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Temples of India

Divya Desams, the five-element Śaiva shrines, Jyotirliṅgas and great heritage temples. Each card opens its significance, history, timings and any scientific angle.

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108 Divya Desam

The foremost of the 108 Divya Desams and the largest functioning Hindu temple complex in the world.

Among the most visited and richly endowed places of worship on earth.

Birthplace of Āṇḍāḷ, the only woman among the twelve Āḻvārs.

One of the three great temples of Kāñchi, the 'city of a thousand temples'.

A Divya Desam and, by treasury, among the wealthiest temples in the world.

The third-largest Vaiṣṇava shrine, its sanctum shaped like a chariot drawn by horses and elephants.

A Divya Desam on a forested hill, brother-deity in the Madurai Chithirai festival.

The Divya Desam where Rāmānuja received the sacred mantra from his teacher.

A Divya Desam and hill seat of Śrī Vaiṣṇavism where Rāmānuja lived and taught.

Char Dhām & Himalayan

Both a Divya Desam ('Tiruvadari') and one of the four Char Dhām of the Himalayas.

A Jyotirliṅga and Char Dhām shrine at ~3,580 m in the Himalayas.

One of the four Char Dhām and home of the great Ratha Yātrā (chariot festival).

One of the four Char Dhām, the legendary sea-kingdom of Kṛṣṇa.

Pañca Bhūta Sthalam (the five elements)

The Ākāśa (ether/space) sthalam, where Śiva is worshipped as the dancer of creation.

The Appu (water) sthalam; an underground spring keeps the sanctum perpetually moist.

The Agni (fire) sthalam, beneath the sacred hill Aruṇācala.

The Vāyu (air) sthalam; a lamp inside the airless sanctum is seen to flicker.

The Pṛthvī (earth) sthalam, with a liṅga of earth beneath an ancient mango tree.

Jyotirliṅga & great Śiva temples

A Jyotirliṅga in Kāśī (Varanasi), among the holiest of all Śiva shrines on the Gaṅgā.

A Jyotirliṅga and one of the Char Dhām, where Rāma is said to have worshipped Śiva.

The first among the twelve Jyotirliṅgas, on the Arabian Sea coast.

A Jyotirliṅga and the only one whose liṅga faces south (dakṣiṇāmūrti).

A Jyotirliṅga on a river island shaped like the syllable Om.

A Jyotirliṅga that is also a Śakti Pīṭha (Bhramarāmbā), high above the Kṛṣṇā river.

A Jyotirliṅga in the Sahyādri hills, source of the Bhīmā river.

A Jyotirliṅga at the source of the Godāvarī, with a rare three-faced liṅga.

Traditionally counted as the twelfth and last Jyotirliṅga, beside the Ellora caves.

A Jyotirliṅga and the focus of the great Śrāvaṇī kānwar pilgrimage.

A Jyotirliṅga near Dwārakā on the Gujarat coast.

Great temples & World Heritage

A UNESCO World Heritage 'Great Living Chola Temple', built by Rājarāja Chola I (c. 1010 CE).

A 13th-century UNESCO World Heritage temple shaped as Sūrya's chariot.

A vast twin-shrine complex famed for its sculpture-covered gopurams.

Śakti Pīṭha

A foremost Śakti Pīṭha, centre of goddess (tantric) worship on the Nīlācala hill.

A major hill shrine reached by a long mountain trek to a natural cave.

A Śakti Pīṭha at the very southern tip of India, where three seas meet.

A Śakti Pīṭha and one of the foremost Devī temples of the Deccan.

A Śakti Pīṭha where the goddess is worshipped as natural eternal flames, with no idol.

A foremost Śakti Pīṭha and the spiritual heart of Kālī worship in Bengal.

Beloved living temples

Kerala's most beloved Kṛṣṇa temple, the 'Dwārakā of the South'.

A forest hill shrine reached after a 41-day vow and a barefoot trek.

The chief seat of the Puṣṭimārg (Vallabha) tradition of Kṛṣṇa devotion.

The holiest Śiva temple of Nepal, a UNESCO World Heritage site on the Bāgmatī.

The 108 Divya Desams

The complete list of Viṣṇu’s abodes sung by the twelve Āḻvārs (110 shrines), grouped by region — tap a name for its map.

Sacred circuits & lists

India’s great pilgrimage sets — across the Vaiṣṇava, Śaiva, Śākta, Gaṇapati and Kaumāra traditions.

Char Dhām

The four divine abodes (Ādi Śaṅkara's pan-India circuit)

Chota Char Dhām

The four Himalayan shrines of Uttarakhand

Dwādaśa Jyotirliṅga

The twelve self-manifest liṅgas of light

Pañca Bhūta Sthalam

The five Śiva temples of the elements

Sapta Mokṣa Purī

The seven holy cities that grant liberation

Aṣṭādaśa Mahā Śakti Pīṭha

The eighteen great seats of the Goddess

Aṟupaḍai Vīḍu

The six war-camps (abodes) of Murugan, Tamil Nadu

Aṣṭavināyaka

The eight self-manifest Gaṇeśa shrines, Maharashtra

Pañcārāma Kṣetra

The five Śiva temples of the Telugu land