Temples
History, legends, rituals and architecture of India's sacred shrines, and how to reach them.
The Twelve Jyotirlingas
Where Shiva is worshipped as a pillar of infinite light, in the order the stotram recites them.
Somnath Temple
Prabhas Patan, Veraval, Gir Somnath, Gujarat
Sri Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple, Srisailam
Srisailam, Nandyal district, Andhra Pradesh
Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga
Ujjain, Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh
Omkareshwar Temple
Mandhata (Omkareshwar), Khandwa district, Madhya Pradesh
Kedarnath Temple
Kedarnath, Rudraprayag District, Uttarakhand
Bhimashankar Temple
Bhimashankar, Khed Taluka, Pune District, Maharashtra
Kashi Vishwanath Temple
Vishwanath Gali, Varanasi, Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh
Trimbakeshwar Temple
Trimbak, Trimbakeshwar Tehsil, Nashik District, Maharashtra
Baba Baidyanath Temple (Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga)
Deoghar, Deoghar District, Jharkhand
Nageshvara Jyotirlinga Temple
Nageshwar, near Dwarka, Devbhumi Dwarka District, Gujarat
Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameswaram
Rameswaram, Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu
Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga Temple
Verul (Ellora), Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad) District, Maharashtra
Char Dham
The four abodes at the four corners of India, linked by Adi Shankaracharya.
Chota Char Dham
The Himalayan pilgrimage to Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath.
Devi temples & Shakti Peethas
Shrines of the Mother, many of them where the body of Sati is said to have fallen.
Jwalamukhi Temple (Jwala Ji)
Jawalamukhi, Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh
Kalighat Kali Temple
Kalighat, Kolkata, West Bengal
Kamakhya Temple
Nilachal Hill, Guwahati, Kamrup Metropolitan, Assam
Mansa Devi Temple, Haridwar
Bilwa Parvat, Haridwar, Uttarakhand
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Temple
Trikuta Hills, Katra, Reasi district, Jammu and Kashmir
Maa Vindhyavasini Temple
Vindhyachal, Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh
Great temples of the South
Towering gopurams and living traditions, from Tirumala to Thanjavur.
Brihadeeswarar Temple, Thanjavur
Thanjavur, Thanjavur District, Tamil Nadu
Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai
Madurai, Madurai District, Tamil Nadu
Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Thiruvananthapuram
East Fort, Thiruvananthapuram, Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala
Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam
Srirangam, Tiruchirappalli District, Tamil Nadu
Sri Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala (Tirupati)
Tirumala, Tirupati District, Andhra Pradesh
Virupaksha Temple, Hampi
Hampi, Vijayanagara District, Karnataka
The stories, rituals and architecture of India's sacred temples