Home›Subcategories›Hindu SitesSubcategoriesHindu Sites23 of 427 entries in Sacred Sites. Click any to see everything it connects to.Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Hindu Sites." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/subcategories/sacredsite/hindu-sites.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Hindu Sites. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/subcategories/sacredsite/hindu-sitesCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-hindu-sites, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Hindu Sites}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/subcategories/sacredsite/hindu-sites}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXSites sacred to Hinduism, among them the great temple towns of the south, the Himalayan shrines of the Char Dham, the holy city of Varanasi, and the river confluence of the Kumbh Mela.FactsLearn MoreSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)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 1BrowseCompareSelect all 23Amarnath CaveHindu Sites5 linksAngkor WatHindu Sites9 linksBadrinathHindu Sites6 linksDwarkadhish Temple, DwarkaHindu Sites5 linksGuruvayurHindu Sites8 linksJagannath Temple, PuriHindu Sites8 linksKashi Vishwanath TempleHindu Sites8 linksKedarnathHindu Sites5 linksMeenakshi Amman TempleHindu Sites10 linksMount KailashHindu Sites14 linksPashupatinathHindu Sites5 linksPrambananHindu Sites12 linksRamanathaswamy Temple, RameswaramHindu Sites5 linksSabarimalaHindu Sites5 linksSomnath TempleHindu Sites9 linksThe Kathmandu ValleyHindu Sites7 linksTirumala Tirupati Venkateswara TempleHindu Sites10 linksTriveni Sangam and the Kumbh MelaHindu Sites6 linksVaishno DeviHindu Sites6 linksVaranasiHindu Sites9 linksShri Sai Baba Temple, ShirdiHindu SitesSiddhivinayak Temple, MumbaiHindu SitesSree Padmanabhaswamy TempleHindu Sites4 linksLearn 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.Sources1. 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 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year