Temples

4272 temples

Sarguna Lingeswarar Temple

India

Sarguna Lingeswarar Temple(சற்குணலிங்கேஸ்வரர் கோயில்), also known as the Karukudi Nathar Temple, is a Hindu temple located at Marudhanallur in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India. The temple is dedicated to Shiva.

Satyawati temple

Nepal

Satyawati temple is located at Satyawati village of Palpa district in Nepal. The temple is located at an elevation of 1400 m near a sacred lake called Satawati Tal. The temple is dedicated to Magar community goddess Satyawati. There is another small lake nearby called Budhi Satyawati. About 300,000 people from Nepal and India, mostly Hindus, visit the temple annually. The temple can be accessed though one of many foot trails; the main trail starts at the bridge of Jhumsa in Siddhartha Highway, about 30-km south from Tansen and 19 km north of Butwal.

Sekhareswar Temple

Lathanga, India

The Sekhareswar Temple is a Hindu temple situated in Lathanga village in Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa, India. Sekhareswar in Sanskrit refers to the Godhead. The temple is dedicated to Shiva. The Varuni Yatra of Sekhareswar is one thousand years old. The Sekhareswar Sanskrit Tol, the Sekhareswar Sanskrit College and the Sekhareswar Yuva Parishad are named after the Lord of this temple.

Semmeninathar Karumbeswarar Temple

India

Semmeninathar Karumbeswarar Temple is a Hindu temple located near Vishnampettai in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India. The temple is dedicated to Shiva.

Serugudi Sukshmapureeswarar Temple

India

Serugudi Sukshmapureewarar Temple is a Hindu temple located in the village of Serugudi in the Tiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu, India. The presiding deity is Shiva.

Shikari Devi Temple

Mandi district

Shikari Devi Temple is a popular Hindu temple dedicated to goddess Durga in the form of Hunter's Goddess. The temple is located 18 kilometres (11 mi) from Sanarli in Karsog valley and at the same distance from Janjheli which is on the other side of the hill, through steep road to the temple in Mandi district of the North Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is believed that the temple was established by the Pandavas during their exile at the time of Mahabharata.

Shree Balaji Mandir

India

The temple of Shree Balaji Mandir is located at Charkop, Kandivali (West). It is claimed to be the second home place of lord venkateshwara after Tirupati Temple.

Shri Ammanavara Temple

Gundmi, India

Gundmi is a panchayat town in Udupi Taluk in Udupi district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Gundmi town is one of the oldest towns in India.

Shri Damodar Sansthaan, Goa

Goa, India

Shri Damodar Temple Zambaulim or Shri Damodara Sansthaan is a Hindu temple on the bank of the Kushawati River near the village of Zambaulim 22 km from the city of Margao on the border of Quepem region in the south of Goa. The temple houses a celebrated murti, or image, of Shiva incarnated as Damodar.

Shri Katyayani Baneshwar Temple, Aversa

Uttara Kannada District, India

Shri Katyayani Baneshwar Temple, , or the Aversa Hindu Narayani is a Hindu temple in the coastal town of Aversa near Ankola, in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka.

Shri Raghunath Mandir

Shri Raghunath Mandir is a Hindu temple located in Kullu town in Kullu district of Northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The temple is dedicated to Lord Rama. It is believed to be one of the most sacred temples in all over the world dedicated to Lord Rama.

Shri Vinayaka Shankaranarayana Durgamba Temple

India

The Shri Vinayaka Shankaranarayana Durgamba temple is a temple in Nandavara, Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka, India, located on the banks of the Netravathi river. It is the sanctum sanctorum of thousands of devotees from all over the world. The temple is 3 km (1.9 mi) from Marnabailu.

Shyam Kaka Temple

India

Shyam Kaka Temple, temple of Hindu God Krishna, dating back to 1845 CE located in Shaka Jagir village in Rajgarh district, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is near Narsinghgarh, about 100 km from Bhopal. Despite being a temple of the Hindu god Krishna, there is a panel in the temple depicting six Muslim men dressed in long robes and traditional headgear, offering namaz. According to author Shalini Rai Narayan, it is one of the exceptional places, where religious beliefs and antagonistic holy men stood in solidarity.

Siddha Vinayaka

India

Panchama is a small village famous for the temple of Panchama Ganesh, or Siddha Vinayaka as it is locally known. Legend says that the Gajapati King Purushottama deva of Puri on the way to his conquest of the Kanchi Kingdom recovered the image in the hollow of two trees of Bara and Ashwattha and paid his homage to the image after its consecration. Since then, the place is sanctified and has become an important centre of Ganapataya worship, preserving the great tradition of Panchadevata worship of Orissa. The idol still remains inside the trunk of two large ficus trees. A temple is constructed around it.

Sidhhanath Temple, Kharsundi

Sangli district, India

Siddhanath is believed to be incarnation of Lord Shiva. Siddhanath is the patron god of Atpadi and adjacent regions, and is one of several regional protective (Kshetrapal) gods of Maharashtra. Historical temple of lord Siddhnath, a big temple built in 450 years ago. The God in this temple is reincarnation of Lord Shiva even called as NathBaba. This God had two wives - one stays with him and other wife that is the Goddess Zakabai who is staying few km away from kharsundi near Neilkarnji. The God Nathbaba can meet her once every 3 years and this condition was put by his first wife Goddess Jogeswari. So all the villagers go along with Palki of god to meet her somewhere in December.

Simhanath Temple

India

Singhanath Temple is dedicated to Shiva who is worshipped by Narasimha, an avatar of Vishnu. The temple has a rekha deula and terraced roof jagamohana of traditional phase of temple style of Kalingan order. The temple is unique for its sculptural embellishment of both the Saivaite and Vaishnava sects. It is located in the Gopinathpur village, Baramba tehsil of Cuttack district, Odisha, India. It can be easily approached by road from Cuttack, Athgarh and Banki by new Mahanadi bridge.

Somabaresvara Siva Temple

Khordha district, India

The Somabaresvara Siva Temple is located in the Kapilesvara temple precinct. The enshrined deity is a Sivalingam over a square yonipitha made of sandstone. The temple has a vimana in pidha order. It is triratha on plan and the temple is buried up to the baranda. The temple is facing towards west. The remaining part of the bada measure 0.78 m in height. The gandi measures 0.75 m having three receding tiers. Mastaka measures 0.50 m in height. The doorjamb measures 0.57 m in height x 0.38 m in width and the sanctum is 0.27 m below the ground level. The cella measures 0.75 square m whereas the vimana measures 1.15 square m.