a thread on photos of Indian temples that I had saved up over the years from various sources.

[in many cases don't know the original photographers, so can't credit them. my apologies]

at gangaikonda cholapuram, tamil nadu

[photo by Krsna Chetanya Chandolu]

at kopeshvar temple, khidrapur maharashtra

at srikanteshwara temple, nanjunagudu, karnataka

at samadheeshwar temple, chittorgarh, rajasthan

at lepakshi temple, anantapur, andhra pradesh

at deulghata temple, purulia, west bengal

at kadampuzha bhagavathi, malapurram, kerala

more in this thread soon

at Khajuraho temples, Chattarpur, Madhya Pradesh

[photo by Abhishek Upadhyay]

at srirangam temple, tamil nadu

at dakshineshwar kali temple, kolkata

[photo by priyanka pandey]

at aksharadham temple, delhi

at the martand surya temple, anantnag, kashmir

at kedarnath, rudraprayag, uttarakhand

at sri padmanabhaswamy temple, thiruvananthapuram

at the varadaraja perumal temple, kanchipuram

[a photo that i took in 2014]

at the ramanathaswamy temple, rameswaram, tamil nadu

[a photo I took in 2011]

at the chandrashila peak, uttarakhand

at the barahi devi temple, Odisha

[photo by bikash das]

at the meenakshi amman temple, madurai

at the vadtal swaminarayan temple, gujarat

at the kamakhya devi temple, assam

at the golden pagoda, arunachal pradesh

at the shri govindaji temple, manipur

at the harmandir sahib (golden temple), amritsar

at venugopala swamy temple, karnataka

at the dwarakadhish temple, dwarka, gujarat

at the amruteshwar temple, ratanwadi, maharashtra

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shore temple, mahabalipuram, tamil nadu

Hanuman Shrine in Sant Nenu Ram Ashram, Islamkot, Tharparkar District, Sindh, Pakistan (photo via Syed M Rafiq)

Velanai Ayyanaar Kovil, Island of Kayts, Northern Province, Sri Lanka

(photo by/via Teresa Gomez)

Krishna Muralidhar temple, Thawa, near Manali, Himachal Pradesh

Ta Prohm temple, Angkor, Cambodia,
[photo by Kevin Standage]

Mahadeva Kshetram, Vaikom, Kerala

the Parashara Rishi temple, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh

the SaasBahu temple, or the Sahastrabahu Temple or Harisadanam temple, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

in one of the Bateshwar temples, Madhya Pradesh...

[thanks to Shri K.K. Muhammed, who worked to rebuild/restore some 60 temples, along with the dacoit Nirbhay Singh Gujjar and his gang who helped Archaeological Survey of India restore the temple complex]

Onakona temple, Balod district, Chhattisgarh.

Bhoramdeo temple complex, Kabirdham district, Chhattisgarh

[photo by Anzaar Nabi, read a wonderful introduction to these temples by Ajeya Vajpayee https://www.sahapedia.org/bhoramdeo-style-history-legend]

Yaganti Uma Maheshwara temple, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh

[photo by Kartik Kumar]

Changu Narayan Temple, Bhaktapur, Nepal

Kartik Swami Temple, Uttaranchal

Tungnath Mahadev, Rudraprayag, Uttaranchal

Jaina Temple, Jaisalmer Fort, Rajasthan.

Amman Temple, Nainativu, off Jaffna coast, Sri Lanka

Sri Pathirakali Amman Temple, Interior Trincomalee, Sri Lanka (

via/by Devinka Perera

Somanath, in Saurashtra, Gujarat

Rani ki Vaav, Patan, Gujarat

Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swami Temple, Ahobilam, Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh.

Varahanarasimha Temple, Simhachalam, Andhra Pradesh

Blue Elephant and Temple, Dungarpur, Rajasthan

[by Tim Walker]

Galwar Bagh (Galta ji) Temple, Jaipur, Rajasthan

Thiksay Monastery, Ladakh, Leh, India

[via: Abhishaanth]

Madhyamaheshwar Temple, Garhwal, Uttarakhand

Badrinarayan Temple, Badrinath, Uttarakhand

Sri Krishnan Temple, Waterloo St, Singapore

Chamundeshwari temple, Mysore, Karnataka

Pura Lempuyang temple, Bali, Indonesia

Pura Dalem Ubud (The Temple of Death), Bali

(via Ania Blazejewska)

Malot Temple, Chakwal, Punjab, Pakistan (via aabbiidd)

Kandaria Mahadev Temple, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh

photo by Kevin Standage

Prambanan Temple complex, Indonesia

unknown hindu/buddhist temple, Kafirkot, Khyber-Pakhtunva, Pakistan

Budhanilkantha temple, Nepal

(via Instagram: Roberto Torta)

BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Robbinsville, New Jersey.

a riverbanks full of temples Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

Buniyar Vishnu temple, Baramulla-Uri route, Kashmir

Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple at Korukonda, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh

Jai Murudeshwara temple, Murudeshwara Temple, Karnataka -

(via: Prudhvi Chowdary)

Krishna Lalji terracotta temple, Ambika Kalna, West Bengal

Kadampuzha Bhagavathi temple, Malapurram, Kerala

Pashupathinath temple complex, Nepal

Bhimakali temple, Sarahan, Himachal Pradesh

Sri Ranganathaswamy temple, Srirangam, Tamil Nadu
[photo by Bharat Balaji]

Pura Tanah Lot temple, Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia — where Varuna [sanskrit], the lord of the oceans and waters, is worshipped as Dewa Baruna or Bhatara Segara...