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Temples of India
Discover the sacred temples of Bharat
A living map of India's great temples — their history, significance, and stories, all in one place.
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A living map of India's great temples — their history, significance, and stories, all in one place.
Jyotirlinga
12 temples
The twelve self-luminous lingams of light where Shiva is worshipped as the infinite.
Shakti Peetha
8 temples
The sacred seats of the Mother Goddess, where the body of Sati fell to earth.
Char Dham
4 temples
The four divine abodes whose darshan completes a Hindu's earthly pilgrimage.
Ashtavinayaka
8 temples
The eight self-manifested shrines of Lord Ganesha among the hills of Maharashtra.
Janmabhoomi
2 temples
The sacred birthplaces where Vishnu descended to earth — Ram Lalla at Ayodhya and Bal Krishna at Mathura.
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Guided routes for Bharat's great pilgrim circuits — order, distances and seasons.
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Verified dates, significance and where to take darshan.
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Somnath
Prabhas Patan, Veraval, Gujarat
The first of the twelve Jyotirlingas, rising on the Arabian Sea shore — destroyed and rebuilt through the ages as a symbol of faith's endurance.
Kashi Vishwanath
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
The golden-spired Lord of Kashi on the Ganga at Varanasi — among the most revered of all Shiva shrines.
Kedarnath
Kedarnath, Uttarakhand
One of Shiva's most revered abodes — the highest of the twelve Jyotirlingas, at 3,583 m in the Garhwal Himalaya, open only half the year.
Kamakhya
Guwahati, Assam
The great Tantric seat on Nilachal Hill above the Brahmaputra — where the Goddess is worshipped as the yoni and is believed to menstruate each year.
Jagannath Puri
Puri, Odisha
Lord Jagannath of Puri — the eastern seat of the Char Dham, famed for the world's grandest Rath Yatra.
Mahaganapati, Ranjangaon
Ranjangaon, Pune, Maharashtra
The mightiest of the eight — the Ranjangaon shrine where Shiva himself invoked Ganesha before facing the demon Tripurasura.