SACRED SITES IN INDIA
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| 1 Dwarka:
Krishna temple of Dwarkadhish
2 Mt. Girnar: Jain temples and goddess temple of Amba Mata 3 Somnath: Shiva Jyotir linga temple 4 Shatrunajaya: Jain temples |
5 Ujjain:
Mahakaleswar
Jyotir linga Shiva temple
6 Sanchi:Buddhist stupa 7 Omkareshwar: Jyotir linga Shiva temple 8 Nasik: Godavari river Kumbha Mela site |
| 9 Ajanta
caves: 29 Buddhist, Hindu, Jain sacred caves
10 Ellora: Buddhist, Hindu, Jain caves and Grineshwar Jyotir linga 11 Mt. Abu: Jain temples 12 Nathdwara: Sri Nathji Krishna temple |
13 Pushkar:
Brahma temple, Savitri temple on hill
14 Ajmer: Shrine of Mu’in al-din Chishti 15 Ambaji shrine: between Abu road and Palanpur 16 Amritsar: Hari Mandir |
| 17 Govindval:
Sikh temple
18 Anandpur Sahib: Sikh temple 19 Vaishno Devi: cave of Kali, Lakshmi and Saraswati 20 Amarnath: Shiva cave |
21 Leh:
Buddhist monasteries
22 Jwalamukhi: Shakti Pitha shrine 23 Kurukshetra: Brahma Sarovara, Sannihit Sarovara 24 Haridwar: Hari-ki-Pairi Ghat, numerous temples |
| 25
Rishikesh: Laksman Jhula, Neela Kantha Mahadeva
temple
26 Devprayag: Raghunath Vishnu temple 27 Karnaprayag: juncture of Alakananda and Pindar Ganga 28 Joshimath: Vasudeva temple, Sankaracharya Math 29 Hemkund: Sikh and Laksman temples at Lake Hemkund 30 Badrinath: Badrinath temple |
31 Kedarnath:
Jyotir Linga Shiva temple
32 Gangotri: Goddess Ganga temple 33 Yamnotri: source Yamuna river, Shani Prayag temple 34 Almora: temples of Kasar Devi, Jageshwar, Baijnath, Dwarahat, Bageshwar 35 Mt. Nanda Devi: sacred mountain |
| 36 Vrindavan:
numerous beautiful Krishna temples
37 Allahabad: Sangam Bath river site 38 Varanasi: numerous temples, ghats and pilgrimage circuits 39 Saranath: Buddhist holy place |
40 Kushinagar:
Holy site where Buddha passed away
41 Gaya: Vishnupada temple 42 Bodh Gaya: Site where Buddha attained enlightenment 43 Rajgir: Vulture Peak Buddhist site |
| 44 Baidyanath:
Shiva Jyotir linga
45 Mt. Parsanath: Jain temple 46 Tarakeswar: Tarakanath temple |
47 Navadip:
Chaitanya temple, Devananda Gaudiya Math
48 Tarapith: Shakti Pitha temple 49 Calcutta: Kalighat temple and Dakshineshwar |
| 50 Gauhati:
Kamakhya Shakti temple
51 Puri: Jaganath temple 52 Srisailam: Jyotir linga and Shakti Pitha temples 53 Tirupati: Govindaraja and Padmavathi temples 54 Tiruttani: Subrahmanya hill top temple |
55 Kanchipuram:
numerous pilgrimage temples
56 Tiruvanamalai: Arunachala and Tiruvanamalai 57 Chidambaram: Sabhanayaka Nataraja Shiva temple 58 Swamimalai temple: near Kumbakonam 59 Srirangam: Sri Ranganathaswami Vishnu temple |
| 60 Palani:
temple of Lord Muruga
61 Madurai: Temple Meenakshi, Tirupparangunram and Paramthirsolai 62 Rameshvaram: Ramananthaswami Gandhamadhana Parvatham & Hanuman temple |
63 Tiruchendur:
Subrahmanya temple of Lord Muruga
64 Kanya Kumari: Kumari Amman goddess temple 65 Trivandrum: Sri Padmanabhaswami Vishnu temple 66 Sabarimala: shrine of Ayappa |
| 67 Ettumanur:
Shiva temple
68 Mysore: shrine of Baba Qalander Shah 69 Sravanabelagola: Gomateswara Jain shrine 70 Sringeri: Sharada Devi and Vidyasankara temples |
71 Gokarna:
Shiva temple and Ganapati Ganesh temple
72 Pandharpur: Vitthala Krishna temple 73 Bhimshankar: Shiva Jyotir linga 74 Guruvayur: Krishna temple |
| 75 Deoghar:
Vaidyanath Shiva Jyotir linga
76 Khajuraho: Jain and Hindu temples 77 Delhi: Islamic shrines of Kwaja Nizamuddin Aulia, Khwaja Bakhtiyar Kaki, Kwaja Naseerudin Charagh-e Dilli |
78 Sirhind:
Islamic shrine of Sheikh Mujaddid Alfe Thani
79 Gulbarga: Islamic shrine of Khwaja Gesudaraz 80 Udipi: Krishna temple 81 Kukuteshvara: Shiva temple |
| 82 Kolhapur:
temple of Lakshmi/Amba Bai
83 Gangasagarar / Sagar Island: Kapil Muni temple 84 Amarkantak: hill top temples and source of Narmada river |
85
Patan: Jain temples
86 Vadanagar: temple of Hatkeshvara Shiva 87 Chamba: Lakshmi Narayan temple 89 Nagor: Dargh Sharif temple |
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