the Narmada.
Lord Jyotiba (Kedareshwar)
A hill temple near Kolhapur of the folk-Shiva deity Jyotiba, drowned in pink gulal at its fairs.
Sant Tukaram / Vitthal
The birthplace shrine of the Varkari saint-poet Tukaram, near Pune.
Sant Dnyaneshwar / Vitthal
The samadhi shrine of saint Dnyaneshwar at Alandi, start-point of the Pandharpur Wari palkhi.
Tirthankara Neminath
A major Jain pilgrimage of marble temples atop the Girnar hills, sacred to Tirthankara Neminath.
Tirthankara Adinath
A holy hill of hundreds of Jain temples at Shatrunjaya, among the most sacred Jain pilgrimages.
Goddess Savitri
A hilltop temple of Goddess Savitri overlooking Pushkar, reached by steps or ropeway.
Sage Kapila
A lakeside temple in Bikaner district dedicated to sage Kapila, with a large Kartik Purnima fair.
Lord Vishnu
A coastal Vishnu temple near Kollam, a site for ancestral offerings.
Goddess Ashtalakshmi
A seaside temple in Chennai dedicated to the eight forms of Goddess Lakshmi.
Lord Varaha (Vishnu)
A Varaha (boar-avatar) temple in Cuddalore district, one of the Swayamvyakta Vishnu kshetras.
Lord Venkateswara (Vishnu)
A hilltop Venkateswara temple-complex on Paramananda Giri near Hyderabad.
Goddesses Sammakka & Saralamma
A tribal Goddess shrine host to the Medaram Jatara, one of the largest tribal gatherings in the world.
Lord Shiva & Goddess Puruhutika
A temple at Pithapuram that is both a Shakti Peeth (Puruhutika) and a Pada Gaya kshetra.
Lord Vishnu (Venkatachalapathy)
A Nayaka-era Vishnu temple in Tirunelveli district famed for its life-size sculptural pillars.
Goddess Vadivudai Amman
The Goddess shrine paired with the Thyagaraja temple at Thiruvotriyur, north Chennai.
Lord Narasimha & Hanuman
A twin-hill temple near Vellore with Narasimha on one hill and a famed Hanuman (Anjaneya) on the other.
Lord Vishnu
An ancient rock-hill Divya Desam near Srirangam, older than the Srirangam temple by tradition.
Lord Shiva (Sattanathar)
A three-tiered Shiva temple at Sirkazhi, birthplace of the saint Thirugnana Sambandar.
Lord Ranganatha (Vishnu)
A major Vishnu temple on the Pennar river at Nellore, famed for its Rotella Panduga fair.
Lord Vishnu (Andhra Maha Vishnu)
An ancient Vishnu temple on the Krishna river, associated with the origins of the name Andhra.
Goddess Padmakshi
A hill Goddess temple in Warangal with a Kakatiya-era Jain-influenced pillar (Annakonda).
Lord Vishnu (Chennakeshava)
A masterpiece Hoysala Vishnu temple at Belur famed for its bracket figures and carvings.
Lord Shiva (Hoysaleswara)
A twin-shrine Hoysala Shiva temple at Halebidu, celebrated for its dense soapstone sculpture.
Lord Vishnu (Keshava)
A star-shaped Hoysala Vishnu temple near Mysuru, a UNESCO World Heritage monument.
Bhagwan Bahubali (Gomateshwara)
A Jain pilgrimage with a 57-foot monolithic Bahubali statue, anointed in the Mahamastakabhisheka.
Lord Ganesha
An Indore temple housing one of the tallest Ganesha idols in India, about 25 feet high.