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Cao Dai Holy See, Tay Ninh

Hòa Thành, Hòa Thành, Tây Ninh

The principal holy temple and religious headquarters of the Cao Đài faith.

Eclectic Cao Đài ceremonial temple

Cetho Temple

Gumeng, Jenawi, Karanganyar Regency, Central Java

Highland Hindu sanctuary on Mount Lawu, visited for pilgrimage and notable late-Javanese religious terraces.

Late-Javanese terraced Hindu temple architectureLate pre-Islamic Javanese Hindu site

Cheng Hoon Teng Temple

Jalan Tokong, Melaka, Melaka Tengah, Melaka

Malaysia’s oldest functioning traditional Chinese temple and one of Melaka’s most important living religious heritage sites.

Traditional Southern Chinese templeHistoric Chinese temple within the Melaka component of the UNESCO World Heritage property “Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca”.

Chin Swee Caves Temple

Genting Highlands, Genting Highlands, Bentong, Pahang

Major Genting Highlands sacred landmark founded by Lim Goh Tong and dedicated to Reverend Chin Swee.

Chinese hill temple complex

Chuson-ji

Koromonoseki, Hiraizumi, Iwate Prefecture

UNESCO-listed Hiraizumi temple famous for the gold-covered Konjikido and Pure Land Buddhist heritage.

Heian-period Buddhist temple complex; Konjikido richly gildedHiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land

Cua Ong Temple

Cẩm Phả, Cẩm Phả, Quảng Ninh

A widely visited northern coastal shrine and traditional festival destination.

Datsan Gunzechoinei

Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg

A historic Buddhist temple in Saint Petersburg, founded through the efforts of Buryat lama Agvan Dorzhiev and completed in 1915.

Tibetan-Buddhist temple architecture adapted to Saint PetersburgHistoric Buddhist temple of Saint Petersburg and nationally significant monument of Russian Buddhism

Devasathan

Sao Ching Cha, Bangkok, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok

Bangkok’s historic Brahmin temple complex associated with Thailand’s royal court ritual tradition.

Thai Brahmin temple architectureHistoric centre of Thailand’s royal Brahmin ceremonial tradition

Dhammikarama Burmese Buddhist Temple

Pulau Tikus, George Town, Northeast Penang Island, Penang

Penang’s distinctive Burmese Buddhist temple and a major stop in the city’s Buddhist religious landscape.

Burmese Buddhist temple

Dieng Arjuna Temple Complex

Dieng Kulon, Batur, Banjarnegara Regency, Central Java

Early Hindu temple group on the Dieng Plateau, among the surviving monuments of classical Java.

Early classical Javanese Hindu temple architectureEarly classical Javanese temple complex

Do Temple

Đình Bảng, Từ Sơn, Bắc Ninh

An important royal ancestral shrine dedicated to rulers of the Lý dynasty.

Enlightenment Stupa of Benalmádena

Benalmádena, Málaga, Andalusia

A monumental Tibetan Buddhist stupa in Benalmádena dedicated to the Buddha’s enlightenment and used for meditation, teaching and devotional circumambulation.

Tibetan Buddhist stupaOne of Europe’s most prominent Tibetan Buddhist stupas and a major Buddhist visitor destination in Spain

Discover Temples Across India

Templestan’s temple directory is designed to connect sacred places with the information visitors actually use when planning or researching a journey. Search by name and, when structured data is available, refine results by state, deity, pilgrimage, festival, architecture and practical temple attributes.

Use the available filters to narrow the directory, then move through results page by page. Each listing leads to a dedicated temple page so you can continue from broad discovery to practical temple information.

Frequently Asked Questions

Useful guidance for searching and filtering the temple directory.

How can I find a temple by state?

Use the State filter when state data is available in the connected temple provider. Only populated filter categories are shown.

Can I search temples by deity?

Yes. When deity data is available, the directory exposes a Deity filter alongside the main temple search.

Can I filter pilgrimage temples?

A pilgrimage filter appears when real pilgrimage relationships are supplied by the active directory provider.

How often is temple information updated?

Cards can display real updated, source and verification information when those fields are available. Templestan does not invent missing status data.

Can I suggest a missing temple?

Yes. Use the Submit a Sacred Place form to send a temple or other significant sacred place for private editorial review. Suggestions are never published automatically.