Sacred Places
219 places found
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.
HinduismKandariya Mahadeva Temple
· India · temple
The Kandariya Mahadeva Mandir at Khajuraho is the largest and most richly ornamented temple of the western group, a Chandela-era sanctuary of the eleventh century dedicated to Shiva as the Great God of the Cave.
HinduismKapaleeshwarar Temple
· India · temple
Kapaleeshwarar Kovil in Mylapore, Chennai, is a Tamil Shaiva temple dedicated to Shiva as Kapaleeshwarar and to his consort as Karpagambal, the Goddess of the Wish-Yielding Tree, revered in the seventh-century hymns of the Nayanar saints.
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.
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.
ShintoKikuchi Shrine
· Japan · shrine
A Shinto shrine in Kikuchi, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, enshrining three loyalist lords of the Kikuchi clan and counted among the Fifteen Shrines of the Kenmu Restoration.
ChristianityKlagenfurt Cathedral
· Austria · church
The Roman Catholic cathedral of the Diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt in Carinthia, Austria, originally raised as a Protestant church and consecrated in 1581 to the Holy Trinity.
HinduismKonark Sun Temple
· India · temple
A thirteenth-century Hindu temple to Surya on the Odisha coast near Puri, India, shaped as a colossal stone chariot and a UNESCO World Heritage masterpiece of Kalinga architecture.
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ChristianityKönigsberg Cathedral
· Russia · church
A fourteenth-century Brick Gothic cathedral on Kneiphof island in Kaliningrad, Russia, dedicated to the Virgin Mary and Saint Adalbert of Prague and serving today as a chapel, museum, and concert hall.
IslamLakemba Mosque
· Australia · mosque
The Imam Ali bin Abi Taleb Mosque in suburban Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, a Sunni masjid managed by the Lebanese Muslim Association and the largest mosque in the country.
HinduismLalmai 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
· Poland · synagogue
An eighteenth-century vaulted synagogue in Łańcut, southeastern Poland, and a rare surviving example of the bimah-tower synagogues once common across the Polish lands.