Sacred Places in India
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Sacred Places in India
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- Ajanta caves; 29 Buddhist, Hindu, Jain sacred caves
- Ajmer; Shrine of Mu’in al-din Chishti
- Allahabad; Sangam Bath river site
- Almora; temples of Kasar Devi, Jageshwar, Baijnath, Dwarahat, Bageshwar
- Amarkantak; hill top temples and source of Narmada river
- Amarnath; Shiva cave
- Ambaji shrine (between Abu road and Palanpur)
- Amritsar; Hari Mandir
- Anandpur Sahib Sikh temple
- Badrinath; Badrinath temple and nearby five Badri temples
- Baidyanath; Shiva Jyotir linga
- Bhimshankar; Shiva Jyotir linga
- Bodh Gaya; Site where Buddha attained enlightenment
- Calcutta; Kalighat temple and Dakshineshwar
- Chamba; Lakshmi Narayan temple
- Chidambaram; Sabhanayaka Nataraja Shiva temple
- Deoghar; Vaidyanath Shiva Jyotir linga
- Devprayag; Raghunath Vishnu temple
- Dwarka; Krishna temple of Dwarkadhish
- Ellora; Buddhist, Hindu, Jain caves and Grineshwar Jyotir linga
- Ettumanur; Shiva temple
- Gangasagarar / Sagar Island; Kapil Muni temple
- Gangotri; Goddess Ganga temple
- Gauhati; Kamakhya Shakti temple
- Gaya; Vishnupada temple
- Gokarna; Mahaballeswara Shiva temple and Ganapati Ganesh temple
- Govindval; Sikh temple
- Gulbarga; Islamic shrine of Khwaja Gesudaraz
- Guruvayur; Krishna temple
- Haridwar; Hari-ki-Pairi Ghat, numerous temples
- Hemkund; Sikh and Laksman temples at Lake Hemkund
- Joshimath; Vasudeva temple, Sankaracharya Math
- Jwalamukhi; Shakti Pitha shrine
- Kanchipuram; numerous pilgrimage temples
- Kanya Kumari; Kumari Amman goddess temple
- Karnaprayag; juncture of Alakananda and Pindar Ganga
- Kedarnath; Jyotir Linga Shiva temple
- Khajuraho; Jain and Hindu temples
- Kolhapur; temple of Lakshmi/Amba Bai
- Kukuteshvara; Shiva temple
- Kurukshetra; Brahma Sarovara, Sannihit Sarovara, many temples
- Kushinagar; Holy site where Buddha passed away
- Leh; Buddhist monasteries
- Madurai area; temples of Minakshi, Tirupparangunram and Paramthirsolai
- Mt. Abu; Jain temples
- Mt. Girnar; Jain temples and goddess temple of Amba Mata
- Mt. Nanda Devi; sacred mountain
- Mt. Parsanath; Jain temple
- Mysore; shrine of Baba Qalander Shah
- Nagor; Dargh Sharif temple
- Nasik; Godavari river Kumbha Mela site
- Nathdwara; Sri Nathji Krishna temple
- Navadip; Dhameswara Shri Chaitanya temple, Devananda Gaudiya Math
- New Delhi; Islamic shrines of Kwaja Nizamuddin Aulia, Khwaja Bakhtiyar Kaki, Kwaja Naseerudin Charagh-e Dilli
- Omkareshwar; Jyotir linga Shiva temple
- Palani / Palna; temple of Lord Muruga
- Pandharpur; Vitthala Krishna temple
- Patan; Jain temples
- Puri; Jaganath temple
- Pushkar; Brahma temple, Savitri temple on hill, and others
- Rajagriha / Rajgir; Vulture Peak Buddhist site
- Rameshvaram; Sri Ramananthaswami temple, Gandhamadhana Parvatham Hanuman temple
- Rishikesh; Laksman Jhula, Neela Kantha Mahadeva temple
- Sabarimala; shrine of Ayappa
- Sanchi; Buddhist stupa
- Saranath; Buddhist holy place
- Shatrunajaya; Jain temples
- Sirhind; Islamic shrine of Sheikh Mujaddid Alfe Thani
- Somnath; Shiva Jyotir linga temple
- Sravanabelagola; Gomateswara Jain shrine
- Sringeri; Sharada Devi and Vidyasankara temples
- Srirangam; Sri Ranganathaswami Vishnu temple
- Srisailam; Jyotir linga and Shakti Pitha temples
- Swamimalai temple (near Kumbakonam)
- Tarakeswar; Tarakanath temple
- Tarapith; Shakti Pitha temple
- Tiruchendur; Subrahmanya temple of Lord Muruga
- Tirupati; Govindaraja and Padmavathi temples
- Tiruttani; Subrahmanya hill top temple
- Tiruvanamalai; Mt. Arunachala and Tiruvanamalai temple
- Trivandrum; Sri Padmanabhaswami Vishnu temple
- Udipi; Krishna temple
- Ujjain; Mahakaleswar Jyotir linga Shiva temple
- Vadanagar; temple of Hatkeshvara Shiva
- Vaishno Devi; cave of Kali, Lakshmi and Saraswati
- Varanasi / Banaras; numerous temples, ghats and pilgrimage circuits
- Vrindavan; numerous beautiful Krishna temples
- Yamnotri; source of holy Yamuna river, Shani Prayag temple
External Links[edit]
- sacredsites.com has a map of many sites