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