Sacred Places
217 places found
HinduismMahabaleshwar Temple
Gokarna · India · temple
An ancient Shaiva Temple on Gokarna's Arabian Sea shore in Karnataka, enshrining the Atmalinga of Lord Shiva within a granite sanctum of classical Dravidian design.
HinduismMahabhairav Temple
Tezpur · India · temple
A hilltop Shaiva sanctuary in northern Tezpur, Assam, enshrining Lord Mahabhairav, a fierce form of Lord Shiva, upon a lingam that devotees hold to be a living stone.
HinduismMahadeva Temple, Itagi
Itagi · India · temple
A twelfth-century Lord Shiva Temple in the village of Itagi in Karnataka's Koppal district, raised by a Western Chalukya military commander and honoured in its own foundation inscription as the Emperor among Temples.
HinduismMahadev Temple, Tambdi Surla
Tambdi Surla · India · temple
A living thirteenth-century Shaiva sanctuary in a forest clearing at the foot of the Western Ghats, the sole surviving example of Kadamba-era basalt Temple architecture in Goa.
HinduismMahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga
· India · temple
Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga, set beside the sacred Śiprā river in ancient Ujjain, enshrines Lord Śiva as Mahākāla, sovereign of time, and is counted among the twelve holiest Jyotirliṅga pilgrimage sites across India.
HinduismMahalakshmi Temple, Mumbai
Mumbai · India · temple
A cherished seaside shrine to Maa Mahalakshmi on Mumbai's Breach Candy shoreline, raised in 1831 by the merchant Dhakji Dadaji and now one of the city's most visited Temples.
HinduismMahishasuramardini Mandapa
Mahabalipuram · India · temple
A late seventh-century Pallava rock-cut cave shrine on the hill above Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, carved with three of the era's most celebrated reliefs: Maa Durga triumphant over the buffalo demon, Lord Vishnu reclining on the cosmic serpent, and Lord Shiva enthroned with Maa Parvati and their son.
HinduismMalinithan
Likabali · India · temple
A ruined early-medieval Temple crowning a twenty-one-metre hillock above the Brahmaputra plains near Likabali in Arunachal Pradesh, its carved stone plinth and granite sculpture among the richest archaeological finds in the state.
HinduismMallikarjuna Temple
· India · temple
Perched amid the forested hills of Srisailam in Andhra Pradesh, this ancient Hindu shrine enshrines Lord Śiva as Mallikārjuna, one of the twelve sacred Jyotirliṅgas, and also revered as a Śaktipīṭha, making it doubly holy within the Hindu tradition.
HinduismManakula Vinayagar Temple
Puducherry · India · temple
A Ganesha Temple of great antiquity in the heart of Puducherry, Manakula Vinayagar Temple honours Lord Ganesha in his form as Manakula Vinayagar, his sacred image facing the rising sun a short walk from the Bay of Bengal.
HinduismMangueshi Temple
Priol · India · temple
Set among the laterite hills of Priol in Goa's Ponda taluka, Shri Manguesh Temple enshrines Lord Shiva as Manguesh, the kuladevata of the Goud Saraswat Brahmin community, and stands among the most visited Hindu shrines in the state.
HinduismMartand Sun Temple
Mattan · India · temple
On a high plateau above Mattan in Kashmir's Anantnag district, the Martand Sun Temple stands in ruin as one of the most sublime remnants of ancient Kashmiri devotion, raised in the eighth century to honour Surya, the sun, under his Sanskrit name Martanda.