Temples

Group of nine Narasimha shrines in the Nallamala forest at Ahobilam, held to be where Vishnu as Narasimha appe...

Group of nine 7th–8th century Badami Chalukya Shiva temples on the Tungabhadra, beside the Jogulamba shrine.

Sri Yellamma Pochamma Devasthanam in Balkampet, Hyderabad, is a renowned Hindu temple dedicated to Goddess Ren...

Hilltop shrine to Bhadrakali above Bhadrakali lake, between Hanumakonda and Warangal, patronised by the Kakati...

White marble Venkateswara temple on Naubat Pahad hill overlooking Hussain Sagar, opened in 1976.

Venkateswara temple near Osman Sagar, known as Visa Balaji. Devotees vow 11 pradakshinas and return for 108 wh...

Temple to Saraswati on the Godavari, one of the best known in India, where families bring children for Akshara...

Krishna temple in Thrissur district, often called the Dwarka of the south.

Kakatiya-era temple of Mallanna near Warangal, with a large jatara at Sankranti.

Shrine to Jogulamba near the meeting of the Tungabhadra and Krishna, counted among the eighteen Maha Shakti Pe...

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.

Hill temple to Hanuman in Jagtial district, visited in large numbers on Hanuman Jayanti.

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...

Forest shrine of the Koya tribal goddesses Sammakka and Saralamma, home of the Medaram Jatara, one of the larg...

Red sandstone temple to Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra in Banjara Hills, built in the Kalinga style. Holds...

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...

Large 12th-century temple in the heart of Tirupati town dedicated to Govindaraja, a reclining form of Vishnu,...

Major Shiva temple at Srikalahasti, about 36 km from Tirupati, revered as the Vayu (air) linga among the five...

Hilltop shrine of Goddess Kanaka Durga on Indrakeeladri above the Krishna river in Vijayawada, worshipped toge...

Roofless temple of Kanaka Mahalakshmi, the guardian goddess of Visakhapatnam, in the old town at Burujupeta, w...

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...

Rare temple to Vishnu in his Kurma (tortoise) avatar near Srikakulam, known for its rows of carved single-ston...

Lakshmi Narasimha temple at Antarvedi, near the point where the Vasishta Godavari meets the Bay of Bengal, fam...

Narasimha temple on the Godavari, a major bathing site during Godavari Pushkaralu.

Temple of Goddess Padmavathi (Alamelu Manga), consort of Lord Venkateswara, at Tiruchanoor about 5 km from Tir...

Narasimha shrine on Mangalagiri hill where the deity is offered panakam (jaggery water) and is believed to acc...

Mutt on the Tungabhadra river housing the Moola Brindavana of the 17th-century Madhva saint Sri Raghavendra Sw...

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...

Ancient temple to the Sun god on the outskirts of Srikakulam, aligned so that the early-morning sun falls on t...

Hilltop Shiva temple on the Brahma peak of Kotappakonda (Trikutadri) near Narasaraopet, home to one of the lar...

Hilltop temple near Visakhapatnam where Vishnu is worshipped in a combined Varaha-Narasimha form, the idol kep...

Temple of the self-manifested (swayambhu) Ganesha at Kanipakam near Chittoor, where the idol sits in a well of...

Hilltop temple of Lord Satyanarayana on Ratnagiri above the Pampa river at Annavaram, best known as the centre...

Hillock temple of Lord Venkateswara at Dwaraka Tirumala, popularly called Chinna Tirupati, a major pilgrimage...

Hill shrine of Venkateswara at Tirumala, among the most visited pilgrimage sites in India.

A 216-ft seated statue of Sri Ramanujacharya ringed by stone replicas of the 108 Divya Desam shrines, part of...

Swaminarayan Akshardham is a famous Hindu temple and cultural complex located in New Delhi, India, on the bank...

Kakatiya temple of 1163 CE with three shrines, to Shiva, Vishnu and Surya, and a monolithic Nandi.

Mahankali temple in Secunderabad, dating to the early 19th century, and the centre of the Lashkar Bonalu festi...

16th-century Vijayanagara temple of Veerabhadra on the Kurma Saila rock at Lepakshi, known for its hanging pil...