Pura Tirta Empul
Manukaya, Tampaksiring, Gianyar Regency, Bali, Indonesia Hinduism
Hindu water temple in Tampaksiring where devotees use spring-fed pools for ritual purification known as melukat.
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Pura Luhur Uluwatu
Pecatu, South Kuta, Badung Regency, Bali, Indonesia Hinduism
Cliff-top Balinese Hindu sea temple in Pecatu overlooking the Indian Ocean, a nationally recognised religious and cultural destination.
Pura Tanah Lot
Beraban, Kediri, Tabanan Regency, Bali, Indonesia Hinduism
Famed coastal Hindu sea temple standing on an offshore rock at Beraban, visited for worship and its dramatic seascape.
Pura Agung Besakih
Besakih, Rendang, Karangasem Regency, Bali, Indonesia Hinduism
Bali’s principal Mother Temple complex on the slopes of Mount Agung, with many distinct shrines and major Hindu ceremonies.
Mniku (Chapel Island) Sacred Pilgrimage Site
Bras d’Or Lake, Richmond County, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada Christianity
National Historic Site and longstanding spiritual gathering and Saint Anne pilgrimage place of the Mi’kmaq.
Majorville Cairn and Medicine Wheel
Near Bassano, Alberta, Canada Indigenous spirituality
Important protected ancient medicine-wheel archaeological landscape associated with Blackfoot tradition.
Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung (Manitou Mounds)
Rainy River First Nations, Stratton, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada Indigenous spirituality
Sacred Ojibwe ancestral burial landscape and interpretation centre on the Rainy River.
Xá:ytem / Hatzic Rock
Mission, British Columbia, Canada Indigenous spirituality
National Historic Site centred on an ancient Stó:lō transformer-stone tradition and nearby archaeological heritage.
Wanuskewin Heritage Park and Medicine Wheel
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Indigenous spirituality
Nationally important Northern Plains Indigenous cultural landscape containing a medicine wheel and archaeological sites.
Kejimkujik Mi’kmaw Petroglyph Sites
Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada Indigenous spirituality
Sacred Mi’kmaw rock-carving sites within Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site.
Teaching Rocks at Petroglyphs Provincial Park
Petroglyphs Provincial Park, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada Indigenous spirituality
Indigenous sacred rock-art site with the largest known concentration of petroglyphs in Canada.
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
Porcupine Hills, Alberta, Canada Indigenous spirituality
UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape interpreting long Blackfoot and Plains Indigenous bison-hunting traditions.