10 Must Visit Historical Hindu Temples in India
Hindu temples are known as Mandir, The most sacred place where Hindus worship and show devotion to deities.
There are 100 of year old temples in India, Here is the list of top 10 Historical Hindu Temples in India one should visit.
Some of the oldest Hindu temples of India includes Jagannath Temple Puri, Dwarkadhish Temple, Bhutanatha temples Badami, Chaturbhuj Temple Orchha, Chennakeshava Temple Belur, Ranganatha Swamy Temple at Srirangam, Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple and Kanchi Kailasanathar temple of Tamil Nadu.
Ayodhya Ram Mandir, Uttar Pradesh
The Ram Mandir at Ayodhya is the most and must visit Hindu Temple in India, Historic and History found here itself.
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir is located at the site of birthplace of Prabhu Shri Rama, One of the most popular avatars of Vishnu.
Somnath Jyotirlinga Temple, Gujarat
Somnath temple was is the first jyotirlinga of Shiva in India and the temple is mentioned in the ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism the Mahabharata and Bhagavata Purana.
An outsider attacked and looted many times the Somnath Mandir located Prabhas Patan near Veraval in Saurashtra along with other temples of Gujarat.
Thanjavur Brihadeeswara Temple, Tamil Nadu
The BIG temple of Tamil Nadu and one of the largest Hindu temple in India, Along with Gangaikonda Cholapuram temple and Airavatesvara temple the temple is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the “Great Living Chola Temples.
Khajuraho Kandariya Mahadeva Temple, Madhya Pradesh
The largest and most ornate with sculptures over 900 plus from the medieval period at Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh.
Khajuraho was once the capital of the Chandela dynasty and today still stand tallest among the groups of the Khajuraho temples.
Hampi Virupaksha Temple, Karnataka
The glorious temple of Lord Shiva at Hampi located on the banks of the Tungabhadra River and still intact among the other surrounding monuments of rock ruins and is still used for worship to Virupaksha form of Shiva and Pampadevi.
Konark Sun Temple, Odisha
Konark Sun Temple is a classic example of Odisha style of Architecture or the Kalinga architecture.
The giant ornamented chariot dedicated to the Sun god represented as rising sun from east with the seven horses by the Arun.
Ellora Kailasa Temple, Maharashtra
Kailasa is The Majestic Temple of Ellora in Maharashtra and largest ever build monolithic rock structure in the world.
The Kailasa temple is the most remarkable cave temples in the world because of the unique architecture.
Mahabalipuram Shore Temple, Tamil Nadu
The Shore Temple is the oldest stone temples of Southern India overlooks the shore of the Bay of Bengal. A UNESCO World Heritage Site and stone temple Monuments at Mahabalipuram was acted as a landmark for seafarers.
Lingaraja Temple Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Lingaraja Temple is the most famous landmark of Bhubaneswar city in Odisha and Historical too because it is one of the finest examples of purely Hindu temple in Eastern India.
Modhera Sun Temple, Gujarat
Modhera Sun Temple at Mehsana is second most famous temple of Surya in India after Konark and listed as a protected monument by the Archaeological Survey of India and a must see Historical temple of Gujarat.
Historical temples also includes Venkateswara Swamy temple in Tirupati, Dilwara Jain Temple, Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya, Ranakpur Jain temple, Jageshwar Dham Temples in Almora, Dakshineswar Kali Temple of West Bengal and Badami cave temples in Karnataka.
