Cox's Bazar district
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Adinath Temple, Maheshkhali
On the summit of Mainak Hill on Maheshkhali Island, off the coast at Cox's Bazar. A hilltop Shaiva pilgrimage site that draws thousands to its annual fair.
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Pilgrimage circuits, temple towns, and sacred journeys.
Kabul
Other
Asamai Temple, Kabul
A temple at the foot of Koh-e Asamai, the hill in old Kabul that carries the goddess's name. It is described as among the oldest continuously worshipped Hindu s…
Sunsari district
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Baraha Kshetra (Barahachhetra)
At the confluence of the Koka and Sapta-Koshi rivers, northwest of Dharan. One of the Char Dham of Nepal, and a complex of nine interconnected shrines rather th…
Bhabanipur, near Sherpur, Bogra district
Shaktism
Bhabanipur Shakti Peetha (Aparna Devi Temple)
Bhabanipur Shakti Peetha, also known as Aparna Devi Temple, near Sherpur, Bogra district, Bangladesh, is one of the classical 51 Shakti Peethas and one of seven…
Kaski district
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Bindhyabasini Temple, Pokhara
On the Miruwa hilltop in Pokhara, among the city's oldest and most important temples, described by one source as a principal Shakti site of western Nepal.
Kathmandu district
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Budhanilkantha Temple
An open-air shrine at the foot of Shivapuri Hill north of Kathmandu, holding Nepal's largest stone sculpture: a reclining Vishnu five metres long, carved from a…
Chattogram district
Other
Chandranath Temple, Sitakunda
On the summit of Chandranath Hill above Sitakunda, reached by roughly 1,200 steps. A major Shakta site where tradition holds the right arm of Sati fell, and one…
Bhaktapur district
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Changu Narayan Temple
On a hilltop above the Manohara River, about twelve kilometres east of Kathmandu. Widely cited as Nepal's oldest Hindu temple site, and a UNESCO World Heritage…
Sitakunda, on the Mandakini river, Chittagong district
Shaktism
Chattal Bhavani Shakti Peetha
Chattal Bhavani Shakti Peetha, also called Bhavani Shaktipeeth, in Sitakunda on the Mandakini river, Chittagong district, Bangladesh, is one of the classical 51…
Near Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar, Burang county
Shaktism
Dakshayani Shakti Peetha (Manasa Shakti Peeth), Manasarovar
The Dakshayani Shakti Peetha, also called Manasa Shakti Peeth, on the banks of Lake Manasarovar near Mount Kailash in Tibet, is one of the classical 51 Shakti P…
Kathmandu district
Other
Dakshinkali Temple
In a forested gorge at the confluence of the Bagmati and Nakhu rivers near Pharping, southwest of Kathmandu. One of Nepal's most important Kali shrines and its…
Dhaka
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Dhakeshwari Temple, Dhaka
The national temple of Bangladesh and the most prominent Hindu temple in Dhaka. Tradition holds that the city takes its name from the goddess: Dhaka, from Dhake…
Dhaka district
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Dhamrai Jagannath Rath
At Dhamrai, the site of one of the major Rath Yatra traditions of South Asia outside Puri. The historic chariot was burnt by the Pakistan Army in 1971 and has s…
Suryavinayak, Bhaktapur
ShaivismFamily friendly
Doleshwar Mahadev Temple
Doleshwar Mahadev Temple, in Suryavinayak, Bhaktapur, roughly 20 km from Kathmandu, is devotionally regarded as the "head" counterpart to Kedarnath in Uttarakha…
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Bogura district
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Gokul Medh, Mahasthangarh
An excavated mound near the citadel of Mahasthangarh, Bangladesh's earliest urban site, popularly revered as Behula's bridal chamber from the Manasamangal legen…
Peshawar
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Gor Khatri and the Gorakhnath Temple
A walled complex of about 160 metres square at the highest point of Peshawar's old city, containing the Gorakhnath Temple of 1838 to 1842, a Mughal caravanserai…
Kathmandu, near the Pashupatinath Temple
ShaktismFamily friendly
Guhyeshwari Temple
Guhyeshwari Temple, on the southern bank of the Bagmati river about 1 km east of the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, is one of the classical 51 Shakti…
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Khotang district
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Halesi Mahadev (Halesi-Maratika Caves)
A natural limestone cave between the Dudh Koshi and Sun Kosi rivers, called the Pashupatinath of eastern Nepal, and shared simultaneously by three distinct trad…
Lasbela district, Makran coast
Shaktism
Hinglaj Mata Temple
Hinglaj Mata Temple, also known as Hinglaj Devi, Hingula Devi, or Nani Mandir, is a remote cave shrine on the Makran coast in Lasbela district, Balochistan, Pak…
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Dhanusha district
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Janaki Mandir, Janakpur
