Sacred Places
584 places found
SikhismDongbaoxing Road Gurdwara
Shanghai · People's Republic of China · gurdwara
A red brick building in Shanghai's Hongkou District that served as a Sikh gurdwara from 1908 into the early 1970s, now protected as a cultural relic though it has stood deconsecrated, closed to worship, and repurposed as housing and a community clinic for more than fifty years.
IslamDongsi Mosque
Beijing · People's Republic of China · mosque
A historic mosque in Beijing's Dongcheng District serving the city's Hui Muslim community, its Ming dynasty prayer hall still standing as the headquarters of the Islamic Association of Beijing.
BuddhismDragon Palace Temple
Kamptee · India · temple
A Buddhist sanctuary in Kamptee, near Nagpur, raised in 1999 through the friendship of an Indian mayor and a Japanese philanthropist, sheltering a carved sandalwood image of the Buddha beneath a roofline drawn from Japanese Temple design.
HinduismDuladeo Temple
Khajuraho · India · temple
The youngest of Khajuraho's Chandela-era Temples, Duladeo stands in the Southern Group beside the Khodar river, its sanctum holding a linga of Lord Shiva ringed by nine hundred and ninety-nine smaller lingas carved into its own surface.
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HinduismDurga Mandir, Varanasi
Varanasi · India · temple
A red-washed shrine to Maa Durga beside the sacred Durga Kund in Varanasi, raised in the eighteenth century by Rani Bhabani of Natore; devotees hold that Her central image is svayambhu, self-manifested rather than carved by human hand.
HinduismDurgiana Temple
Amritsar · India · temple
Rising from its own sacred lake in Amritsar, Durgiana Mandir is home to Maa Durga, with Maa Lakshmi and Lord Vishnu also enshrined within, its gilded dome and silver doors built in 1921 to echo the neighbouring Golden Temple in devotional homage rather than imitation.
HinduismDwarakadhish Temple
· India · temple
Revered as the Jagat Mandir, this five-storied Vaishnava shrine in Dwarka, Gujarat enshrines Lord Krishna under his title Dwarkadhish, 'Lord of Dvārakā', and stands as one of the four sacred destinations of the Char Dham pilgrimage.
ChristianityEichstätt Cathedral
Eichstätt · Germany · church
The Catholic cathedral of the Diocese of Eichstätt in Bavaria, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, Saint Willibald and the Holy Saviour, its core raised on the site of Saint Willibald's own eighth-century foundation and still holding his tomb.
ChristianityEisenstadt Cathedral
Eisenstadt · Austria · church
The Roman Catholic cathedral of the Diocese of Eisenstadt in Burgenland, Austria, the Dom St. Martin honours Saint Martin of Tours in a Gothic hall church first fortified against Ottoman attack in 1460 and raised to cathedral rank in 1960.
HinduismErawan Shrine
Bangkok · Thailand · shrine
An open-air Bangkok shrine at the Ratchaprasong intersection holding a gilded image of Phra Phrom, the Thai form of Lord Brahma, revered by devotees of many backgrounds as a guardian of protection and prosperity.
ChristianityEssen Minster
Essen · Germany · church
The Roman Catholic cathedral of the Diocese of Essen in western Germany, this Gothic hall church grew from Essen Abbey, founded around 845 by Altfrid, Bishop of Hildesheim, and today shelters the Golden Madonna, the oldest fully sculptural image of Mary north of the Alps.
IslamFakhr al-Din Mosque
Mogadishu · Somalia · mosque
A thirteenth-century mosque in the Hamar Weyne quarter of Mogadishu, among the oldest surviving Islamic buildings on the East African coast, raised in 1269 under Sultan Fakhr ad-Din.