List of Hindu temples

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This is a list of lists of Hindu temples. List is in alphabetical order in two types: (A) based on geographic locations by continents and countries and (B) based on prime deity.

General[]

By prime deity[]

  • Rigvedic deities
    • Sun worship in Hinduism
      • List of solar deities in Hinduism
      • List of Sun temples in Hinduism
      • Surya Namaskar
  • Jyotisha
    • Nakshatra
      • Saptarishi
      • List of Natchathara temples
    • Navagraha
      • List of Navagraha temples
      • Adityas
        • List of Sun temples in Hinduism
        • Surya Namaskar
      • Chandra
      • Ardha Chandrasana
        • List of Chandra temples
      • Shani
        • List of Shani temples
  • Shaivism
    • Char Dham
    • Chota Char Dham
    • 12 Maha Jyotirlinga
    • 64 original Jyotirlinga
    • 108 Shiva Temples
    • List of Bhairava temples
    • List of Ganesha temples
    • List of Shiva temples in India
    • List of Indus Valley Civilization sites (Proto-haivism and Proto-Shaktism)
  • Shaktism
    • List of 51 Shakti Pitha
    • List of Mansa Devi temples
    • List of Shakti peeth in Bengal
    • List of Indus Valley Civilization sites (Proto-haivism and Proto-Shaktism)
  • Vaishnavism
    • 108 Divya desam
  • Worship of sacred objects:
    Indian-origin religion, namely Hinduism and its offshoots Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, have eco-friendly belief as core of their religion with reverence and conservation of ecology and environment by treating various objects as sacred, such as rivers, trees, forests or groves, mountains, etc.
    • Sacred rivers
      • Rigvedic rivers
      • Sapta Sindhu
      • Triveni Sangam of Ganga,[1] Yamuna,[2][3] and Sarasvati[4] rivers.
      • Narmada[5]
    • Sacred groves of India
      • List of largest sacred Banyan trees in India
      • Triveni, Panchvati and sacred plants and flowers in Hinduism
    • Sacred pre-historic megaliths of India
      • Sacred dolmens of India
      • Sacred menhirs of India

By architectural or other features[]

By location[]

Africa[]

  • List of Hindu temples in Ghana
  • List of Hindu temples in Kenya
  • List of Hindu temples in South Africa
  • List of Hindu temples in Tanzania

Asia[]

Europe[]

North America[]

South America[]

  • List of Hindu temples in Guyana

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Alter, Stephen (2001), Sacred Waters: A Pilgrimage Up the Ganges River to the Source of Hindu Culture, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers, ISBN 978-0-15-100585-7, retrieved 30 July 2013
  2. ^ Jain, Sharad K.; Pushpendra K. Agarwal; Vijay P. Singh (2007). Hydrology and water resources of India—Volume 57 of Water science and technology library. Springer. pp. 344–354. ISBN 978-1-4020-5179-1.
  3. ^ Hoiberg, Dale (2000). Students' Britannica India, Volumes 1-5. Popular Prakashan. pp. 290–291. ISBN 0-85229-760-2.
  4. ^ "Sarasvati | Hindu deity". Encyclopedia Britannica.
  5. ^ "Narmadāparikramā – Circumambulation of the Narmadā River". Brill. Archived from the original on 17 September 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
  6. ^ Snelling, John. (1990). The Sacred Mountain: The Complete Guide to Tibet's Mount Kailas. 1st edition 1983. Revised and enlarged edition, including: Kailas-Manasarovar Travellers' Guide. Forwards by H.H. the Dalai Lama of Tibet and Christmas Humphreys. East-West Publications, London and The Hague. ISBN 0-85692-173-4, pp. 39, 33, 35, 225, 280, 353, 362–363, 377–378
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