Spirituality & Religion
16 destinations
Places to Explore
New Delhi · Delhi
Akshardham Temple
Delhi's vast Swaminarayan Hindu temple complex — intricately carved pink sandstone, an evening water show, and a pure-vegetarian food court.
Agra · Uttar Pradesh
Mankameshwar Temple
An ancient Shiva temple in the old city heart — the spiritual anchor of Agra's Hindu community, especially revered on Mondays and Mahashivratri.
Gurugram · Haryana
Sheetla Mata Mandir
Gurugram's most revered temple — the devotional heart of the old city, dedicated to Sheetla Mata and thronged during its spring fairs.
Noida · Uttar Pradesh
ISKCON Temple, Noida
Noida's serene Krishna temple — daily aartis, a calm marble sanctum, and a pure-vegetarian prasad hall in the heart of the planned city.
New Delhi · Delhi
Laxminarayan Temple (Birla Mandir)
A landmark 1930s Nagara-style temple to Vishnu and Lakshmi west of Connaught Place — inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi and open to all, free to enter.
New Delhi · Delhi
Chhatarpur Temple
One of India's largest temple complexes — a sprawling white South-and-North-Indian shrine to Goddess Katyayani in South Delhi, near Qutub, free to enter.
New Delhi · Delhi
Kalkaji Mandir
An ancient, always-thronged Kali temple beside Nehru Place and the Lotus Temple — one of Delhi's most revered Shakti shrines, free to enter.
New Delhi · Delhi
ISKCON Temple (Sri Sri Radha Parthasarathi)
Delhi's grand Hare Krishna temple on Hare Krishna Hill, East of Kailash — striking modern architecture, a Vedic cultural centre and a pure-veg restaurant. Free to enter.
New Delhi · Delhi
Jhandewalan Hanuman Temple
The 108-foot Hanuman statue rising over central Delhi — one of the world's tallest Hanuman idols, visible from the metro, with a dramatic cave-like entrance. Free to enter.
New Delhi · Delhi
Shri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir
Delhi's oldest Jain temple — a striking red-sandstone shrine opposite the Red Fort, famous for its gilded upper halls and a charitable bird hospital next door. Free.
New Delhi · Delhi
Uttara Swami Malai Temple (Malai Mandir)
North India's grandest South-Indian Murugan temple — a granite hilltop shrine in R.K. Puram fusing Chola, Pallava and Pandya architecture. Free to enter.
New Delhi · Delhi
Yogmaya Temple
An ancient living temple beside the Qutub Minar — dedicated to the goddess Yogmaya, sister of Krishna, and often called Delhi's only surviving pre-Sultanate temple. Free.
New Delhi · Delhi
Gauri Shankar Temple
Old Delhi's revered Shiva temple beside the Jain Lal Mandir — an ancient brown-stone lingam ringed by silver serpents, built by a Maratha soldier in 1761. Free.
New Delhi · Delhi
Prachin Hanuman Mandir
An ancient Hanuman temple at Connaught Place, famed for a non-stop Ram-naam chant running since 1964 (a Guinness record) and a rare crescent-moon spire. Free.
New Delhi · Delhi
Ahinsa Sthal
A serene Jain memorial-garden beside the Qutub Minar — a 13-foot single-granite statue of Bhagwan Mahavir on a landscaped hillock, honouring ahimsa. Free and peaceful.
New Delhi · Delhi
New Delhi Kali Bari (Mandir Marg)
The heart of Bengali Delhi — a 1930s Kali temple beside Birla Mandir, home to one of the city's oldest Durga Pujas and a Kalighat-style sanctum. Free.