Sacred Places
584 places found
JainismGirnar Jain Temples
Junagadh · India · temple
A cluster of some sixteen enclosed Svetambara Jain shrines on the first plateau of Mount Girnar, raised where tradition holds Bhagwan Neminath, the twenty-second Tirthankara, renounced the world and attained final liberation.
HinduismGokarneshwor Mahadev Temple
Gokarna · Nepal · temple
A three-tiered Newari pagoda Temple on the banks of the Bagmati in Nepal's Kathmandu Valley, Gokarneshwor Mahadev Temple honours Lord Shiva as the Lord of Gokarna and is the focus of Nepal's Kuse Aunsi, the Hindu Father's Day.
HinduismGop Temple
Zinavari · India · temple
One of the oldest surviving stone Temples in Gujarat, Gop Temple rises on a hilltop above the Vartu river near Zinavari village, its partial pyramidal shikhara dated to the close of the sixth century.
IslamGrande Mosquée de Lyon
Lyon · France · mosque
The Grande Mosquée de Lyon, inaugurated in 1994 on Boulevard Pinel, is among the largest mosques in France and the principal gathering place for Friday jumu'ah in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Its Persian-arched facade, glass-pyramid entrance, and twenty-five-metre minaret mark it clearly on the Lyon skyline.
JudaismGrande Synagogue de Lyon
Lyon · France · synagogue
On the quai Tilsitt in central Lyon stands the Grande Synagogue, an Orthodox congregation built in 1863 and 1864 in the Byzantine Revival style and still the city's principal Ashkenazi house of prayer. Behind its ornate stone archway, carved with Hebrew lettering above wrought-iron gates, the congregation gathers for daily and Shabbat prayer.
IslamGrand Mosque of Bursa
Bursa · Turkey · mosque
The Grand Mosque of Bursa, known in Turkish as Ulu Cami, is the largest mosque in the Ottomans' first capital and a landmark of early Ottoman architecture, its vast prayer hall roofed by twenty domes and centred on a rare indoor ablution fountain. Commissioned by Sultan Bayezid I and completed in 1399, it is celebrated for the 192 monumental calligraphic panels that line its walls and pillars.
TaoismGrand Temple of Mount Heng
Hengyang · People's Republic of China · temple
The Grand Temple of Mount Heng, Nanyue Damiao, stands at the foot of the Southern Sacred Peak in Hunan as the largest sanctuary on the mountain, its nine halls holding Taoist, Buddhist, and Confucian worship side by side. The Grand Hall enshrines Zhurong, the fire god honoured here as guardian of the Southern Peak.
ChristianityGraz Cathedral
Graz · Austria · church
Graz Cathedral, the Dom St Aegidius, is the Roman Catholic cathedral of the Diocese of Graz-Seckau, raised as Emperor Frederick III's court church in the fifteenth century and dedicated to Saint Giles, patron of Graz. Its plain Gothic exterior of brick and limestone opens onto a nave crowned with Baroque altars and gilded statuary.
SikhismGurdwara Baba Atal
Amritsar · India · gurdwara
A nine-storey gurdwara rising beside the Kaulsar sarovar in Amritsar, a short walk south of Sri Harmandir Sahib, built in memory of Baba Atal Rai Ji, the young son of Guru Hargobind Sahib.
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SikhismGurdwara Bal Lila Maini Sangat
Patna · India · gurdwara
A small gurdwara in a quiet lane of Patna Sahib, marking the household of Raja Fateh Chand Maini, where the child Guru Gobind Singh Ji often sat in the queen's lap and shared her simple offering of boiled, salted gram.
SikhismGurdwara Beri Sahib
Sialkot · Pakistan · gurdwara
A gurdwara in Sialkot, Pakistan, built beside the berry tree under which Guru Nanak Dev Ji is said to have rested and met the Sufi saint Hamza Ghaus.
SikhismGurdwara Dukh Nivaran Sahib
Patiala · India · gurdwara
A gurdwara in Patiala whose sarovar is held to carry healing grace, raised where Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji rested beneath a banyan tree in 1672 and eased the suffering of the village of Lehal.