Sacred Places
584 places found
JainismNehanurpatti
· India · temple
Neganur Patti is a small Tamil Nadu village near Gingee sheltering the Adukkankal hillock, an ancient Jain site bearing cave beds used by wandering monks, fourth-century Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions, and prehistoric lime rock paintings dating to around 1000 BCE.
HinduismNellaiappar Temple
Tirunelveli · India · temple
A great Saiva sanctuary on the Thamirabarani's northern bank in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, where Lord Shiva is enshrined as Nellaiappar beside Maa Parvati as Kanthimathi Ambal, its two giant stone pillars famed for ringing forty-eight distinct musical notes.
ChristianityNew Cathedral, Linz
Linz · Austria · church
The neo-Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral of Linz, Austria, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of Mary and the largest church building in the country.
HinduismNew Vishwanath Temple
Varanasi · India · temple
A soaring white marble Shiva sanctuary rising within the Banaras Hindu University campus in Varanasi, built by the Birla family and known to generations of students simply as VT.
ChristianityNidaros Cathedral
Trondheim · Norway · church
A Church of Norway cathedral raised over the grave of St Olav, patron saint of Norway, the northernmost medieval cathedral in the world and the goal of the revived St Olav pilgrim ways.
HinduismNidhivan
Vrindavan · India · sacred natural site
A walled grove of ancient, paired Tulsi trees in Vrindavan believed by devotees to be the nightly stage of Lord Krishna and Radha Rani's rasa lila, sealed to all visitors after dusk.
ChristianityNotre-Dame de Paris
Paris · France · cathedral
The Gothic cathedral of Paris and home of the Crown of Thorns, begun in 1163 and reopened in December 2024 after the 2019 fire, its rebuilt spire and oak forest roof restored. Entry is free for all, every day of the year.
HinduismNyatapola Temple
Bhaktapur · Nepal · temple
The tallest Temple in Nepal, a five-tiered Newar pagoda raised in six months in 1701 to 1702 by King Bhupatindra Malla and consecrated to the tantric Divine Mother Maa Siddhi Lakshmi.
Shinto
Olive Shrine
· Japan · shrine
A Shinto shrine on Shōdoshima island in Japan's Inland Sea, distinguished by its extraordinary form, a faithful recreation of an ancient Greek Temple set within groves of olives that are themselves the island's celebrated harvest.
HinduismOm Banna
Chotila · India · shrine
A roadside folk shrine on the Pali-Jodhpur highway in Rajasthan, venerating the young Rajput Om Singh Rathore and the Royal Enfield motorcycle he was riding when he died in 1988.
ShintoOmura Shrine
Hidaka · Japan · shrine
The second shrine of old Tosa Province, standing quietly in the village of Hidaka on Shikoku since 587 CE and guarding a National Treasure sword shown to the public only once a year.
IslamOrtaköy Mosque
Istanbul · Turkey · mosque
An Ottoman Baroque mosque of the mid-1850s on the Bosphorus shore in Istanbul's Ortaköy quarter, its marble facade and paired minarets rising beneath the Bosphorus Bridge as one of the strait's most recognised silhouettes.