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Temples |
State |
Worshipped deity |
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Venkateswara Temple |
Andhra Pradesh |
Venkateswara (Vishnu) |
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Tirupati Balaji Temple |
Andhra Pradesh |
Vishnu |
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Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa)
Temple |
Telangana |
Ramalingeswara Swam |
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Mahabodhi Temple |
Bihar |
Lord Buddha |
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Somnath Temple |
Gujarat |
Lord Shiva |
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Dwarkadhish Temple |
Gujarat |
Dwarkadheesh Krishna |
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Vaishno Devi Temple |
Jammu & Kashmir |
Vaishno Devi |
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Amarnath Temple |
Jammu & Kashmir |
Lord Shiva |
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Virupaksha Temple |
Karnataka |
Pampa pathi or Virupaksha
(Shiva) |
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Vijaya Vitthala Temple |
Karnataka |
Lord Vitthala |
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Gomateshwara Temple |
Karnataka |
Bahubali |
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Padmanabhaswamy Temple |
Kerala |
Maha Vishnu |
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Sabrimala Temple |
Kerala |
Lord Ayyappa |
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Kamakhya Temple |
Assam |
Kamakhya (Also identified as
Goddess Kali) |
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Khajuraho Temple |
Madhya Pradesh |
Shiva , Vishnu, Brahma, Ganesha |
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Siddhivinayak Temple |
Maharashtra |
Ganesha |
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Konark Sun Temple |
Odisha |
Surya (Sun) |
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Jagannath Temple |
Odisha |
Jagannath |
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Lingaraja Temple |
Odisha |
Lord Shiva |
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Golden Temple |
Punjab |
Holy book of Sikh Guru Granth
Sahib |
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Ramanathaswamy Temple |
Tamil Nadu |
Ramanadhaswamy (Shiva) |
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Meenakshi Temple |
Tamil Nadu |
Meenakshi (Parvati) |
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Ranganathaswamy Temple |
Tamil Nadu |
Ranganathar (Perumal /Vishnu) |
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Brihadeeswarar Temple |
Tamil Nadu |
Lord Shiva |
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Rajagopalaswamy Temple |
Tamil Nadu |
Lord Krishna |
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Nataraja Temple |
Tamil Nadu |
Lord Shiva |
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Airavatesvara Temple |
Tamil Nadu |
Lord Shiva |
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Kashi Vishwanath Temple |
Uttar Pradesh |
Lord Shiva |
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Badrinath Temple |
Uttarakhand |
Badrinath (Vishnu) |
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Yamunotri Temple |
Uttarakhand |
Goddess Yamuna |
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Gangotri Temple |
Uttarakhand |
Goddess Ganga |
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Kedarnath |
Uttarakhand |
Lord of Kedarkhand (Shiva) |
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Rajasthan |
Dilwara Temple |
Rishabhanatha, Neminatha,
Parshvanatha & Mahavira |
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Dakshineshwar |
West Bengal |
Goddess Kali |
Famous Temples in India: Brief Description
Venkateswara
Temple
The temple is located in
the Hill town of Tirumala at Tirupati in the Chittoor district of
Andhra Pradesh, India.
The Temple is dedicated
to Venkateswara, a form of Vishnu.
The other name of the
temple is Tirumala Temple, Tirupati Temple, and Tirupati
Balaji Temple.
Lord Venkateswara is known
by many other names: Balaji, Govinda, and Srinivasa.
The temple is based
on Dravidian architecture.
Kakatiya
Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple
Ramappa Temple, also known
as the Rudreshwara temple, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in
Telangana, India.
The temple is dedicated to
Lord Ramalingeswara.
The construction of the
Ramappa temple was started in the year 1213 CE.
The temple was built by
Recharla Rudra, a General of Kakatiya ruler Ganapati Deva.
The temple is named after
its designer and architect of the temple Ramappa.
Marco Polo, during his
visit to the Kakatiya empire, allegedly called the temple “the brightest star
in the galaxy of temples”.
The temple is in Kakatiya
style, Bhumija/Vesara style.
Mahabodhi
Temple
The Mahabodhi Temple is
located in Gaya district ( Bodh Gaya) Patna, Bihar, India.
This temple is dedicated
to Lord Buddha. It is said that the Buddha attained enlightenment in this place
of Bodh Gaya.
The word Mahabodhi
literally means “Great Awakening “.
The Mahabodhi Buddhist
temple is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The site contains a
descendant of the Bodhi Tree under which Buddha gained enlightenment.
The Mahabodhi Temple is
made of brick and is one of the oldest surviving brick structures in eastern
India. It is considered an excellent example of Indian brickwork.
Somnath
Temple
The Somnath Temple is
located at Prabhas Patan, Veraval in Gujarat, India.
This Temple is dedicated
to Lord Shiva.
It is said that this is
the first of the twelve Jyotirlingas of Shiva.
