Sacred Places
43 places found
SikhismHazur Sahib
, India
Hazur Sahib at Nanded in Maharashtra, formally known as Takht Sachkhand Sri Hazur Abchalnagar Sahib, is among the five Takhts of Sikhism and stands on the bank of the Godavari where Guru Gobind Singh Sahib merged into Joti Jot.
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JainismHutheesing Jain Temple
, India
Hutheesing Jain Temple in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, is a nineteenth-century Shvetambara shrine dedicated to Dharmanatha, the fifteenth Tirthankara, and one of the most celebrated Jain temples in western India.
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HinduismJagannath Temple
, India
The Jagannath Temple at Puri on the coast of Odisha is one of the holiest Vaishnava shrines of India, honouring Jagannath, the Lord of the Universe, a form of Vishnu worshipped alongside his brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra.
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IslamJama Masjid, Delhi
, India
The Masjid-i-Jehan-Numa, known to the wider world as the Jama Masjid of Old Delhi, is one of India's largest mosques and the historic Friday mosque of the Mughal capital of Shahjahanabad.
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HinduismKailasa Temple, Ellora
, India
The Kailasa Temple at Ellora is the largest rock-cut Hindu temple in the world, carved from a single basalt cliff in the eighth century as an earthly form of Mount Kailasa, the abode of Shiva.
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HinduismKalighat Kali Temple
, India
Kalighat Kali Mandir in Kolkata is among the holiest Shakta shrines in India, dedicated to Maa Kali and counted as one of the fifty-one Shakti Pithas, where the body of Sati is said to have fallen to earth.
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HinduismKandariya Mahadeva Temple
, India
The Kandariya Mahadeva Mandir at Khajuraho is the largest and most richly ornamented temple of the western group, a Chandela-era sanctuary of the eleventh century dedicated to Shiva as the Great God of the Cave.
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HinduismKapaleeshwarar Temple
, India
Kapaleeshwarar Kovil in Mylapore, Chennai, is a Tamil Shaiva temple dedicated to Shiva as Kapaleeshwarar and to his consort as Karpagambal, the Goddess of the Wish-Yielding Tree, revered in the seventh-century hymns of the Nayanar saints.
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HinduismKashi Vishwanath Temple
, India
A revered Hindu shrine on Vishwanath Gali in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, honouring Shiva as one of the twelve Jyotirlingas of the Shaiva tradition.
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HinduismKedarnath Temple
, India
A high-Himalayan Shiva shrine on the Garhwal range above the Mandakini river in Uttarakhand, India, counted among the twelve Jyotirlingas and the four Chota Char Dham sites.
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HinduismKonark Sun Temple
, India
A thirteenth-century Hindu temple to Surya on the Odisha coast near Puri, India, shaped as a colossal stone chariot and a UNESCO World Heritage masterpiece of Kalinga architecture.
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JainismMangi-Tungi
, India
A twin-pinnacled Digambara Jain pilgrimage site near Tahrabad in Maharashtra, India, whose caves and shrines climb the Mangi and Tungi peaks above the Nashik plains.
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