Sacred Places of Hinduism
Living Sanātana Dharma: temples, ashrams, pilgrimage circuits.
Hinduism is the world's oldest continuous spiritual tradition, encompassing countless schools of practice and philosophy. Sacred places range from family shrines to vast temple complexes and natural pilgrimage circuits.
On Adisthan, places of Hinduism are catalogued with the same care given to every other tradition. Each page is community-maintained until claimed by a verified custodian. We welcome corrections, additions, and the steady hand of those who know these places best.
Featured places of Hinduism
A curated selection from the directory.
HinduismAiravatesvara Temple, Darasuram
Darasuram (Kumbakonam) · India · temple
The third of the Great Living Chola Temples, raised by Rajaraja Chola II around 1166 CE at Darasuram near Kumbakonam: a chariot-form shrine of Lord Shiva as Airavatesvara, famed for its carved stone wheels, its singing steps, and worship that has continued for over eight centuries.
Aisanyesvara Siva Temple
Bhubaneswar · India · temple
A living thirteenth-century Shiva shrine in the Old Town of Bhubaneswar, standing close to the western wall of the great Lingaraj Temple, where a Shivalinga set within a circular yonipitha still receives daily worship in the Kalinga architectural tradition.
HinduismAkhadachandi Temple
Bhubaneswar · India · temple
A tenth-century Kalinga-style shrine on the southwestern bank of Bhubaneswar's sacred Bindusagar tank, Akhadachandi Temple honours Maa Mahishasuramardini, the Goddess in her form as slayer of the buffalo demon, within the dense cluster of ancient shrines that fills the city's Old Town.
HinduismAkshardham
New Delhi · India · temple
A vast contemporary Hindu mandir campus on the Yamuna's west bank in East Delhi, raised without structural steel by 11,000 artisans and volunteers, and recognised by Guinness World Records in 2007 as the world's largest comprehensive Hindu Temple.
HinduismAmarnath Temple
· India · temple
A high Himalayan cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir where a naturally forming ice lingam is venerated as Lord Śiva, drawing one of India's great seasonal pilgrimages.
HinduismAmbalappuzha Sri Krishna Temple
Ambalappuzha · India · temple
A Vaishnava shrine on the Kerala backwaters consecrated to Sri Krishna in his Parthasarathy form, counted among the seven great Temples of the former kingdom of Travancore and famed across South India for its Ambalapuzha Paal Payasam offering.
HinduismAmrutesvara Temple
Amruthapura · India · temple
A Hoysala-era Shiva Temple in the village of Amruthapura in Karnataka's Chikkamagaluru district, raised in 1196 CE and renowned for the finely lathe-turned pillars and narrative relief panels of its open pillared hall.
HinduismAnanta Vasudeva Temple
Bhubaneswar · India · temple
A thirteenth-century Vaishnava shrine on the northern shore of Bhubaneswar's Bindu Sarovar tank, the Ananta Vasudeva Temple houses black granite images of Lord Krishna, Lord Balarama, and Devi Subhadra, the principal Vishnu sanctuary in a Temple city otherwise devoted overwhelmingly to Lord Shiva.
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