Shiva temples in India
42 temples with darshan timings, pujas and sevas, visiting rules and directions.
The destroyer and transformer, worshipped widely as the lingam.
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Group of nine 7th–8th century Badami Chalukya Shiva temples on the Tungabhadra, beside the Jogulamba shrine.
Kakatiya-era temple of Mallanna near Warangal, with a large jatara at Sankranti.
Shiva temple at the confluence of the Godavari and Pranahita, where two lingams, Kaleshwara and Mukteswara, sh...
Hill shrine where, by tradition, Rama installed a Shiva lingam; hundreds of lingams lie scattered across the h...
Hill temple of Mallanna, a folk form of Shiva, with his consorts Golla Ketamma and Medalamma.
Shiva temple at the foot of the Nallamala hills about 15 km from Nandyal, known for its crystal-clear spring-f...
Rare site counted as both a Jyotirlinga and a Shakti Peetha, above the Krishna river.
Kakatiya Shiva temple completed in 1213 CE and named after its sculptor, Ramappa. Inscribed as a UNESCO World...
One of the five Pancharama Shiva temples, on the south bank of the Krishna at Amaravathi, known for a very tal...
Pancharama Shiva temple of Bhimeswara Swamy at Draksharamam, which also houses Goddess Manikyamba, counted amo...
Major Shiva temple at Srikalahasti, about 36 km from Tirupati, revered as the Vayu (air) linga among the five...
One of the five Pancharama Shiva temples, at Palakollu, known for its milk-white linga and a nine-storey gopur...
Temple complex at Pithapuram combining the Kukkuteswara (Shiva) shrine, the Puruhutika Devi shrine counted amo...
Pancharama Shiva temple at Samalkot built by the Eastern Chalukyas in the 9th century, with a monolithic linga...
Shiva temple known as Dakshina Kashi, where devotees keep the Kode Mokku vow by walking a bull calf around the...
Pancharama Shiva temple at Gunupudi in Bhimavaram whose linga is said to change colour with the lunar cycle, a...
Hilltop Shiva temple on the Brahma peak of Kotappakonda (Trikutadri) near Narasaraopet, home to one of the lar...
Kakatiya temple of 1163 CE with three shrines, to Shiva, Vishnu and Surya, and a monolithic Nandi.
16th-century Vijayanagara temple of Veerabhadra on the Kurma Saila rock at Lepakshi, known for its hanging pil...
Group of eight rock-cut Shiva cave shrines of the 7th-8th century in the Nallamala hills, beside a waterfall,...
Chola temple completed around 1010 CE, part of the Great Living Chola Temples.
Three-shrined temple where a steady shadow falls on the lingam through the day, the phenomenon that gives it i...
Walled Kakatiya-era complex of about 22 stone temples at Ghanpur near Ramappa, centred on a Shiva temple known...
Jyotirlinga shrine on the western bank of the Ganga in Varanasi.
Highest of the twelve Jyotirlingas, reached on foot from Gaurikund.
Ancient Shiva temple revered by Veerashaivas as the place where Renukacharya emerged from the lingam. A celebr...
Temple to Veerabhadra, the fierce form of Shiva, with a large jatara on Maha Shivaratri.
Eleventh-century Kalinga-style temple, the largest in Bhubaneswar.
Kanduri Chola-era Shiva temple at Panagal, known for its intricately carved pillars.
Jyotirlinga and Char Dham site, known for the longest temple corridor in India.
Jyotirlinga known for the Bhasma Aarti performed at dawn.
Rocky hill above Armoor with a Shiva shrine and natural caves associated with the Navanatha siddhas.
First among the twelve Jyotirlingas, on the Arabian Sea coast of Saurashtra.
Early 13th-century Kakatiya-style Shiva temple at Pillalamarri, part of a group of Recherla-built temples near...
Shiva temple at the foot of the Tirumala hills where a waterfall drops into the sacred Kapila Theertham tank....
Shiva temple on the Godavari at Kotilingala, beside an early historic fortified site linked to the pre-Satavah...
Group of early Kalinga-style Shiva temples on the Vamsadhara river at the former Eastern Ganga capital of Kali...
Hill temple of Shiva as Tripurantakeswara, regarded as the eastern gateway to Srisailam, with the Bala Tripura...
Temple of Veerabhadra Swamy at the foot of a fortified hill in Kothakonda, famous for its large three-day Sank...
Shiva temple in the Nallamala forest near Achampet, traditionally called the northern gateway to Srisailam.
Shiva temple set against the Erramala hills near Banaganapalle, where Shiva and Parvati are worshipped as Uma...