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Some important temples/shrines in India

1 Dwarka - Krishna temple of Dwarkadhish
2 Mt. Girnar - Jain temples and goddess temple of Amba Mata
3 Somnath - Shiva Jyotir linga temple
4 Shatrunajaya - Jain temples
5 Ujjain - Mahakaleswar Jyotir linga Shiva temple
6 Sanchi - Buddhist stupa
7 Omkareshwar - Jyotir linga Shiva temple
8 Nasik - Godavari river Kumbha Mela site
9 Ajanta caves - 29 Buddhist, Hindu, Jain sacred caves
10 Ellora - Buddhist, Hindu, Jain caves and Grineshwar Jyotir linga
11 Mt. Abu - Jain temples
12 Nathdwara - Sri Nathji Krishna temple
13 Pushkar - Brahma temple, Savitri temple on hill, and others
14 Ajmer - Shrine of Mu’in al-din Chishti
15 Ambaji shrine (between Abu road and Palanpur)
16 Amritsar - Hari Mandir
17 Govindval - Sikh temple
18 Anandpur - Sahib Sikh temple
19 Vaishno Devi - cave of Kali, Lakshmi and Saraswati
20 Amarnath - Shiva cave
21 Leh - Buddhist monasteries
22 Jwalamukhi - Shakti Pitha shrine
23 Kurukshetra - Brahma Sarovara, Sannihit Sarovara, many temples
24 Haridwar - Hari-ki-Pairi Ghat, numerous temples
25 Rishikesh - Laksman Jhula, Neela Kantha Mahadeva temple
26 Devprayag - Raghunath Vishnu temple
27 Karnaprayag - juncture of Alakananda and Pindar Ganga
28 Joshimath - Vasudeva temple, Sankaracharya Math
29 Hemkund - Sikh and Laksman temples at Lake Hemkund
30 Badrinath - Badrinath temple and nearby five Badri temples
31 Kedarnath - Jyotir Linga Shiva temple
32 Gangotri - Goddess Ganga temple
33 Yamnotri - source of holy Yamuna river, Shani Prayag temple
34 Almora - temples of Kasar Devi, Jageshwar, Baijnath, Dwarahat, Bageshwar
35 Mt. Nanda Devi - sacred mountain
36 Vrindavan - numerous beautiful Krishna temples
37 Allahabad - Sangam Bath river site
38 Varanasi / Banaras - numerous temples, ghats and pilgrimage circuits
39 Saranath - Buddhist holy place
40 Kushinagar - Holy site where Buddha passed away
41 Gaya - Vishnupada temple
42 Bodh Gaya - Site where Buddha attained enlightenment
43 Rajagriha / Rajgir - Vulture Peak Buddhist site
44 Baidyanath - Shiva Jyotir linga
45 Mt. Parsanath - Jain temple
46 Tarakeswar - Tarakanath temple
47 Navadip - Dhameswara Shri Chaitanya temple, Devananda Gaudiya Math
48 Tarapith - Shakti Pitha temple
49 Calcutta - Kalighat temple and Dakshineshwar
50 Gauhati - Kamakhya Shakti temple
51 Puri - Jaganath temple
52 Srisailam - Jyotir linga and Shakti Pitha temples
53 Tirupati - Govindaraja and Padmavathi temples
54 Tiruttani - Subrahmanya hill top temple
55 Kanchipuram - numerous pilgrimage temples
56 Tiruvanamalai - Mt. Arunachala and Tiruvanamalai temple
57 Chidambaram - Sabhanayaka Nataraja Shiva temple
58 Swamimalai temple (near Kumbakonam)
59 Srirangam - Sri Ranganathaswami Vishnu temple
60 Palani - temple of Lord Muruga
61 Madurai area - temples of Minakshi, Tirupparangunram and Paramthirsolai
62 Rameswaram - Sri Ramanantha temple, Gandhamadhana Parvatham Hanuman temple
63 Tiruchendur - Subrahmanya temple of Lord Muruga
64 Kanya Kumari - Kumari Amman goddess temple
65 Trivandrum - Sri Padmanabhaswami Vishnu temple
66 Sabarimala - shrine of Ayappa
67 Ettumanur - Shiva temple
68 Mysore - shrine of Baba Qalander Shah
69 Sravanabelagola - Gomateswara Jain shrine
70 Sringeri - Sharada Devi and Vidyasankara temples
71 Gokarna - Mahaballeswara Shiva temple and Ganapati Ganesh temple
72 Pandharpur - Vitthala Krishna temple
73 Bhimshankar - Shiva Jyotir linga
74 Guruvayur - Krishna temple
75 Deoghar - Vaidyanath Shiva Jyotir linga
76 Khajuraho - Jain and Hindu temples
77 Delhi - Islamic shrines of Kwaja Nizamuddin, Bakhtiyar Kaki, Naseerudin Charagh-e Dilli
78 Sirhind - Islamic shrine of Sheikh Mujaddid Alfe Thani
79 Gulbarga - Islamic shrine of Khwaja Gesudaraz
80 Udipi - Krishna temple
81 Kukuteshvara - Shiva temple
82 Kolhapur - temple of Lakshmi/Amba Bai
83 Gangasagarar / Sagar Island - Kapil Muni temple
84 Amarkantak - hill top temples and source of Narmada river
85 Patan - Jain temples
86 Vadanagar - temple of Hatkeshvara Shiva
87 Chamba - Lakshmi Narayan temple
89 Nagor - Dargh Sharif temple

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