Sacred Places
43 places found
HinduismShore Temple
, India
An eighth-century Pallava granite sanctuary at Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu, India, overlooking the Bay of Bengal and protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site within the Group of Monuments.
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HinduismSita Samahit Sthal
, India
A Hindu pilgrimage site in the Poorvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh, honoured as the place where Mata Sita is believed to have returned into the earth at the close of her earthly life.
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JainismSri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir
, India
The oldest and most prominent Digambar Jain temple in Old Delhi, set directly opposite the Red Fort in Chandni Chowk and renowned for its adjoining Jain Birds Hospital.
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JainismTaranga
, India
The Taranga Jain tirth in Gujarat, India, a hilltop pilgrimage complex of marble temples dedicated to the second Tirthankara Ajitnatha and revered by both Shwetambara and Digambara Jains.
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JainismUdayagiri and Khandagiri Caves
, India
A pair of ancient hill caves three kilometres south of Bhubaneswar in Odisha, partly natural and partly carved as residences for Jain monks during the first century BCE.
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HinduismVaidyanath Jyotirlinga
, India
One of the twelve Jyotirlingas, the most sacred abodes of Lord Shiva, with three temples in different states of India claiming to enshrine the same self-manifest linga.
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HinduismVaishno Devi Temple
, India
A great Hindu pilgrimage shrine of the Mother goddess on Trikuta mountain in Jammu and Kashmir, drawing millions of devotees each year to the cave sanctuary of Mata Vaishno Devi.
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