Top 15 Religious Places in India
Posted: Monday, September 24, 2012 by Unknown in Labels: Badrinath Temple, Golden Temple, Kedarnath temple, Murudeshwar temple, religious destinations in India, Religious places in india, Srisailam, Temple in India, Tirumala Hills
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Golden Temple: Golden
temple, which is renowned as Harmindar Sahib or Sri Durbar Sahib is the popular
holy shrine of Sikhs, located in Amritsar, Punjab-India. The temple is named after the god Hari. It is the sacred and
cultural center of Sikhs. This vital Sikh shrine magnetizes more visitors than
the Taj
Mahal with more than 100,000 tourists per a
day. This is the favorite tourist spot for NRI’s (Non-resident Indians). A holy
bath at Amritsar Golden temple is believed to purify the soul of the devotee.
Badrinath Temple:
Badrinath Temple is also
known as Badrinarayan temple, situated along the Alaknanda River, in the hill
town of Badrinath, Uttarakhand in India. The temple is dedicated to Lord Vishnu and is widely considered
to be one of the holiest Hindu temples in India. The temple and town are also regarded as
one of the four Char Dham and Chota Char Dham pilgrimage sites. It is one of
the five related shrines called as Panch Badri and also one of the 108 Divya
Desams, holy shrines for Vaishnavites.
Kedarnath Temple: Kedarnath temple is one of the holiest Hindu temples dedicated to
Lord Shiva and also one of the 12 Jyotirlingas in India. It is located near the
Mandakini River at the Garhwal Himalayan range near in Kedarnath, Uttarakhand in India. The temple is open only between the ends of April to
Kartik Purnima (the autumn full moon sometime in November) due to the extreme
weather conditions of the place.
Tirupathi/Tirumala: The sacred and one of the
ancient temples of Sri Venkateshwara is nestled in the verdant Eastern Ghats -
a mountain range that runs along south-eastern India. These hills are called as
Tirumala Hills and are 3200 feet above the sea level. Lord Venkateswara
at Tirumala is considered as the world’s richest temple in with an estimated
annual income of over 300 crores.
Srisailam: Srisailam is a famous pilgrimage centre known for the abode of
Lord Shiva and His consort Parvathi in the form of Lord
Mallikarjuna and Goddess Brahmarambika. The temple of Sri Mallikarjuna and Brahmarambika in Srisailam is
considered sacred and must-visit after the temple of Lord Venkateshwara in Tirupati. Over years the popularity of this place has increased so much
that Srisailam has gained recognition all over India.
Murudeshwara Temple: The Murudeshwar temple situated atop a small hill called Kanduka
Giri is a major tourist attraction. A huge towering statue of Lord Shiva,
visible from great distances in Murudeshwar is a sight worth remembering
forever. The statue is 123 feet (37 m) in height, which took about 2 years to
build. The idol is designed such that the sun s rays fall directly on its face.
Mecca Masjid: Mecca Masjid is a magnificent building with a main hall that is 75
feet high, 220 feet wide and 180 feet long. It can accommodate about ten
thousand worshippers at a single go. Fifteen graceful arches support the roof
of the main hall, five on each of the three sides.
Kali Temple - Kali ghat: Kali temple is dedicated to Hindu Goddess Kalika and is one of the
most sacred pilgrimage destinations of India. The Kali
Temple (originally a small hut), was built in
1809 by Raja Basanta Roy of the Sabarna Roy Chowdhury clan - who offered 595
bighas of land to the Temple deity.
Sree
Padmanabha Swamy Temple: Sree Padmanabha Swamy
Temple at Syanandoora or today’s Thiruvananthapuram has shed its radiance in continuous flow down the annals of oral
tradition and written history. Its evolution reflects the social, historic and
religious development of the region over which its influence was felt, which
often extended to territories lying well inside present Southern Tamil Nadu.
Ranking among the best known temples in Kerala, this shrine retains its
position as the most important in Travancore standing in majestic splendor in
the heart of Thiruvananthapuram, capital of Kerala.
Sri Krishna
Janmabhoomi Temple: Sri
Krishna Janmabhoomi Temple is also known as Keshava Deo or Keshava Dev Temple.
It is the most sought after devout centers in Mathura city. Its predominance compared to other holy spots is because of
the belief that the temple stands on the birthplace of Lord Krishna. Krishna
was born to Vasudeva and Devaki in the prison.
Meenakshi Amman Temple: Meenakshi Amman Temple is one of the most important Hindu
Pilgrimage places, located in the heart of Madurai, Tamil Nadu. This temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva, who is also
known as Sundareswarar (Beautiful God) along with his consort Parvati who is
also known as Meenakshi. The Temple was first built 2000 years ago and then
expanded substantially during the reign of Thirumalai Nayak in the years 1623-
1655 A.D.
Medak
Church: Made of solid white granite
Medak Church stands at 173 feet tall. The church, the single largest diocese in
Asia and the second largest in the world after the Vatican is built in solid
white granite. Medak Church was constructed between 1914 and 1924 and Thomas
Edward Harding who is an architect put in all his best efforts building the
cathedral.
Shirdi Sai baba Temple - Samadhi
Mandir of Shri Sai Baba: The Samadhi Mandir of
Shri Sai Baba was constructed by a famous Sai devotee Shreemant Gopalrao. It is
said that he wanted to enshrine an idol of Murlidhar there but Sai Baba
manifested himself as Murlidhar and the temple became the Samadhi Mandir of
Baba.
Vaishno Devi
Temple: Mata
Vaishno devi Temple – a cave shrine dedicated to the Hindu Mythological Goddess
‘Shakti’ – the All-Supreme Goddess of creative power. Most Hindu traditions
believe that the Vaishno Devi Temple is the holiest of all the ‘Shakti peetas’
– places of worship dedicated to Goddess Shakti. Vaishno Devi Temple is also
the second most visited temple in India after the Tirumala Venkateshwara Temple in Andhra Pradesh.
