Temples

4272 temples

Ambikeshwori Temple

Ghorahi, Nepal

Ambikeshwori Temple is the highly religious centre of the attraction of people in the Mid-Western Region of Nepal, South Asia. This temple lies in the lap of largest valley of South-Asia, Dang Valley. Lying just at the eighteen ward of Ghorahi sub-metropolitan city of Dang district, it is accessible to many of the pilgrims. The temple also known as ‘Maiko Than’ is situated to the north of Ghorahi one and half kilometers away on bank of Katuwa Khola. This Shakta pitha is supposed to have emerged due to the falling of right ear of Satidevi according to the Swasthani Purana. This temple is the most popular Shakta pitha of Dang.

Amritaghateswarar-Abirami Temple,Thirukkadaiyur

Nagapattinam district, India

Amrithakadeeswarar Abhirami Temple (also called Abhirami temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva in his manifestation as Kalantaka and his wife Parvati as Abhirami. There is a Shrine for Maha Vishnu as Amrithanarayana and his consort Mahalakshmi as Amrithavalli. It is located in Thirukkadaiyur, 21 km East of Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu in India. This temple is associated with the legend of Shiva saving his young devotee, Markendeya from death, and the tale of a saint, Abirami Pattar a devotee of the presiding goddess.

Amunthirathu Devi Temple

Kerala, India

Amunthirathu Devi Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Goddess Sree Bhadra Kali located in Thiruvananthapuram, India. The temple is situated at Mudakkal, around 8 km north of Attingal in the Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala. The temple enshrines a black stone idol of the goddess Amunthirathamma, an incarnation of Bhadra Kali. Devi is in Ardha padmasana, Andarmugha and chathur bahu.

Anbilalanturai

Tamil Nadu, India

Anbil Alanthurai Temple is a temple dedicated to Shiva, located on the banks of the Kollidam river in Anbil, a small village near Lalgudi. is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in the village of Tiruchotruthurai, Tamil Nadu, India. Shiva is worshiped as Sathyavaheeswarar, and is represented by the lingam and his consort Parvati is depicted as Soundaranayagi. The presiding deity is revered in the 7th century Tamil Saiva canonical work, the Tevaram, written by Tamil poet saints known as the nayanars and classified as Paadal Petra Sthalam.

Anekadhangavadeswarar Temple

Kanchipuram, India

Anekadhangavadeswarar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva, located in the town of Kanchipuram, near Kailasanathar temple, Kanchipuram district in Tamil Nadu, India. Anekadhangavadeswarar is revered in the 7th century Tamil Saiva canonical work, the Tevaram, written by Tamil saint poets known as the nayanars and classified as Paadal Petra Sthalam, the 275 temples revered in the canon.

Anjaneya Temple, Nanganallur

Nanganallur, India

The Anjaneya Temple at Nanganallur, Chennai is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Hanuman. The principal idol of Hanuman is 32-feet tall and sculpted from a single piece of granite, which the second tallest Hanuman after Panchavatee near Puducherry.

Ardhanareeswarar Temple

Tiruchengode, India

The Ardhanareeswarar Temple, also known as Tirukodimāda Chenkundrūr, is an ancient Hindu temple, located in Tiruchengode, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The temple is dedicated to Ardhanarishvara, a composite form of the Hindu deities Shiva and his consort Parvati.

BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Atlanta

Georgia, United States

BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir is a Hindu temple outside of Atlanta, Georgia, inaugurated on August 26, 2007, by the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, a denomination of the Swaminarayan branch of Hinduism headed by Mahant Swami Maharaj. The mandir is located in the city of Lilburn in a suburb of Atlanta and was constructed in accordance with the Shilpa shastras, which are ancient Hindu architectural scriptures. It was the largest mandir of its kind outside of India. The mandir is made of 34,450 pieces of hand-carved Italian marble, Turkish Limestone and Indian pink sandstone, and are all situated on over 30 acres of landscaped grounds.

Bannari Amman Temple

Tamil Nadu, India

Arulmigu Sri Bannari Mariamman Temple is an Amman temple in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located near Sathyamangalam, Erode district.

Bata Mangala Temple

Odisha, India

Bata Mangala Temple is a temple dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Mangala. The temple is located 7 km away from the Hindu Holy town of Puri in the state of Odisha, India. The temple is revered by devotees on the way to the nearby Jagannath Temple. It is customary that devotees pray in this temple before they proceed to the Jagannath Temple.

