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Hindu Temples

Sacred temples across India — history, significance, darshan timings, and travel guidance.

Kashi Vishwanath temple spire with its gold-plated dome, Varanasi

Kashi Vishwanath

काशी विश्वनाथ

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh · Shiva (Vishwanath)

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Kedarnath temple in the snow-covered Garhwal Himalayas at dawn, surrounded by peaks

Kedarnath

केदारनाथ

Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand · Shiva (Kedarnath)

JyotirlingaChota Char Dham
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Somnath temple on the Gujarat coast at sunrise, the Arabian Sea visible behind the shikhara

Somnath

सोमनाथ

Prabhas Patan, Veraval, Gujarat · Shiva (Somnath)

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Tirupati Venkateswara temple gopuram on Tirumala Hill at dawn

Tirupati Venkateswara

तिरुपति वेंकटेश्वर

Tirumala, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh · Vishnu (Venkateswara / Balaji)

VaishnavRenowned
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Jagannath Temple at Puri — the white shikhara above the Eastern Ganga complex, with the Bay of Bengal in the distance

Jagannath Puri

जगन्नाथ पुरी

Puri, Odisha · Jagannath (Vishnu / Krishna)

Char DhamVaishnav
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Mahakaleshwar temple at Ujjain — the multi-tiered shikhara above the Shipra river ghats at dawn

Mahakaleshwar

महाकालेश्वर

Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh · Shiva (Mahakaal)

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Kamakhya temple on Nilachal Hill above the Brahmaputra river, Guwahati

Kamakhya

कामाख्या

Nilachal Hill, Guwahati, Assam · Devi (Kamakhya)

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Meenakshi Amman temple gopuram towers in Madurai, covered in thousands of colorful stucco sculptures

Meenakshi Amman

मीनाक्षी अम्मन

Madurai, Tamil Nadu · Devi (Meenakshi) & Shiva (Sundareswarar)

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Pilgrims walking the yatra path at night, torches visible against the dark Trikuta Hills

Vaishno Devi

वैष्णो देवी

Katra, Reasi, Jammu & Kashmir · Devi (Vaishno Mata / Vaishnavi)

ShaktaRenowned
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Siddhivinayak temple at Prabhadevi, Mumbai — the gold dome visible above the city streets

Siddhivinayak

सिद्धिविनायक

Prabhadevi, Mumbai, Maharashtra · Ganesha (Siddhivinayak)

GanapatyaRenowned
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Dwarkadhish temple — the 72-metre Chalukya shikhara at the confluence of the Gomati river and the Arabian Sea

Dwarkadhish

द्वारकाधीश

Dwarka, Gujarat · Krishna (Dwarkadhish — Lord of Dwarka)

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Ram Mandir at Ayodhya — the new Nagara temple with its Rajasthani pink sandstone under a clear sky

Ram Mandir, Ayodhya

राम मंदिर, अयोध्या

Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh · Ram (Ramalla — Ram as a child)

VaishnavRenowned
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The colorful facade of Badrinath temple set against the snow-capped Himalayan peaks and Alaknanda river

Badrinath

बद्रीनाथ

Badrinath, Chamoli District, Uttarakhand · Vishnu (Badrinarayan)

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The grand Dravidian gopuram and monumental pillared corridors of Ramanathaswamy Temple in Rameswaram

Ramanathaswamy (Rameswaram)

रामनाथस्वामी (रामेश्वरम)

Rameswaram Island, Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu · Shiva (Ramanathaswamy)

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Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga temple standing on the rocky banks of the sacred Narmada river on Mandhata island

Omkareshwar

ओंकारेश्वर

Mandhata Island, Khandwa District, Madhya Pradesh · Shiva (Omkareshwar & Mamleshwar)

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The black stone Hemadpanthi temple of Trimbakeshwar with Brahmagiri mountain rising behind in Maharashtra

Trimbakeshwar

त्र्यंबकेश्वर

Trimbak, Nashik District, Maharashtra · Shiva (Trimbakeshwar)

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The stone towers and towering gopurams of Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple on Srisailam hill in Andhra Pradesh

Mallikarjuna (Srisailam)

मल्लिकार्जुन (श्रीशैलम)

Srisailam, Nandyal District, Andhra Pradesh · Shiva (Mallikarjuna Swamy) & Parvati (Bhramaramba Devi)

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The white stone Gangotri temple standing beside the rushing turquoise Bhagirathi river in the Garhwal Himalayas

Gangotri

गंगोत्री

Gangotri, Uttarkashi District, Uttarakhand · Ganga (Bhagirathi)

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The Yamunotri temple complex nestled in a high Himalayan gorge beside thermal springs and mountain streams

Yamunotri

यमुनोत्री

Yamunotri, Uttarkashi District, Uttarakhand · Yamuna (Yami)

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The seven-tier Dravidian gopuram of Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple reflected in the sacred Padmatheertham tank in Thiruvananthapuram

Sree Padmanabhaswamy

श्री पद्मनाभस्वामी

East Fort, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala · Vishnu (Padmanabhaswamy in Anantha Sayana)

VaishnavRenowned
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Ancient black basalt stone shikhara of Bhimashankar Jyotirlinga temple enveloped by the misty green forests of the Western Ghats

Bhimashankar Jyotirlinga Temple

भीमाशंकर ज्योतिर्लिंग मंदिर

Bhorgiri near Pune, Sahyadri Mountains, Maharashtra · Shiva (Bhimashankar)

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The stone shikhara of Baba Baidyanath Dham temple in Deoghar surrounded by the sacred complex of twenty-two shrines in morning sunlight

Baidyanath (Vaidyanath) Temple

बाबा बैद्यनाथ धाम (वैद्यनाथ ज्योतिर्लिंग)

Deoghar, Santhal Parganas, Jharkhand (with Parli, Maharashtra tradition) · Shiva (Baidyanath / Kamada Lingam)

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Monumental 85-foot bronze-colored seated statue of Lord Shiva presiding over the Nageshwar Jyotirlinga temple complex near Dwarka, Gujarat

Nageshwar Jyotirlinga Temple

नागेश्वर ज्योतिर्लिंग मंदिर (दारुकावन)

Near Dwarka, Devbhumi Dwarka District, Gujarat (with Aundha Nagnath, Maharashtra tradition) · Shiva (Nageshwar / Naganath)

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Finely carved red basalt stone shikhara of Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga temple standing under a golden dusk sky near the ancient rock cliffs of Ellora

Grishneshwar (Ghushmeshwar) Temple

घृष्णेश्वर (घुश्मेश्वर) ज्योतिर्लिंग मंदिर

Verul, near Ellora Caves, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Maharashtra · Shiva (Grishneshwar / Ghushmeshwar)

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