Home›Hindu Sites›Site Type›Temple or temple complexBrowse ByTemple or temple complexThis page groups sacred sites by their physical type. Wikipedia lists "sacred groves... sacred mountains, sacred trees, sacred waters, tombs" among the recognized types of sacred place. Browsing by site type lets a visitor compare a sacred mountain against a sacred spring or a venerated tomb.FactsLearn MoreTemple or temple complexSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedTirthas - crossing-places between the human and the divine: rivers and their confluences, sacred cities, mountain shrines and temple complexes. They are organised into several named, enumerated sets that overlap rather than nest, among them the four Dhams, the twelve Jyotirlingas, the seven sacred cities and the four Kumbh Mela sites. No single list is the list. 2OriginsWhose Classification This IsWell-attestedThe enumerated sets are Puranic, not modern: the pilgrimage lists are set out in the mahatmya literature of the Puranas and elaborated in later digests, and different sectarian traditions promote different lists. 3DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedSacred Sites 1Learn MoreThe holy places of Hinduism This group gathers the sacred sites of Hinduism, whose sacred geography is exceptionally rich: holy rivers and their confluences, sacred cities, mountain shrines, and vast temple complexes, many the goal of pilgrimages performed for centuries. The land itself is mapped as a network of tirthas, crossing-places between the human and divine. The browser will find the great pilgrimage cities and temples, the sacred rivers led by the Ganges, and the sites bound to particular deities and epics. The entries describe each place's deity, mythology and pilgrimage tradition, noting the sectarian traditions attached to them.Temple or temple complexFilter Results19 entriesPilgrimage StatusAllMajor pilgrimage destination today (8)One of a named, enumerated set of pilgrimage places (8)Pilgrimage gathered on a dated festival (4)UNESCO World Heritage StatusAllInscribed on the World Heritage List (4)Not Inscribed (10)On a National Tentative List (1)Cult Centre OfAllAyyappan (1)Ganesha (1)Jagannath (1)Krishna (2)Parvati (1)Shiva (5)Surya (1)Venkateshwara (1)Vishnu (2)Associated WithAllAyyappan (1)Brahma (1)Krishna (1)Parvati (1)Shiva (3)Vishnu (2)Originated InAllIndia (15)Indian Subcontinent (13)Maharashtra (1)Southeast Asia (2)Origin Period Start YearAll501 (1)800 (1)850 (1)1100 (1)1113 (1)1135 (1)1250 (1)1400 (1)1600 (1)1692 (1)1780 (1)1801 (1)Practice StatusAllAccess restricted by its custodians or by law (3)Control of or access to the site is contested (2)In active religious use (17)Standing, but maintained as a museum or heritage monument (3)TraditionAllBuddhism (1)Hinduism (19)CountryAllCambodia (1)India (13)India (Kerala) (1)Indonesia (1)Nepal (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 19Angkor WatTemple or temple complexBadrinathTemple or temple complexDwarkadhish Temple, DwarkaTemple or temple complexGuruvayurTemple or temple complexJagannath Temple, PuriTemple or temple complexKashi Vishwanath TempleTemple or temple complexKedarnathTemple or temple complexKonark Sun TempleTemple or temple complexMahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga TempleTemple or temple complexMeenakshi Amman TempleTemple or temple complexPashupatinathTemple or temple complexPrambananTemple or temple complexRamanathaswamy Temple, RameswaramTemple or temple complexSabarimalaTemple or temple complexShri Sai Baba Temple, ShirdiTemple or temple complexSiddhivinayak Temple, MumbaiTemple or temple complexSomnath TempleTemple or temple complexSree Padmanabhaswamy TempleTemple or temple complexTirumala Tirupati Venkateswara TempleTemple or temple complexSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. An Introduction to Hinduismtier 1Gavin Flood, Cambridge University Press, 1996View the Source3. A Survey of Hinduismtier 1Klaus K. Klostermaier, State University of New York Press, 2007View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.