The largest temple in Nepal, at Janakpurdham in the Mithila country, marking the traditional site of Sita's discovery and of the Svayamvara at which Rama won he…
Ishwaripur village, Shyamnagar upazila, Satkhira district
Shaktism
Jeshoreshwari Kali Temple
Jeshoreshwari Kali Temple, in Ishwaripur village, Satkhira district, Bangladesh, near the Sundarbans, is one of the classical 51 Shakti Peethas and one of seven…
Sukkur district
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Kalka Cave Temple, Aror
A natural cave shrine to Kalka Devi on the Rohri limestone plateau, about a mile south of the fortress of Aror, the historic capital of Sindh under Raja Dahir.…
Dinajpur district
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Kantajew Temple, Dinajpur
On the bank of the Dhepa River north of Dinajpur. Widely regarded as the finest surviving example of Bengal terracotta temple architecture, a late-Mughal-era na…
Monaragala district
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Kataragama
A major pilgrimage complex in the deep south, shared in active practice by Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims and the indigenous Vedda people. One of the most important…
Chakwal district
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Katas Raj Temples
A complex of roughly a dozen temples, a Buddhist stupa and a Sikh gurdwara gathered around a sacred pond, at Katas village near Choa Saidan Shah in the Salt Ran…
Mannar district
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Ketheeswaram Temple, Mannar
One of the five Pancha Ishwarams, beside the ancient Tamil trading port of Manthottam (Mahatittha) near Mannar. Also called Thiruketheeswaram.
Kabul
Other
Khair Khaneh Surya Temple
This is an archaeological site, not a working temple. An excavated Brahmanical temple complex on Khair Khana hill northwest of central Kabul, best known for a w…
Trincomalee district
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Koneswaram Temple, Trincomalee
A Shiva temple on Swami Rock, a cliff four hundred feet above the Indian Ocean at Trincomalee. Traditionally the foremost of the five Pancha Ishwarams, the Shiv…
Lalitpur district
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Krishna Mandir, Patan
In Patan Durbar Square, one of the very few temples in the Kathmandu Valley built in the North Indian shikhara style rather than the local pagoda form, and carv…
Narayanganj district
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Langalbandh
A bathing place on the old Brahmaputra southeast of Dhaka, and the site of the Ashtami Snan, one of the largest annual Hindu gatherings in Bangladesh, drawing w…
Jainpur village, Dakshin Surma, near Sylhet
Shaktism
Mahalakshmi Shakti Peetha, Sylhet
The Shri Shri Mahalakshmi Bhairabi Griba Maha Peetha, in Jainpur village near Sylhet, Bangladesh, is one of the classical 51 Shakti Peethas and one of seven suc…
Gorkha district
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Manakamana Temple
On Kafaldada hill above the meeting of the Trishuli and Marsyangdi rivers. The name means the wish of the heart, and it is among the most visited pilgrimage shr…
Puttalam district
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Manavari Temple (Ramalingeswaram)
A Shiva temple at Bangadeniya on the Deduru Oya, north of Chilaw, where devotional tradition holds that Rama installed and worshipped the first Shiva lingam aft…
Janakpur, near the Bihar border
ShaktismFamily friendly
Mithila Shakti Peetha (Uma Devi Temple), Janakpur
Mithila Shakti Peetha, also known as Uma Devi Temple, in Janakpur, Nepal, near the Bihar border, is one of the classical 51 Shakti Peethas, traditionally markin…
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Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region
Shaivism
Mount Kailash
Mount Kailash (Kailash Parvat), rising to 6,638 m in the remote Ngari Prefecture of the Tibet Autonomous Region, is among the most multi-religiously sacred moun…
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Muktinath Valley, Mustang
Vaishnavism
Muktinath Temple
Muktinath ("Lord of Liberation") is an ancient temple in the Muktinath Valley of Mustang, Nepal, at the foot of the Thorong La pass. Standing at approximately 3…
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Puttalam district
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Munneswaram Temple, Chilaw
One of the Pancha Ishwarams, near Chilaw, and today one of the most religiously mixed major temples on the island.
Nainativu island, near Jaffna
ShaktismFamily friendly
Nagapooshani Amman Temple, Nainativu
Nagapooshani Amman Temple, on the island of Nainativu near Jaffna, Sri Lanka, is one of the classical 51 Shakti Peethas, traditionally marking the spot where th…
Jaffna district
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Naguleswaram Temple, Keerimalai
The northernmost of the Pancha Ishwarams, at Keerimalai north of Jaffna, beside the Keerimalai natural springs. A declared Archaeological Protected Monument.