The Adi Somnath temple has
been destroyed many times by various Muslim rulers, the most brutal of which is
Sultan Mahmud.
The present temples are
rebuilt in the Maru-Gurjara style of Hindu temple architecture.
Presently the PM of India
Narendra Modi is the chairman of Shree Somnath Mandir trust.
Dwarkadhish
Temple
The Dwarkadhish temple is
located in Dwarka city of Gujarat, India.
It is a Hindu temple
dedicated to the god Krishna, who is worshipped here as Dwarkadhish or ‘ King
of Dwarka.
The Dwarkadhish temple,
also known as the Jagat Mandir.
It is one of the
destinations of Char Dham, a Hindu pilgrimage circuit.
As it is a Pustimarga
temple, it follows the guidelines and rituals made by Vallabhacharya and
Bithaleshnath.
The original temple was
believed to have been built by Krishna’s grandson Vajranava.
The original structure was
destroyed in 1472 by Mahmud Begada also known as Mahmud Shah I.
Vaishno
Devi Temple
The Vaishno Devi Temple is
located at Katra in the Trikuta Mountains in the Indian Union territory of
Jammu and Kashmir.
It is an important Hindu
temple dedicated to Vaishno Devi.
Vaishno Devi also known as
Mata Rani, Trikuta, Ambe, and Vaishnavi.
It is believed that the
Vaishnavi was formed from the combined energies of Parvati, Lakshmi, and Saraswati.
Amarnath
Temple
Amarnath Temple is a Hindu
shrine located in Jammu and Kashmir, India. The cave is situated at an altitude
of 3,888 m (12,756 ft), about 141 km (88 mi) from Srinagar.
The deity worshipped here
is Lord Shiva.
The Amarnath Cave Temple
is one of the 51 Shakti Peethas, temples throughout South Asia that commemorate
the location of a fallen body part of the Hindu deity Sati.
According to legend, Sage
Bhrigu was the first to have discovered Amarnath.
Virupaksha
Temple
Virupaksha Temple is
located in Hampi in the Ballari district of Karnataka, India.
The temple is dedicated to
Lord Virupaksha, a form of Shiva.
It is a part of the Group
of Monuments at Hampi, designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The temple was built by
Lakkan Dandesha, a nayaka (chieftain) under the ruler Deva Raya II, also known
as Prauda Deva Raya of the Vijayanagara Empire.
Gomateshwara
Temple
The Gommateshwara Temple
is located in the town of Shravanbelagola in the Indian state of Karnataka.
The Gommateshwara statue
is dedicated to the Jain figure Bahubali.
This temple is built by
carving a single block of granite.
It is the tallest
monolithic and largest freestanding statue in the World.
It was built around 983 CE
during the Western Ganga dynasty.
Padmanabhaswamy
Temple
The Padmanabhaswamy temple
is located in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
Lord Vishnu is worshipped
in the Padmanabhaswamy temple.
It is considered as the
richest place of worship in the world.
In Malayalam, the city of
Thiruvananthapuram means “the city of Lord Ananta”, (the city of Lord Vishnu)
The temple is built in an
intricate fusion of the Chera style and the Dravidian style of architecture.
Kamakhya
Temple
Kamakhya Temple is
Situated on Nilachal Hill in the western part of Guwahati city in Assam, India.
The Kamakhya Temple is a
Sakta temple dedicated to the mother goddess Kamakhya.
It is one of the oldest of
the 51 Shakti Pithas.
The main temple in a
complex of individual temples dedicated to the ten Mahavidyas of Saktism,
namely, Kali, Tara, Tripura Sundari, Bhuvaneshwari, Bhairavi, Chhinnamasta,
Dhumavati, Bagalamukhi, Matangi and Kamalatmika.
This temple is built in
the Nilachal architectural style.
Siddhivinayak
Temple
The temple is located in
Prabhadevi, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
It is a Hindu temple
dedicated to Lord Shri Ganesh.
It was originally built by
Laxman Vithu and Deubai Patil on 19 November 1801.
Konark Sun
Temple
Konark Sun Temple is
located in the Puri district in the Indian state of Odisha.
The temple is dedicated to
the Hindu Sun God Surya.
The Sun temple was built
in 1250 CE by king Narasimhadeva I of the Eastern Ganga dynasty.
The Sun Temple is based on
the Kalinga architectural style.
Golden
Temple
The Golden temple is a
Gurdwara located in the city of Amritsar, Punjab, India.
The Golden temple is
dedicated to the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy book of Sikh.
The Golden Temple is also
known as the Harmandir Sahib or “abode of God”.
It is the main spiritual
site of Sikhism.
The construction of the
Gurdwara was completed by the fourth Sikh Guru, Guru Ram Das, in 1577.
Guru Ram Das founded the
city of Amritsar.
