Sacred Places
263 places found
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.
HinduismManakamana Temple
Manakamana · Nepal · temple
A two-tiered pagoda shrine to Maa Manakamana crowning Kafakdada Hill in Nepal's Gorkha District, founded in 1678 and reached today by a cable car that carries pilgrims 2.8 kilometres above the Trishuli and Marsyangdi valleys in about ten minutes.
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.
HinduismMaruthamalai Marudhachalamurthy Temple
Coimbatore · India · temple
On a granite hill of the Western Ghats above Coimbatore, the Marudhamalai Murugan Temple honours Lord Murugan as Marudhachalapathi, and is counted among the Aaru Padai Veedu, the six sacred abodes where he revealed himself in Tamil tradition.
HinduismMasroor Temples
Masrur · India · temple
Carved directly from a single hill in the Kangra valley, the Masroor Temples rise like a mountain range in miniature before the snow line of the Dhauladhar, their sanctum holding a four-faced form of Lord Shiva at the heart of an unfinished eighth-century vision.
HinduismMeenakshi Temple
· India · temple
A historic Shaiva-Shakta Temple on the southern bank of the Vaigai river in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, honouring Maa Meenakshi as a form of Maa Parvati alongside her consort Sundareswarar.
Multi-faithMount Kailash and Lake Mansarovar
Ngari Prefecture · China · sacred natural site
The unclimbed 6,638 m peak of western Tibet, held holy by Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Bonpos alike, circled by the 53 km kora beside the sacred freshwater of Lake Mansarovar.
HinduismMuktagachha Shiva Temple
· Bangladesh · temple
A twin Hindu Temple beside the Rajbari of Muktagachha in Mymensingh District, Bangladesh, raised in 1820 and devoted jointly to Shiva and the goddess Maa Kali.
HinduismMukteshvara Temple
Bhubaneswar · India · temple
A tenth century jewel of Kalinga Temple architecture in Bhubaneswar, the Mukteshvara Temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva as Mukteshvara, Lord of Liberation, and is celebrated above all for the ornately carved freestanding archway, the torana, that greets pilgrims at its gate.
HinduismMuktinath
· Nepal · temple
An ancient Vishnu Temple set in the Muktinath valley of Mustang, Nepal, revered by both Hindus and Buddhists as one of the world's highest shrines, standing at roughly 3,800 meters near the Thorong La pass.