Sacred Places
43 places found
JainismAharji
, India
An ancient Jain tīrtha in Madhya Pradesh's Bundelkhand region, revered for its eighteen-foot Chandella-era image of Bhagwān Shāntinātha in standing kāyotsarga posture.
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HinduismAmarnath Temple
, India
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.
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HinduismBadami cave temples
, India
A celebrated complex of sixth- to eighth-century Hindu, Jain, and (likely) Buddhist cave temples carved into the red sandstone cliffs of Badami in northern Karnataka, India.
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HinduismBadrinath Temple
, India
A major Himalayan Vaiṣṇava pilgrimage temple in Uttarakhand, India — one of the four Char Dham and one of the 108 Divya Desams sacred to the worship of Lord Vishnu.
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HinduismBhimashankar Temple
, India
A revered Śiva temple in the forested Sahyadri hills of Maharashtra, India, enshrining one of the twelve Jyotirliṅgas and standing close to the source of the Bhīmā River.
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HinduismDhamrai Jagannath Roth
, India
A historic wooden chariot (rath) of Lord Jagannātha kept at Dhamrai in Bangladesh, central to one of the most significant Hindu Rath Yātrā festivals in the country.
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HinduismDodda Ganeshana Gudi
, India
A historic Hindu temple in the Basavanagudi neighbourhood of south Bengaluru, India, dedicated to Lord Gaṇeśa and known to devotees for its great monolithic mūrti of the deva.
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HinduismGrishneshwar temple
, India
Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga in Verul village of Maharashtra is one of the twelve jyotirlinga shrines of Shiva, the self-manifest abodes of light considered among the most sacred temples in Shaiva tradition.
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SikhismGurdwara Baba Atal
, India
Gurdwara Baba Atal Rai is a nine-storey gurdwara in Amritsar honouring Baba Atal Rai, the young son of Guru Hargobind, and standing a short walk south of Sri Harmandir Sahib.
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Gurdwara Bal Lila Maini Sangat
, India
Gurdwara Bal Lila Maini Sangat in Patna marks the household of King Fateh Chand Maini, where the child Guru Gobind Singh would visit and play with the Queen, who loved him as her own.
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SikhismGurudwara Bangla Sahib
, India
Gurdwara Bangla Sahib in central Delhi is among India's most prominent Sikh shrines, honouring the eighth Guru, Sri Guru Har Krishan Sahib, and the sacred sarovar within its precincts.
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IslamGyanvapi Mosque
, India
The Gyanvapi Mosque is a Sunni Muslim place of worship in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, built in the late seventeenth century beside the present Kashi Vishwanath temple in one of India's most ancient sacred precincts.
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