Sacred Places
584 places found
HinduismKal Bhairab Temple, Brahmanbaria
Brahmanbaria · Bangladesh · temple
Beside the Titas river in Brahmanbaria, eastern Bangladesh, the Kal Bhairab Temple has drawn Shaivite pilgrims for close to two centuries to a towering image of Lord Bhairava, a fierce form of Lord Shiva. Maa Kali and Devi Parvati are honoured beside him within the same sanctum.
HinduismKal Bhairav Temple, Ujjain
Ujjain · India · temple
On the bank of the Kshipra river in Ujjain, the Kal Bhairav Temple honours Lord Shiva in his fierce form as Kal Bhairav, guardian deity of one of Hinduism's seven sacred cities. Liquor offered in a silver saucer before the stone image is said to vanish without a trace, a rite that has drawn devotees for generations.
HinduismKaliya jue Temple
· Bangladesh · temple
Kaliya Jue Mandir in Dinajpur, Bangladesh, is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Bhagwan Krishna, set in the historic precincts west of the Dinajpur Rajbari.
HinduismKalkaji Mandir
New Delhi · India · temple
In the Kalkaji quarter of South Delhi, opposite Nehru Place, the Kalkaji Mandir enshrines Maa Kali in a form devotees hold to be self manifested, present in the sanctum since before living memory. The surrounding neighbourhood itself takes its name from the Temple.
HinduismKalpeshwar
Urgam · India · temple
Kalpeshwar is a small Himalayan stone shrine to Lord Shiva set into a cave passage in the Urgam valley of Uttarakhand, revered as the fifth and only year-round Panch Kedar Temple.
HinduismKandariya Mahadeva Temple
Khajuraho (Chhatarpur district) · India · temple
The largest and tallest of the Khajuraho Temples, a Chandela sanctuary of about 1030 CE where Lord Shiva dwells as a marble linga in the cave-like sanctum of a 31 metre mountain of carved sandstone.
HinduismKashi Vishwanath Temple
· India · temple
A revered Hindu shrine on Vishwanath Gali in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, honouring Shiva as one of the twelve Jyotirlingas of the Shaiva tradition.
ShintoKatō Shrine
Kumamoto · Japan · shrine
Katō Shrine stands within the grounds of Kumamoto Castle, a Shinto sanctuary honouring the kami of Katō Kiyomasa, the daimyō who built the castle, alongside two retainers who followed him in death.
HinduismKedarnath Temple
· India · temple
A high-Himalayan Shiva shrine on the Garhwal range above the Mandakini river in Uttarakhand, India, counted among the twelve Jyotirlingas and the four Chota Char Dham sites.
ShintoKengun Shrine
Kumamoto · Japan · shrine
Kengun Shrine is the oldest Shinto sanctuary in Kumamoto City, approached by an 800-metre avenue of cedar and linked by sacred lineage to the great Aso Shrine.
ZoroastrianismKerman Fire Temple
Kerman · Iran · shrine
The Kerman Fire Temple shelters a sacred flame said to descend from Adur Farnbag, one of the three great fires of Sasanian Iran, within a sanctuary that also houses the world's only anthropology museum dedicated to the Zoroastrian people.
BuddhismKesaria
· India · monastery
An ancient Buddhist stūpa near the River Gandak in Bihar's East Champaran district, Kesaria preserves one of the most imposing monuments of the Mauryan era, a towering earthen and masonry structure first raised under Emperor Aśoka.