Beejamandal, Khajuraho

Khajuraho, India

Beejamandal is a ruined temple in Jatkara village near Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, that has not yet been fully excavated and explored. It has a length of 34.60 meters and is thus longer than the largest temple of Khajuraho namely Kandariya which measures about 30 metres.

Bhadra Maruti Temple

Aurangabad district, India

The Bhadra Maruti Temple is a Hindu temple in Khuldabad, Maharashtra, India. The deity of the temple is Lord Hanuman

Bhaktavatsala Perumal Temple

Tiruvarur district, India

The Bhaktavatsala Perumal Temple is a temple dedicated to Hindu god Vishnu, located in Thirukannamangai, a village in Tiruvarur district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Constructed in Dravidian style of architecture, the temple is glorified in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th–9th centuries CE. It is counted as one among the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu. Vishnu is worshipped as Bhaktavatsala Perumal and his consort Lakshmi as Kannamangai Nayagi.

Bharali Namghar

Q42686, India

Bharali Namghar is a temple situated in Bharali village, India. Bharali is approximately 2 km away from Hatbor, a place of historical importance under the Kaliabor subdivision in the Nagaon district, Assam in India. People from the Nagaon district are mostly agriculture oriented and are guided by rich Sattria culture.

Bhimeswar Dham

Kamrup Metropolitan district, India

Bhimeswar Dham, is a Hindu temple, located at Dakini hill near Pamohi in Guwahati, Assam, India. It is situated at the hill just besides the Deepor Beel. It is believed that Shiva had incarnated here to destroy a demon called Bhimasura and protect his devotees.

Brahma Temple, Khedbrahma

Khedbrahma Taluka, India

Brahma Temple or Brahmaji Mandir is a Hindu temple dedicated to Brahma in Khedbrahma, Gujarat, India. It was built in the late 11th century.

Brahmeshvara Temple, Kikkeri

Mandya district, India

The Brahmeshvara temple, also referred to as the Brahmeshwara or Brahmesvara temple, is a 12th-century Hindu temple with Hoysala architecture in Kikkeri village, Mandya district of Karnataka state, India. Along with two other major historic temples within the village, the Brahmeshvara temple is one of many major ruined temples with notable artwork in Kikkeri area close to the more famous monuments of Shravanabelagola.

Burhanath temple

India

Budhanath Temple, also known as Vriddheshwarnath or Baba Bal Vridheshwarnath Temple, is a revered Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva perched on the banks of the Uttarvahini Ganga in Jogsar (Adampur), Bhagalpur. Widely believed to date back to Treta Yuga, it is counted among the 108 Nath temples of India mentioned in the Shiva Purana.

Chakravageswarar Temple

Thanjavur district, India

Chakramangai or Chakravageswarar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Hindu deity Shiva and is located in Chakkarapalli, Papanasam taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India. The temple is incarnated by the hymns of Thevaram, the 7th century Tamil literature and is classified as Paadal Petra Sthalam. It is one of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams, where the three of the most revered Nayanars, Appar and Tirugnana Sambandar have glorified the temple with their verses during the 7th-8th century. The temple has been widely expanded by Chola kings during the 11th century.

Chandannath Temple

Chandannath, Nepal

Chandannath Temple is a Hindu temple in Jumla, Nepal. It is located in Khalanga Bazar of Chandannath Municipality.

Chauchala Chhota Govinda Mandir

Bangladesh

Chauchala Chhota Govinda Mandir is a Hindu temple of the Puthia Temple Complex in Puthia Upazila, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh. The temple is believed to date to the 1790s-1800s period.

Cheruvally Devi Temple

Kottayam district, India

The Cheruvally Devi Temple is located in the village of Cheruvally in the Kanjirappally taluk of Kottayam, Kerala state, India. The presiding deity here is Goddess Bhadrakali, a more fierce form of [Devi Aadishakthi. Along with Her, there are various sub-deities installed in the temple, which include Ganapathi, Shiva, Parvathi, Vishnu, Ayyappan, Subrahmanya, Durga, Veerabhadra, Kodumkali, Snake deities, Brahmarakshassu, Judge Ammavan and Yakshiyamma. Among them, the shrine of Judge Ammavan has special significance, because there is no any other place with such a deity.