Meenakshi
Temple
The Meenakshi Temple is
located on the southern bank of the Vaigai River in the temple city of Madurai,
Tamil Nadu, India
The temple is dedicated to
the goddess Meenakshi and Sundareshwar. Here ‘Meenakshi’ is a form of Parvati,
similarly ‘Sundareshwar’ is a form of Shiva.
According to Tamil Sangam
literature, the temple is located in the center of the ancient temple town of
Madurai.
This temple is one of the
Paadal Petra Sthalam.
The Paadal Petra Sthalam
are 275 temples of Lord Shiva that are revered in the verses of the Tamil Saiva
Nayanars.
The temple is based on
Vijayanagara, Dravidian architecture.
Ranganathaswamy
Temple
The Sri Ranganathaswamy
Temple is located in Srirangam, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
It is a Hindu temple
dedicated to Ranganatha, a form of Vishnu.
The temple was constructed
in the Dravidian architectural style.
It is one of the most
important of the 108 (Divya Desam )Vishnu Temples
It is the first temple to
be awarded by the UN Body for protecting and conserving cultural heritage.
Kashi
Vishwanath Temple
It is located in
Vishwanath Gali of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh in India.
The temple dedicated to
Lord Shiva.
The Temple is situated on
the western bank of the holy river Ganga.
It is one of the twelve
Jyotirlingas, or Jyotirlingams, the holiest of Shiva Temples.
The Temple stands on the
western bank of the holy river Ganga and is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, or
Jyotirlingams, the holiest of Shiva Temples.
Varanasi city was called
Kashi in ancient times, and hence the temple is popularly called Kashi
Vishwanath Temple.
Badrinath
Temple
Badrinath or Badrinarayana
Temple is situated in the town of Badrinath in Uttarakhand, India.
It is a Hindu temple
dedicated to Vishnu.
The temple is also one of
the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu.
People following the Jain
religion worship the temple and idol belonging to Rishbhdev (Rishabhanatha) or
Adinath, the first Tirthankar of Jainism.
The temple is mentioned in
ancient religious texts like Vishnu Purana and Skanda Purana.
Yamunotri
Temple
Yamunotri Temple is
situated in the western region of the Garhwal Himalayas at an altitude of 3,291
meters (10,797 ft) in Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand.
The temple is dedicated to
Goddess Yamuna.
Gangotri
Temple
The Gangotri temple is
situated on the left bank of the Bhagirathi river in the Uttarkashi districts
of the state of Uttarakhand.
The Gangotri temple is
dedicated to Goddess Ganga.
The Gangotri temple was
built by the Gorkha General Amar Singh Thapa.
It lies close to the holy
rock or the Bhagirath Shila where King Bhagirath worshipped Lord Shiva.
Kedarnath
Temple
The temple is located on
the Garhwal Himalayan range near the Mandakini river, in the state of
Uttarakhand, India.
Dedicated to the Hindu God
Shiva.
According to Hindu
legends, the temple was initially built by Pandavas and is one of the twelve
Jyotirlingas, the holiest Hindu shrines of Shiva.
The temple is based on
North Indian Himalayan Architecture.
Dilwara
Temple
The Dilwara Temple is
located in the Sirohi District of Rajasthan.
The temple dedicated to
Jain Tīrthaṅkara Rishabhanatha (first Tīrthaṅkara of Jainism), Neminath (also
known as Nemi and Arishtanemi, is the twenty-second Tirthankara), Parshvanatha
and
Mahavira.
Rishabhanatha - First Tīrthaṅkara of Jainism
Neminath- also known as Nemi and Arishtanemi,
is the twenty-second tirthankara
Parshvanatha - 23rd Tirthankaras of Jainism.
Mahavira - Mahavira also known as Vardhamana,
was the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism.
The Dilwara Temples are a
group of svetambara Jain temples.
The Dilwara Temple is
based on ‘Maru-Gurjara’ architecture,
The Dilwara Jain Tempe
complex consists of five different temples.
Vimal Vasahi, dedicated to the first Jain
Tirthankara, Shri Adinatha
Luna Vasahi, dedicated to the 22nd Jain
Tirthankara, Shri Neminatha.
Pittalhar, dedicated to the first Jain
Tirthankar, Shri Adinatha.
Parshvanath, dedicated to the 23rd Jain
Tirthankara, Shri Parshvanatha.
Mahavir Swami, dedicated to the last Jain
Tirthankara, Shri Mahaviraswami.
Among the five marble
temples of Dilwara, the most famous are the Vimal Vasahi and the Luna Vasahi
temples.
Dakshineswar
Kali Temple
Dakshineswar Kali Temple
is located on the east bank of the Hooghly River in
Dakshineswar, in the Indian state of West Bengal.
The main deity of the
temple is Bhavatarini, a form of Parashakti Adya Kali,
otherwise known as Adishakti Kalika.
The temple was built
in 1855 by Rani Rashmoni, a social worker and devotee of Kali.
The temple is well known
for its association with Ramakrishna and Ma Sarada Devi, mystics
of 19th Century Bengal.
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