Sacred Places in India

Sacred Places in India

List

• 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

• sacredsites.com has a map of many sites