Sacred Places
217 places found
HinduismShri Lingaraja Temple
Bhubaneswar · India · temple
The crown of Ekamra Kshetra, where a 55 metre Kalinga deul rises over some 150 shrines and the svayambhu linga is worshipped as Harihara, Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu in one stone, offered bel leaves and tulasi together.
HinduismShrimant Dagadusheth Halwai Ganapati Temple
Pune · India · temple
Pune's beloved Navsacha Ganpati, installed in 1893 by the sweet-maker Dagadusheth Halwai as one of the first murtis of Lokmanya Tilak's public Ganeshotsav, worshipped today in an open hall where Bappa is visible from the street itself.
HinduismShri Nageshwar Jyotirlinga
near Dwarka (Devbhumi Dwarka district) · India · temple
One of the Twelve Jyotirlingas, the stotra's Nagesham Darukavane: a swayambhu linga of Dwarka Shila stone worshipped in an underground sanctum on the Dwarka coast, beneath a 25 metre seated Lord Shiva.
HinduismShri Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga
Omkareshwar (Khandwa district) · India · temple
One of the Twelve Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva, standing on Mandhata island in the Narmada, whose natural form traces the syllable Om. Its twin shrine Mamleshwar faces it from the south bank, and each night a chaupar board is laid before the Lord after the Shayan Aarti.
HinduismShri Sai Baba Temple, Shirdi
· · temple
A widely visited Hindu Temple complex in Shirdi, Ahilyanagar district, Maharashtra, built around the samadhi shrine of the nineteenth century saint Sai Baba, drawing millions of devotees from India and abroad each year.
HinduismShri Shanaishwar Devasthan, Shani Shingnapur
Shingnapur (Ahilyanagar district) · India · temple
The swayambhu black slab of Lord Shanidev stands on an open platform with no roof and no walls, in a village whose houses traditionally have no doors, held under his protection.
HinduismShri Trimbakeshwar Jyotirlinga
Trimbak (Nashik district) · India · temple
One of the Twelve Jyotirlingas, where the linga holds three faces worshipped as Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu, and Lord Shiva, at the foot of Brahmagiri hill where the Godavari river is born. Pilgrims bathe at Kushavarta, the tank honoured as Tirtharaj, before darshan in the black basalt Temple raised by the Peshwa.
HinduismShri Virupaksha Temple, Hampi
Hampi (Vijayanagara district) · India · temple
The living heart of ruined Vijayanagara: worship of Lord Shiva as Virupaksha, Lord of Maa Pampa, has continued here unbroken since about the 7th century, beneath a 50 metre gopuram that rises over the old Hampi Bazaar.
HinduismSiddhivinayak Temple, Mumbai
· India · temple
Shri Siddhivinayak Ganapati Mandir, nestled in Mumbai's Prabhadevi quarter, is a beloved Ganesha Temple that draws devotees from across Maharashtra and far beyond, one of the city's most deeply cherished places of Hindu worship.
HinduismSita Samahit Sthal
Sitamarhi · India · temple
A Hindu pilgrimage shrine in Bhadohi district, Uttar Pradesh, honoured as the ground where Maa Sita returned into the earth at the close of the Ramayana, now marked by a towering statue of Lord Hanuman.
HinduismSomnath Temple
· India · temple
Somnath (सोमनाथ), 'Lord of the Moon', stands on the Saurashtra coastline of Gujarat as the foremost among the twelve jyotirlinga shrines of Lord Shiva, a place of unbroken pilgrimage whose very name speaks of luminosity and divine sovereignty.
HinduismSree Vadakkunnathan Temple
Thrissur · India · temple
An ancient Shiva Temple crowning a hillock at the centre of Thrissur, where the presiding lingam lies wholly hidden beneath centuries of poured ghee, and around whose walls the great Thrissur Pooram is held.