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India offer
numerous Gods and Goddesses temples of all religions to seek blessings from.
Below is a list of famous temples and religious places in
India. These temples are an important part of the
culture and history of the India.
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1. Shirdi Sai Baba Temple -
Maharashtra (Sai Baba)
Shirdi Sai Baba Temple, also called Samadhi Mandir,
is a Hindu temple dedicated to Sai baba which is
situated in the town of shirdi in Rahata Tehasil in
Ahmednagar District in the Indian state of
Maharashtra, India. |
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2. Badrinath Temple -
Uttarakhand (Lord Vishnu)
Badrinath Temple, also called Badrinarayan Temple,
is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu which is
situated in the town of Badrinath in Uttarakhand,
India. |
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Iskcon Temple -
Delhi (Lord Krishna)
Sri Sri Radha Parthasarathi Mandir, generally known
as the ISKCON Delhi temple, is a well known Vaishnav
temple of Lord Krishna and Radharani in the form of
Radha Parthasarathi. |
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Akshardham Temple -
Delhi (Hindu Temple)
Akshardham is a Hindu temple complex in Delhi,
India. Also referred to as Delhi Akshardham or
Swaminarayan Akshardham, the complex displays
millennia of traditional Hindu and Indian culture. |
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Tirupati Balaji -
Andhra Pradesh (Sri Venkateswara)
Tirumala Sri Venkateswara Temple is a famous vedic
temple in the hill town of Tirumala, near Tirupati
in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. It is around
138 km from Chennai and 291 km from Bangalore. |
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Amarnath Temple -
Jammu and Kashmir (Lord Shiva)
Amarnath cave is a Hindu shrine located in Jammu and
Kashmir, India. It is dedicated to Shiva. The cave
is situated at an altitude of 3,888 m, about 141 km
from Srinagar, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir. |
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Golden Temple -
Punjab (Sikh Gurudwara)
The Harmandir Sahib, also Darbar Sahib and
informally referred to as the "Golden Temple", is
the holiest Sikh gurdwara located in the city of
Amritsar, Punjab, India. |
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Vaishno Devi Temple -
Jammu and Kashmir (Mata Rani)
Vaishno Devi, also known as Mata Rani and Vaishnavi,
is a manifestation of the Hindu Mother Goddess or
Durga. The words "maa" and "mata" are commonly used
in India for "mother". |
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Kedarnath Temple -
Uttarakhand (Lord Shiva)
Kedarnath Mandir is one of the holiest Hindu temples
dedicated to the god Shiva. It is on the Garhwal
Himalayan range near the Mandakini river in
Kedarnath, Uttarakhand in India. |
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Konark Sun Temple -
Odisha (Surya Devta)
Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century Sun Temple, at
Konark, in Odisha, India. It is believed that the
temple was built by king Narasimhadeva I of Eastern
Ganga Dynasty around AD 1250. |
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Somnath Temple -
Gujarat (Lord Shiva)
The Somnath Temple located in the Prabhas Kshetra
near Veraval in Saurashtra on the western coast of
Gujarat, India, is the first among the twelve
Jyotirlinga shrines of the god Shiva. |
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Sanchi Stupa Temple -
Madhya Pradesh (Lord Buddha)
The Buddhist vihara at Sanchi, famous for its Great
Stupa is located at Sanchi Town in Raisen District
of the state of Madhya Pradesh, India, it is located
46 km north-east of Bhopal. |
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Ramanathaswamy Temple -
Tamil Naidu (Lord Shiva)
Ramanathaswamy (Rameshwaram) Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to
god Shiva located on Rameswaram island in the state
of Tamil Nadu, India. |
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Siddhivinayak Temple -
Maharashtra (Lord Ganesha)
The Shree Siddhivinayak Ganapati Mandir is a Hindu
temple dedicated to Lord Shri Ganesh. It is located
in Prabhadevi, Mumbai, Maharashtra. It was
originally built by Laxman Vithu and Deubai Patil on
Nov 19, 1801. |
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Kashi Vishwanath Temple -
Uttar Pradesh (Lord Shiva)
Kashi Vishwanath Temple is one of the most famous
Hindu temples and is dedicated to Lord Shiva. It is
located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, the
