Temples
Temples
Sacred temples with their own written histories
§Sacred Geography
How the 779 temples are distributed across the Indian subcontinent — by state, tradition, and era.
779
Total temples
46
States/Regions
31
Traditions
17th–18th c. CE
Earliest Era
By State
By Tradition
By Era
Varies
Ancient
Medieval-modern
9th c. CE
9th c.
9th–10th c. CE
12th c.
17th–18th c. CE
Showing 1–14 of 14 (filtered from 779)
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12 Jyotirlings — Shiva's Radiant Forms
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Chidambaram — Thillai Nataraja
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Kailasa Temple — Ellora Cave 16
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Kashi Vishwanath — Lord Shiva's Sacred Jyotirling in Varanasi
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Kumbakonam — Muthuswami Dikshitar's Temple Cities
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Madhava Vidyaranya — Sringeri Sharada Peetham
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Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai
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Meenakshi Temple, Madurai
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Pañca-Bhūta Sthalas — the 5 element-temples
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Ramanathaswamy Temple — Rameswaram
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Shore Temple — Mamallapuram
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Somnath Temple
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Tiruvaiyaru — Tyagaraja Aradhana and the Carnatic Trinity
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