Temples

Kadri Manjunath Temple

Dakshina Kannada district, India

Deity: Shiva

Kadri Manjunatha Temple is a historic temple in Mangaluru in the state of Karnataka, India. The incharge and priests in the temple are Shivalli Madhva Brahmins.

Kal Bhairab Temple

Brahmanbaria District, Bangladesh

Deity: Shiva

Kal Bhairab Temple is a Hindu temple, dedicated to the God Shiva, located in Medda in the Brahmanbaria district of Bangladesh. The temple is famed for the giant Shivalinga, a 28-feet tall Shiva statue assumed to be the largest in the world. Though the Hindu Lord Shiva, who is called the Kal Bhairab is the main attraction, Goddess Kali is also worshipped there. The statue of Kali is situated on the right side of the Kal Bhairab and the statue of the Goddess Parvati is placed on the left. The temple is a major pilgrimage place for Shaivites in Bangladesh.

Kamala Narayana Temple, Degaon

Degaon, India

Founded: 1174

Kamala Narayana Temple is at Degaon in Belgaum District, Karnataka, India. The temple was built by the Kadamba dynasty. Kamal Narayan Temple was constructed by Tippoja, the chief architect of Kamala Devi, the Queen of the Kadamba king Sivachitta Permadi in the 12th century. This temple built in 1174. A.D. The principal deity is Lord Narayana.

Kankaleshwar Temple

Beed, India

Deity: Shiva

Kankaleshwar Temple is a temple located in the town of Beed, in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Kanswa Temple

Kota district, India

Deity: Shiva

Kanswa, also spelled Kansua, is a village in the Kota district of Rajasthan, India. It is of archaeological importance. It is the site where James Tod found an inscription in 1820 AD that reveals the rule of the Jat king Maharaja Shalinder in Kota region in 5th century AD.

Kaviyoor Mahadeva Temple, Kerala

Pathanamthitta, India

Deity: Shiva

Kaviyoor Mahadevar Temple is one of the important Siva temples in Kerala, located in Kaviyoor, Tiruvalla Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India. It is commonly called Thrikkaviyoor Mahadeva Temple. The main deity is Lord Mahadeva (Shiva) with Parvathi.The temple is well known for the Hanuman temple situated inside the temple complex. Kaviyoor Temple is one of the important Special Grade temples under the Travancore Devaswom Board.

Mammiyoor Temple

Thrissur district, India

Deity: Shiva

Mammiyur Mahadeva Temple is a popular Shiva temple situated in Guruvayoor, Thrissur district of Kerala, India. Every devotee who goes to Guruvayur Temple is supposed to go to Mammiyoor also, as the ritual goes. Only Hindus are allowed inside the temple premises. The temple is a part of the 108 famous Shiva temples in Kerala and one among the five Shiva temples around Guruvayoor. The main deity is Lord Shiva, who is installed in the concept of 'Uma Maheshwara' - His form with Goddess Parvathi on his left. There is a shrine for Lord Vishnu also here. The sub-deities are Lord Ganapathi, Lord Subrahmanya, Lord Ayyappan, Goddess Bhadrakali, Brahmarakshasa and Serpent deities.

Mansa Devi Temple, Haridwar

Haridwar district, India

Deity: Manasa

Mansa Devi Temple, Haridwar is a Hindu temple dedicated to goddess Mansa Devi in the holy city of Haridwar in the Uttarakhand state of India. The temple is located atop the Bilwa Parvat on the Sivalik Hills, the southernmost mountain chain of the Himalayas. The temple, also known as Bilwa Tirth, is one of the Panch Tirth within Haridwar.

Neelkantha (Nilkantheswar)

Dhar district, India

Deity: Shiva

Nilkanth Temple or Imarat-i-Dilkhusha is a Mughal architecture temple built on the orders of Mughal Emperor Akbar by the governor of Mandu, Shah Badgah in 1574 AD. Akbar commissioned this temple for his favourite wife, Empress Mariam-uz-Zamani, who was a follower of Hinduism.

Pura Dalem Segara Madhu

Bali, Indonesia

Founded: 1700

Pura Dalem Segara Madhu also known as Pura Dalem Jagaraga is a northern Balinese Hindu temple or pura located in the village of Jagaraga, Buleleng in northern Bali. It is about 11 km east of Singaraja. The village of Jagaraga is known historically as the place where the Dutch colonial government witnesses puputan or Balinese mass-suicide following their military attack on the kingdom of Bali in 1849. Pura Dalem Segara Madhu is known for its intensive wall decoration typical of northern Balinese architecture and for its unique western-influenced reliefs featuring early 20th-century airplanes and automobiles.

Radha Krishna Temple

London, United Kingdom

Founded: 1969

The Radha-Krishna Temple has been the headquarters of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in the United Kingdom since the late 1960s. It was founded in Bury Place, Bloomsbury, by six devotees from San Francisco's Radha-Krishna Temple, who were sent by ISKCON leader A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada to establish a UK branch of the movement in 1968. The Temple came to prominence through George Harrison of the Beatles publicly aligning himself with Krishna consciousness. Among the six initial representatives in London, devotees Mukunda, Shyamsundar and Malati all went on to hold senior positions in the rapidly growing ISKCON organisation.

Ramna Kali Temple

Bangladesh

Deity: Kali

The Ramna Kali Temple is a Hindu temple in Dhaka, Bangladesh, that was originally built during the Mughal Empire. It was also known as the "Ramna Kalibari". The temple is dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Kali.

