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Important Temples of India

1. Jammu & Kashmir

• Vaishno Devi Temple → Dedicated to Shakti, Mata Rani

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• Amarnath Temple → Greater Himalaya Ranges





2. Uttarakhand

• Badrinath Temple





• Kedarnath Temple





3. Amritsar Punjab

• Golden Temple

→ Harmandir Sahib, Prominent Sikh Gurdwara

→ Build by fifth Sikh guru, Guru Arjan dev in 16th century.





4. Haryana

• Markandeshwar Temple





5. Himachal Pradesh

• Hidimba Devi Temple





6. Rajasthan

• Birla Mandir (Jaipur)





• Dilwara Temple (Mount Abu) → Part of Aravali Ranges





7. U.P

• Kashi Vishwanath Temple (Varanasi) → Dedicated to Lord

Ganesha.





8. Delhi

• Swaminarayan akshardham Temple





9. Bihar

• Mahabodhi Temple

→UNESCO World Heritage site, Bodhgaya

→ Making the location where the Buddha is said to have

attained enlightenment





10. Kolkata

• Dakshineswar Kali Temple





• Belur Math





11. Odisha

• Jagannath Temple, Puri

• Dedicated to Jagannath God





12. M.P

• Kandariya Mahadev Temple → Part of Khajuraho Temple





13. Gujarat

• Somnath (Saurashtra)

→ First among the twelve Jyotirlinga of Shiva.

→ 16 times destructed & rebuild





14. Maharashtra

• Siddhivinayak Temple

→ Dedicated to lord Ganesha.

→ Located in Prabhadevi, Mumbai





15. Andhra Pradesh

→ Balaji venkateswara Swamy Temple

→ Dedicated to lord Venkateswara.





16. Karnataka

• Lord kalabhairaveshwara Temple





• Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Temple





• Murudeshwar Temple





• Virupaksha Temple





• Gomateshwara Temple





17. Tamil Nadu

• Nataraja Temple





• Brihadeshwara Temple





• Jambukeswarar Temple





• Ekambareswarar Temple





• Ramanathaswamy Temple





• Sripuram Golden Temple, Vellore

→ Dedicated to Lord Shiva

→ Located at Rameshwaram Island

→ It is also twelve Jyotirlinga Temple





18. Kerala

• Padmanabhaswamy Temple





• Sabarimala Temple





19. Assam

• Sukreswar Temple





• Kamakhya Temple





20. Cambodia

• Angkor wat Temple

→ Largest religious monument in the world.

→ Dedicated to lord Vishnu initially but gradually

transforming into a Buddhism Temple toward the end of

the 12th century.

→ build by Khmer King Suryavarman.





21. Nepal

• Pashupatinath Temple





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