Sacred Places
584 places found
IslamLakemba Mosque
Lakemba · Australia · mosque
The Imam Ali bin Abi Taleb Mosque, widely known as Lakemba Mosque, is a Sunni mosque in suburban Sydney owned and managed by the Lebanese Muslim Association, and is Australia's largest mosque.
SikhismLakhpat Gurdwara Sahib
Lakhpat · India · gurdwara
Lakhpat Gurdwara Sahib, also known as Gurdwara Pehli Patshahi, is a Sikh gurdwara within the walled town of Lakhpat in Kutch, Gujarat, raised on the spot where Guru Nanak Dev Ji is held to have stayed during his travels.
HinduismLakshmana Temple
Khajuraho · India · temple
The Lakshmana Temple at Khajuraho is a mid-tenth-century Vaishnava shrine built for the Chandela king Yashovarman and dedicated to Vaikuntha Vishnu, standing among the UNESCO-listed Khajuraho Group of Monuments.
HinduismLakshmi Narayani Golden Temple
Vellore · India · temple
The Sri Lakshmi Narayani Golden Temple at Sripuram, Vellore, is a modern sanctuary sheathed entirely in gold, built by the Sri Narayani Peedam trust and consecrated To Maa Lakshmi Narayani, welcoming seekers of every faith.
BuddhismLalitgiri
Lalitgiri · India · monastery
The oldest known Buddhist monastic complex in Odisha, Lalitgiri rises on a low hill in Jajpur district where excavated stupas, monasteries and sculpted Buddha images mark a site continuously inhabited by monks from around the first century BCE to the thirteenth century CE.
HinduismLalmai Maa Chandi Temple
· Bangladesh · temple
An ancient Hindu Temple to the Goddess Kali set on the summit of Lalmai hill in Barura Upazila of Comilla District, Bangladesh, also known as Chandimura Mandir.
JudaismŁańcut Synagogue
Łańcut · Poland · synagogue
A Baroque masonry synagogue in Łańcut, southeastern Poland, completed in 1761 and one of the best preserved vaulted bimah-tower synagogues surviving in Central Europe, now cared for as a Jewish heritage museum.
HinduismLaxmi Narayan Mandir
· Bangladesh · temple
A Hindu Temple in Dhaka, Bangladesh, dedicated to Lakshmi Narayan, the joined form of Vishnu and his consort Maa Lakshmi honoured across the Vaishnava tradition.
HinduismLaxminarayan Temple
New Delhi · India · temple
Rising on Mandir Marg west of Connaught Place, the Laxminarayan Temple, known to Delhi simply as Birla Mandir, was the capital's first grand Hindu Temple, raised by the Birla family and opened in 1939 with Mahatma Gandhi's own condition that devotees of every caste be welcomed within.
BaháʼíLotus Temple (Bahá'í House of Worship)
New Delhi · India · other
A Bahá'í House of Worship of 27 white marble petals forming nine sides, its nine doors open free to people of every religion to pray and meditate in silence.
TaoismLouguantai
Zhouzhi · People's Republic of China · temple
West of Xi'an in the forested folds of the Zhongnan Mountains, Louguantai is the Taoist Temple where tradition holds that Laozi composed the Tao Te Ching after Yin Xi, keeper of the mountain pass, persuaded the departing sage to set his wisdom down in writing.
Multi-faithLoyang Tua Pek Kong Temple
Singapore · Singapore · temple
On Singapore's northeastern coast, the Loyang Tua Pek Kong Temple gathers Taoist, Buddhist and Hindu worship within a single compound, its main hall enshrining Tua Pek Kong beside a Hindu sanctum of sixteen Mahaganapati images and a Malay Datuk Gong shrine, a rare and deliberate expression of the island's religious harmony.