Temples

4272 temples

Jwala Ji Kangra

Kangra district, India

The Jwalamukhi temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the goddess Jwala Devi, located in the Jawalamukhi town of Himachal Pradesh, India. It is known for its eternal flame emanating from a rock fissure on top of which the main shrine has been built. It is considered one of the major Shakti pitha shrines.

Kaichinam Kaichineswarar Temple

Tamil Nadu, India

Kaichinam Kaichineswarar Temple is a Hindu temple located at Kachanam in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India. The historical name of the place is Kaichinam. The temple is dedicated to Shiva, as the moolavar presiding deity, in his manifestation as Kaichineswarar. His consort, Parvati, is known as Palvalai Nayaki.

Kalahasteeswarar Temple, Kumbakonam

Tamil Nadu, India

Kalahasteeswarar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located at Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.

Kalijai

Chilika Lake, India

Kalijai Temple, also Kalijai Hill, is located on an island in Chilika Lake. It is considered to be the abode of the Goddess Kalijai. Goddess Kalijai is actually Kali, the source and the first 'Mahavidya' of 'Dasmahavidyas'. Highly revered by the local populace, the deity has been venerated in the local folklores and legends. The island provides an excellent destination for pilgrims as well as tourists. Every year in January, a huge gala fair is held during the festival of Makar Sankranti.

Kanthaswamy Temple, Cheyyur

Kanchipuram district, India

Kanthaswamy Temple in Cheyyur, in Chengalpattu district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Hindu god Murugan. Constructed in the ancient Tamil style of architecture, the temple was constructed during the Cholas during the 10th century. Murugan is worshipped as Kanthaswamy along with his consorts Valli and Deivasena. A granite wall surrounds the temple, enclosing all its shrines.

Karaikal Ammayar Temple

Puducherry, India

Karaikal Ammaiyar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the Shaivite saint or Nayanmar Punithavathi, more famously known as Karaikal Ammaiyar. It is located on Bharathiar Street, in the center of Karaikal city, in India.

Karunellinathar temple

Virudhunagar district, India

Karunellinathar temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva in Thiruthangal, a town in the outskirts of Sivakasi, in Tamil Nadu, India. Shiva is worshiped as Karunellinathar, and is represented by the lingam and his consort Parvati is depicted as Chokki Amman.

Kasbeswari Kali Mata

Sepahijala district, India

Kasbeswari Kali Mata or Kamalasagar Kali Temple was built on a hill-top by Maharaja Dhanya Manikya in the late 15th century. It is situated just beside the Bangladesh border, The lake, Kamalasagar, in front of this temple rightly enhances its beauty.

Kodi Kuzhagar Temple

Tamil Nadu, India

Kuzhagar Temple or Kodi Kuzhagar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva, located in the town of Kodikkarai in Tamil Nadu, India. Kuzhagar 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.

Kozha sree narasimhaswami temple

India

Kozhaa Sree Narasimhaswami Temple is a Hindu shrine at Kozha, in the village of Kuravilangad, Kottayam, Kerala, in India. The temple is dedicated to Narasimha, the fourth incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu.

Loga Nayaga Shani Eswaran shrine

Tamil Nadu, India

Loga Nayaga Shaniswara temple is located at Puliakulam, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The temple is located adjacent to Puliakulam Mariamman temple and the main deity is Shani. The idol of Shani is 7 feet (2.1 m) tall and is made of iron. A crow which is the mount of Shani, made also of iron stands in front of the main deity.

Maa Barunei Temple

India

Maa Barunei Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the goddess Barunei, a manifestation of Shakti. The temple is located on the Barunei Hill in Khordha district of the Indian state of Odisha. The temple has idols of the twin goddesses Barunei and Karunei in the sanctum sanctorum.

Maa Baulasuni Temple

Bhadrak district, India

Maa Baulasuni Temple is located in the village of Nilok in Bhadrak District, at about a distance of 27 km from the city of Bhadrak. At first there was no temple, the Idol was worshiped under a tree. Then an altar was made where the Idol of Maa Baulasuni placed for worship. The present temple was built on 1969 and the "Yagya Mandap" was built on the year of 2000.

Maa Samleswari Temple

Sambalpur district, India

Samaleswari Temple is a Hindu temple in Sambalpur, Odisha, India, dedicated to the goddess known as 'Samaleswari', also known among the natives as Samalei Maa, meaning Mother Samaleswari. Shree Shree Samaleswari, the revived presiding deity of Sambalpur, holds a profound religious significance across western Odisha and Chhattisgarh in India. Situated on the banks of the sacred Mahanadi River, Goddess Samaleswari has been worshipped since ancient times as Jagat Janani, Durga, Mahalaxmi, Mahasaraswati, and Adishakti.

Maheswarnath Mandir

Mauritius

Maheswarnath Mandir is a Hindu temple located in the town of Triolet, Mauritius. The presiding deity of the temple is Lord Shiva. The temple was founded in 1888 by Pandit Shri Sajeebunlall Ramsoondur, who came from Calcutta. The temple is famous for its association with the first pilgrimage to Ganga Talao, the sacred lake found in the center of Mauritius. The temple is the biggest and one of the oldest Hindu temples on the island along with the Kovil at Bon Espoir Piton (1830), Sinatambou Kovil at Terre Rouge (1850), Murugan Kovil at Clemencia (1856), the Shivala at Gokoolah (1867), Rameshwarnath Shivala at Terre Rouge (1867) and Jharnath Shivala at l'Aventure (1881).

Malamakkavu Ayyappa Temple

Kerala, India

Malamakkavu Ayyappa Temple is a famous Hindu temple dedicated to lord Ayyappan, located in Anakkara Panchayath in Palakkad district of Kerala. A special flower called "Chengazhinir Poovu" which is traditionally used as offering to deity is found and grown only in the temple pond. This temple was depicted in the Malayalam movie Neelathamera, though the film was recorded elsewhere as no permission was given to shoot the film on the temple premises.

Manakula Vinayagar Temple

Puducherry, India

Manakula Vinayagar Temple is a Ganesha temple in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. Dedicated to the god Ganesa, it is a popular pilgrimage site and tourist destination in Puducherry. The temple is of considerable antiquity and predates French occupation of the territory. During the tenure of Dupleix, there were attempts to destroy the temple, but it was spared owing to strong protests from the Hindu population and the threat of British and Maratha invasion of the territory.

Mannargudi Mallinatha Swamy Jain Temple

Mannargudi taluk, India

Mallinathaswamy Jain Temple is a Jain temple dedicated to the deity Jain, located in Mannargudi, an ancient town in the erstwhile Chola Empire in Tiruvarur District of Tamil Nadu, India. Mallinathaswamy or Māllīnātha is the 19th Tirthankara of the Jain faith.

Matatirtha Temple

Matatirtha, Nepal

Matatirtha Temple is a Hindu temple in Matatirtha, Chandragiri Municipality, Nepal.