Jaffna district
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Nallur Kandaswamy Temple, Jaffna
The temple of Nallur, capital of the Jaffna Kingdom, standing beside the site of the former royal palace. Today the largest Hindu temple complex in Sri Lanka an…
Bhaktapur district
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Nyatapola Temple, Bhaktapur
In Taumadhi Square, Bhaktapur. At 33.23 metres, the tallest pagoda in Nepal, and the most celebrated piece of structural engineering the Malla period produced.
Trans-Himalaya (Tibet, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh)
Shaivism
Panch Kailash
"Panch Kailash" (five Kailashes) is a devotional grouping of five Himalayan peaks across Tibet and northern India, each independently regarded as a sacred abode…
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Peshawar
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Panj Tirath
A site of five sacred water pools at Hashtnagri in Peshawar, from which it takes its name, Panj Tirath, the five tirthas, together with two temple structures. I…
Kathmandu (Deopatan), Bagmati River
ShaivismFamily friendly
Pashupatinath Temple
Pashupatinath Temple, on the banks of the sacred Bagmati River in Kathmandu, is among the oldest and most significant Hindu temple complexes in South Asia, and…
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Multan
Other
Prahladpuri Temple, Multan
A Vaishnava temple within Multan Fort, beside the shrine of Bahauddin Zakariya, traditionally founded by Prahlada in honour of Narasimha. It has stood in ruins…
Rajshahi district
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Puthia Temple Complex
The largest cluster of historic Hindu temples in Bangladesh: fourteen structures spanning more than three centuries, built by the Puthia Raj zamindar family eas…
Dhaka
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Ramna Kali Mandir, Dhaka
On the southern side of Suhrawardy Udyan, the former Ramna Race Course in Dhaka. Historically one of the city's most important Kali temples, destroyed in 1971 a…
Sukkur district
Nuwara Eliya district
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Seetha Amman Temple, Nuwara Eliya
A temple at Seetha Eliya near Nuwara Eliya, popularly identified with the Ashoka Vatika, the grove where Ravana held Sita captive. Said to be the only temple in…
Swami Rock, within the Koneswaram Temple complex, Trincomalee
Shaktism
Shankari Devi Shakti Peetha, Trincomalee
**This page describes a site whose precise identity is disputed across sources; it is presented here clearly flagged, with all available information, so the ful…
Neelum Valley
Shaktism
Sharada Peeth
Sharada Peeth, in the Neelum Valley of Pakistan-administered Azad Jammu and Kashmir, is a ruined temple and, historically, one of the most important centres of…
Karachi
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Shree Ratneshwar Mahadev Temple, Karachi
An underground cave temple to Shiva on six levels in Clifton, Karachi, near Clifton Beach. It is one of the city's larger annual pilgrim draws, with around 25,0…
Teri village, Karak district
Other
Shri Paramhans Ji Maharaj Samadhi, Teri (Krishna Dwara)
The samadhi of Shri Swami Advaitanand Ji Maharaj, known to devotees as Paramhans Dayal Ji, stands at Teri village in Karak district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakista…
Karachi
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Shri Varun Dev Mandir, Manora
A temple on Manora Island at the mouth of Karachi harbour, said to be the only temple dedicated to Varuna in Pakistan. It was restored in 2018.
Shikarpur village, on the Sugandha river, near Barisal
Shaktism
Sugandha Shakti Peetha
Sugandha Shakti Peetha, in Shikarpur village on the Sugandha river near Barisal, Bangladesh, is one of the classical 51 Shakti Peethas and one of seven such sit…
Kathmandu district
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Taleju Temple, Kathmandu
At Hanuman Dhoka in Kathmandu Durbar Square. The principal royal temple of the Malla dynasty and the tallest structure in the square, at 36 metres on twelve bri…
Matara district
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Tenavaram Temple, Dondra
At Dondra Head, the southernmost point of Sri Lanka. Counted among the Pancha Ishwarams under the name Tondeswaram, and before its destruction one of the most c…
Gardez, Paktia; now Kabul
Other
The Gardez Ganesha
This entry is a sacred image rather than a building. A marble Ganesha found at Gardez in Paktia, inscribed and royally dedicated, now the central object of wors…
Multan
Other
The Sun Temple of Multan
This temple no longer exists, and its exact location is unknown. It is included because it is among the best-documented Hindu temples of the pre-modern subconti…
Zamindawar, upper Helmand
Other
The Zun Temple of Zamindawar
This temple no longer exists and its site has not been located. It is included because it is among the best-attested religious centres of early medieval Afghani…
Umerkot district
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Umarkot Shiv Mandir
A Shiva temple near Rana Jaageer Goth in Umerkot, Sindh, which draws what sources describe as the largest single gathering of Hindu pilgrims anywhere in Pakista…