Sacred Places
263 places found
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.
HinduismKonark Sun Temple
Konark (Puri district) · India · temple
The thirteenth-century chariot of Lord Surya on the Odisha coast: twenty-four carved stone wheels drawn by seven horses, raised by King Narasimhadeva I around 1250 CE and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984.
HinduismKoneswaram Temple
· Sri Lanka · temple
Koneswaram Temple, known locally as Thirukoneswaram, is a historic Hindu Temple complex crowning a cliff above Trincomalee harbour in Sri Lanka, honoured as the most sacred of the island's five ancient Ishwarams of Shiva.
HinduismKopeshwar Temple
Khidrapur · India · temple
A twelfth-century Temple on the Krishna river at Khidrapur in Maharashtra, raised by the Shilahara dynasty and dedicated to Lord Shiva as Kopeshwar, the Wrathful One, paired uniquely in the same sanctum with Lord Vishnu.
HinduismKrishna Janmasthan Temple Complex
Mathura · India · temple
A Temple complex in Mathura revered as the birthplace of Lord Krishna, built around a modest underground shrine that pilgrims hold to be the very prison cell of his birth.
HinduismKukkuteswara Temple
· India · temple
Also known as Sri Kukkuteswara Swami Temple, this Hindu shrine in Pithapuram, Andhra Pradesh honors Lord Kukkuteswara, a rooster form of Lord Siva, alongside his consort Rajarajeswari Devi, and is revered in both Saivite and Shakta traditions as one of the eighteen Maha Shakta pithas.
HinduismLake Manasarovar
Burang · People's Republic of China · sacred natural site
A high freshwater lake beside Mount Kailash in Tibet, revered as a Shakti Peetha by Hindus and held sacred by Buddhists, Jains and the Bon as one of the world's holiest bodies of water.
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.
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.
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.