Sacred Places
584 places found
BuddhismBorobudur
Magelang · Indonesia · temple
The world's largest Buddhist Temple: a ninth-century mandala in stone on Java's Kedu Plain, nine terraces rising through the three realms to 72 latticed stupas, each sheltering a seated Buddha.
HinduismBoro Maa Kali Bari Temple
· Bangladesh · temple
One of the oldest and most beloved Kālī Temples of Mymensingh, Bangladesh, founded around three hundred years ago and known among devotees as Joy Kālī.
BuddhismBoudhanath Stupa
Kathmandu · Nepal · stupa
The largest spherical stupa in Nepal, its all-seeing Buddha eyes watching over the kora walked daily by the Tibetan Buddhist community of Boudha, the heart of Vajrayana practice in the Kathmandu Valley.
JainismBrahma Jinalaya
Lakkundi · India · temple
The Brahma Jinalaya, the oldest major Jain Temple in the Lakkundi region of Karnataka, was consecrated in 1007 CE under the patronage of the noblewoman Attimabbe and is celebrated for its finely carved soapstone tower and sculpture.
HinduismBrahma Temple
Khajuraho · India · temple
A small ninth-century shrine within Khajuraho's Eastern Group, raised in granite with a sandstone tower, its sanctum holding a rare four-faced liṅga of Lord Shiva that worshippers mistook for four-headed Brahma, giving the Temple its popular name.
HinduismBrahmeswara Temple
Bhubaneswar · India · temple
A richly carved eleventh-century Shiva Temple in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, raised by the Somavamsi queen mother Kolavati Devi and counted among the finest achievements of mature Kalinga Temple architecture.
BuddhismBuddha Samyak Darshan Museum and Memorial Stupa
Vaishali · India · stupa
A newly completed museum and memorial stupa at Vaishaligarh in Bihar, raised entirely in pink sandstone beside the ancient Pushkarni pond to enshrine bodily relics of Gautama Buddha and to house a museum of Buddhist heritage.
BuddhismBuddha Temple, Buddhamangalam
· India · monastery
A modest Buddhist shrine in the village of Buddhamangalam, Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu, housing a seated Buddha image, one of the early centres of the Buddhist tradition in this coastal region of South India.
BuddhismBuddha Temple, Perunjeri
· India · monastery
A small, quietly venerated shrine in Perunjeri, Mayiladuthurai district, Tamil Nadu, housing an ancient Buddha image that local families have tended for generations with the simple devotion of an oil lamp.
HinduismBudhanilkantha Temple
Budhanilkantha · Nepal · temple
Beneath Shivapuri Hill at the northern edge of the Kathmandu Valley, Budhanilkantha Temple shelters an open-air image of Lord Vishnu reclining in a stone water tank, the largest stone carving in Nepal. Hindu and Buddhist pilgrims alike gather at its edge, the Buddhist community venerating the same face as a form of Avalokiteshvara.
ChristianityCanterbury Cathedral
Canterbury · United Kingdom · cathedral
The mother church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, founded by St. Augustine in 597, where Archbishop Thomas Becket was martyred in 1170 and a single candle now marks the site of his vanished shrine.
Christianitycathedral Basilica of St. Cyriacus
Ancona · Italy · church
The Roman Catholic cathedral of the Archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo, rising on the Guasco hill above the city's harbour, where Romanesque stonework, Byzantine planning, and Gothic ornament meet in the church dedicated to Saint Cyriacus.