Sacred Places
263 places found
HinduismParthasarathy Temple
Chennai · India · temple
A Vaishnavite sanctuary in the Triplicane quarter of Chennai consecrated to Lord Krishna in his form as Parthasarathy, charioteer of Arjuna, and counted among the 108 Divya Desams sung by the Alvar saints.
HinduismPrahadisvarar Temple
· India · temple
A monumental Shaivite sanctuary completed around 1010 CE by Chola emperor Rajaraja I on the Cauvery's southern bank in Thanjavur, the Prahadisvarar Temple, also called Brihadisvara, ranks among the grandest expressions of Tamil sacred architecture and is enshrined within UNESCO's Great Living Chola Temples.
HinduismPrambanan Temple
Prambanan · Indonesia · temple
A ninth-century Hindu Temple compound on the Yogyakarta-Central Java border, the largest Hindu Temple compound in Indonesia, dedicated to the Trimurti of Lord Shiva, Lord Brahma, and Lord Vishnu.
HinduismPrem Mandir
Vrindavan · India · temple
A modern white marble Temple on the edge of Vrindavan raised by Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj, its carved walls telling the life of Sri Krishna in stone and its evenings turning the whole facade to coloured light.
HinduismPura Agung Besakih
Besakih (Karangasem) · Indonesia · temple
Bali's Mother Temple: a precinct of 23 related puras terraced nearly 1,000 m up Mount Agung, centred on Pura Penataran Agung and its triple lotus throne to Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa.
HinduismPura Goa Lawah
Pesinggahan · Indonesia · temple
A Balinese pura raised across the mouth of a limestone cave alive with nectar bats on the Klungkung coast, counted among the Sad Kahyangan Jagad, the six sanctuaries the Balinese hold to anchor the island's balance.
HinduismPura Luhur Uluwatu
Uluwatu · Indonesia · temple
A Balinese sea Temple perched on a sheer coral cliff at the southwestern tip of the Bukit Peninsula, the only pura segara among Bali's nine directional Temples and a place where the ocean itself is part of the shrine.
HinduismPura Taman Ayun
Mengwi · Indonesia · temple
A royal pura at the heart of Mengwi, its courts held on an island of lawn ringed by a wide moat, built as the ancestral Temple of the Mengwi dynasty and recognised since 2012 as part of a UNESCO World Heritage subak landscape.
HinduismPura Tanah Lot
Beraban (Tabanan) · Indonesia · temple
A pura segara on a wave-carved rock off Bali's southwest coast, honoring Bhatara Baruna, the sea god, reached on foot only at low tide and consecrated, tradition holds, by the sage Dang Hyang Nirartha.
HinduismPura Ulun Danu Bratan
Bedugul · Indonesia · temple
A Balinese Shaivite water Temple resting on the shore of Lake Bratan in Bali's cool central highlands, Pura Ulun Danu Bratan is consecrated to Dewi Danu, goddess of the waters, and stands as spiritual guardian of the irrigation that feeds the rice terraces below.
Hinduism
Puthiyakavu Devi Temple
· India · temple
A Hindu Temple of the Devi at Ponkunnam in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India, long honoured as a resting place for pilgrims on the way to the Ayyappa shrine at Sabarimala.
HinduismRajarani Temple
Bhubaneswar · India · temple
An eleventh-century sandstone shrine in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Rajarani Temple takes its name from the warm red and gold stone of its walls, its tower rising in a clustered, rounded silhouette unlike any other Temple in the city.