holiest existing place of Hindus. |
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Jagannath Temple -
Odisha (Lord Buddha)
The Jagannath Temple in Puri is a famous, sacred
Hindu temple/Buddhist temple dedicated to Jagannath
and located on the eastern coast of India, at Puri
in the state of Odisha. |
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Meenakshi Amman Temple -
Tamil Naidu (Maa Parvati)
Meenakshi Amman Temple is a historic Hindu temple
located on the southern bank of the Vaigai River in
the temple city of Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is
dedicated to Parvati, known as Meenakshi. |
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Kanchipuram Temples -
Tamil Naidu (City of Temples)
‘The City of Thousand Temples’ – Kanchipuram is one
of the seven sacred places in India wherein the
people can attain Moksha. 1) Kamakshi Amman Temple,
2) Ekambareswarar Temple, 3) Varadaraja Perumal
Temple |
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Khajuraho Temple -
Madhya Pradesh (Hindu Temple)
Khajuraho, the ancient Kharjjura-vahaka represent
today a distinct pattern of art and temple
architecture of its own reminding one of the rich
and creative period it witnessed during the
Chandella rule. |
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Dwarkadhish Temple -
Gujarat (Lord Krishna)
The Dwarkadhish temple, also known as the Jagat
Mandir and occasionally spelled "Dwarakadheesh", is
a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Krishna, who is
worshipped here by the name Dwarkadhish. |
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Brihadeeswarar Temple -
Tamil Nadu (Lord Shiva)
The Peruvudaiyar Kovil is a Hindu temple dedicated
to Shiva that is located in the city of Thanjavur in
the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is an important
example of Tamil architecture achieved during the
Chola dynasty. |
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Gangotri Temple -
Uttarakhand (Goddess Ganga)
Gangotri, the origin of the River Ganges and seat of
the goddess Ganga, is one of the four sites in the
Chota Char Dham pilgrimage circuit. The original
Gangotri Temple was built by the Gurkha general Amar
Singh Thapa. |
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Lingaraja Temple -
Odisha (Lord Harihara, Shiva)
Lingaraj Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to
Harihara, a form of Shiva and is one of the oldest
temples in Bhubaneswar, the capital of the East
Indian state of Odisha. |
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Shri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir -
Delhi (Jain Temple)
Shri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir is the oldest and
best-known Jain temple in Delhi, India. It is
directly across from the Red Fort in the historical
Chandni Chowk area. |
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Ranakpur Temple -
Rajasthan (Jain Temple)
Ranakpur is a village located in Desuri tehsil near
Sadri town in the Pali district of Rajasthan in
western India. It is located between Jodhpur and
Udaipur. |
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Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple -
Kerala (Lord Vishnu)
Padmanabhaswamy temple is located in the centre of
Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala. Rather
unusually for Kerala, the temple was built in the
Dravidian style. |
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Laxminarayan Temple -
Delhi (Lord Laxminarayan)
The Laxminarayan Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated
to Laxminarayan in Delhi, India. Laxminarayan
usually refers to Vishnu, Preserver in the Trimurti,
also known as Narayan, when he is with his consort
Lakshmi. |
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Chhatarpur Mandir -
Delhi (Hindu Temple)
Shri Adhya Katyani Shakti Peeth Mandir is popularly
known as Chhatarpur Temple since it is located in a
down town area in south of Delhi - Chhatarpur. |
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Lotus Temple -
Delhi (Hindu Temple)
The Lotus Temple, located in New Delhi, India, is a
Baha'is House of Worship completed in 1986. Notable
for its flowerlike shape, it serves as the Mother
Temple of the Indian subcontinent. |
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Shri Krishna Balaram Mandir -
Vrindavan (Lord Krishna)
Sri Krishna-Balaram Mandir is a Gaudiya Vaishnava
temple in the holy city of Vrindavan. It is one of
the main ISKCON temples in India and
internationally. |
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