Rangnath Dol

Sivasagar district, India

Deity: Shiva

Rangnath Dol is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Shiva on the bank of Joysagar Tank. It was built in 1703 by Sukhrungphaa near the main gateway on the way from the Joysagar tank to the Talatal Ghar. Large numbers of devotees continue to visit and offer puja in this temple. The sanctum of the temple enshrines a lingam. A do-chala mandapa is attached to the sanctum.

Sirsi Marikamba Temple

Sirsi Taluk, India

Founded: 1688

Sirsi Marikamba Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Marikamba Devi, located in Sirsi, Karnataka, It is also known as Marigudi. It was built in 1688.

Tarakeshwara Temple, Hangal

Haveri district, India

Deity: Shiva

The Tarakeshwara or Tarakeshvara Temple is a Hindu temple complex dedicated to Shiva as Tarakeswara located in Hangal, Karnataka, in India. It also houses a temple to Shiva's vahana, Nandi, and his son Ganesha. The complex is a listed monument of the Archaeological Survey of India. It also has three memorial stones which are sculpted with religious and military scenes and inscribed with text in the Kannada language. Its octagonal hall has a 6-metre (20 ft) diameter lotus carving as its ceiling.

Thiruvanchikulam Mahadeva Temple

Thrissur district, India

Deity: Shiva

Thiruvanchikulam Siva Temple is a Hindu temple situated in Kodungallur in Thrissur district of Kerala state, India. Constructed in the Kerala style of architecture, the temple is believed to have been built during the Chera period. Shiva is worshipped as Mahadeva and his consort Parvathi as Umadevi. There are 33 sub-deities in this temple, the highest number so in Kerala.

Arakeshwara Temple, Haleyedatore

Krishnarajanagara Taluk, India

Hale Yedatore, a village in the Krishnaraja Nagara taluk of the Mysore district, Karnataka state, India is located about four kilometers north of the commercially important newly built town of Krishnarajanagara, and about 44 km north-west of the historically important city of Mysore. The name Yedatore derives from two Kannada language words, yeda and tore – a name that arises from the "bend to the left" made by the river at that spot which is considered sacred by Hindus. There are steps leading from the temple down to the bathing areas ("ghats") by the river.

Arasavalli Sun Temple

Srikakulam district, India

Arasavalli Sri Surya Narayana Swamy Devalayam is a temple for Lord Surya, the solar deity, at Arasavalli in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Arasavalli Village 1 km east of Srikakulam. It is believed that the temple was built in 7th century CE by King Devendra Varma, a great ruler of Eastern Ganga Dynasty of Kalinga. The present structure is largely a result of 18th-century renovations. The temple was built in Rekha deula style of Kalinga Architecture like Puri Jagannath temple of Odisha. This temple is considered one of the oldest sun temples in India. The temple is one of the two major temples who worship Lord Surya in India.

Banashankari Amma Temple

Cholachagudda, India

Banashankari Devi Temple is a Hindu shrine located at Cholachagudda near Badami, in Bagalkot district, Karnataka, India. The temple is popularly called 'Shakambhari' 'Banashankari or Vanashankari' since it is located in the Tilakaaranya forest. The temple deity is also called the Shakambhari, an incarnation of the goddess Parvati.

Bhadrakali Temple

Kathmandu, Nepal

Deity: Bhadrakali

Founded: 1817

Bhadrakali Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Devi Bhadrakali. It is located in Kathmandu, Nepal, next to Tundikhel.

Bhalka

Gujarat, India

Bhalka Temple, also known as Bhalka Tirtha, is a Hindu temple located in Veraval, Gujarat on the western coast of India. It marks the location where Krishna concluded his earthly pastimes and completed his ascension to his spiritual abode. According to the Mahabharata and the Bhagavata Purana, a hunter named Jara mistook Krishna's partly visible foot for a deer from a distance and released an arrow, an event that served as the catalyst for Krishna's departure from the physical world. In the epic and Puranas, this event is commemorated as the Shri Krishna Nijdham Prasthan Leela.

Bharat Mata Mandir

Varanasi district, India

Bharat Mata Mandir is located on the Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith campus in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Instead of traditional statues of gods and goddesses, the temple has a large map of Akhand Bharat carved in marble. The temple is dedicated to Bharat Mata and was originally the only one of its kind in the world.

Bindhyabasini Temple

Pokhara, Nepal

The Bindhyabasini Temple is one of the oldest and most prominent Hindu temples in Pokhara, Nepal. Situated in Ward No. 2, Miruwa of Pokhara in Kaski District, Gandaki Province, the temple is dedicated to Goddess Bindhyabasini, a manifestation of Durga. It serves as an important religious site, attracting devotees and visitors from across Nepal and abroad throughout the year. The temple complex also includes shrines dedicated to other Hindu deities, such as Saraswati, Shiva, Hanuman, and Ganesha. Located atop a small hill, the temple can be accessed via stone staircases from the east, north, and southeast.

Chottanikkara Temple

Ernakulam district, India

The Chottanikkara Bhagavathy Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Goddess Bhagavathy, located in the village of Chottanikkara within the Ernakulam District of Kerala, India. Managed by the Cochin Devaswom Board, it is one of the most significant shrines among the 409 temples under the board's administration.