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ceremony · temple

During Maha Shivaratri, devotees gather at a Shiva temple to perform traditional puja and Abhishek rituals. Milk, honey, haldi, and chandan are offered over the Shiva Lingam, which is decorated with flowers.

ceremony · temple

Indian women and men performing puja to a Shivling during the Maha Shivaratri festival. Devotees pray to Lord Shiva, while women pour milk over the Shivling and place fruits and other offerings around it.

temple · architecture

Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib is a historic Sikh shrine located in Chandni Chowk, Delhi, India. Devotees, visitors, and pedestrians walk along the paved central walkway near the shrine's entrance.

Punjab·bazaar · temple

A busy pedestrian walkway near the Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) complex in Amritsar, Punjab, India. Traditional vendor stalls line the heritage-style arcade, serving pilgrims and visitors approaching the shrine.

ceremony · temple

Rituals are being performed before the idols of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra, and Devi Subhadra at Shree Jagannath Mandir in Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India.

temple · bazaar

The Shree Hanuman Mandir at Khasra No. 396, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India. The small roadside shrine contains an orange idol of Lord Hanuman, enclosed within a glass structure.

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A lengthy 4K video compilation of the largest Hindu temple in the world! The Srirangam Temple or the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple is a temple in Sriranga, an island in the city of Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu.

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Two women in their 40s wrote themselves into history on Wednesday morning when they became the first in menstruating age to offer prayers to the famous Lord Ayyappa shrine at Sabarimala in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district, after the Supreme…

Meghalaya·music · temple

A sermon for the masses, with well coordinated outdoor church song singing, in north-east India. Would this be in Shillong, Meghalaya, perhaps? Help us identify the location and context of this 1990's footage...

Gujarat·temple

Help us identify this locality in Ahmedabad and the structures one is seeing in this aerial video. What temple complex is that?

temple · architecture

Sarkhej Roza is a mosque and tomb complex located in the village of Makarba, 7 km south-west of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, India. Although there are many rozas across Gujarat, the Sarkhej Roza is the most revered.

temple · architecture

Fly over the water tank or Sarovar and Sikh temple of the Gurudwara Bangla Sahib in Delhi. A lovely aerial view of the water body and the main gurudwara of Bangla sahib in New Delhi, by night.

Uttar Pradesh·festival · temple

According to orthodox Hindu tradition, widows were not allowed to celebrate the festival of colour. In Mathura, Uttar Pradesh in a first, windows enjoy Holi or the Spring Festival at the Gopinath Temple.

temple · architecture

illuminated at night, the Gurudwara Bangla Sahib is an important Sikh religious temple in Delhi. Cheery lights adorn the gurudwara's roof-top. Sikh pilgrims throng the holy pond and the gurudwara premises on Gurpurab day.

ceremony · temple

The priest chants and offers incense to the goddess Durga in front of the devotees in the temple. Devotees play musical instruments and chant praises of the warrior goddess.

Gujarat·temple · highway

An amazing view of Trimandir Dada Bhagwan Temple in Adalaj, Gujarat. Encompassing three different temples under one roof, the Trimandir boasts an architectural design which radiates the distinct spiritual ideology.

Punjab·temple · architecture

Sector 8 colonies and church, wide-open roads in Corbusier city Chandigarh. Made with open red brick stones, these homes are built in the most organised fashion.

river · temple

A spectacular view of Gangotri temple, along the initial route of the Ganges river, as it flows down from the Gaumukh glacier in the Himalaya.The source of the Ganga is close at hand from Gangotri temple which is also the staging point for…

Punjab·temple

A Sikh gentleman tells us of the August 1981 incident in a free food religious langar in Punjab, in the years preceding the unfortunate foment that led to the trouble of Operation Blue Star at the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

Karnataka·temple · architecture

Shivaji Nagar Church stands amid a crowded residential locality in Bangalore, Karnataka. St. Mary's Basilica is located in the Archdiocese of Bangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka.

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Help us identify this modern-day temple complex from Gujarat. Around which city is it located?

temple · river

Lohaghat is a small hill station in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. This place receives a lot of footfall due to this old Shiva temple.

Himachal Pradesh·temple

Driving through the mighty Kunzum La towards the Kunzum Mata temple in Himachal Pradesh. The mountains overlook with utmost peace and serenity and a small temple – with the Kunzum Mata sitting in the solace of whirl-pooling winds and roarin…