Srirangam temple is often

listed as the largest functioning

Hindu temple in the world (the
still larger Angkor Wat being
the largest existing temple).
The temple, located in Tamil
Nadu, occupies an area of 156
acres (631,000 m²) with a
perimeter of 4,116m (10,710
feet) making it the largest
temple in India[3] and one of the
largest religious complexes in
the world. The temple is
enclosed by seven concentric
walls (termed prakarams (outer
courtyard) or mathil suvar) with
a total length of 32,592 feet or
over six miles. These walls are
enclosed by 21 Gopurams.
The Ranganathanswamy
Temple complex with 49
Sri
shrines, all dedicated to Lord
Ranganath 631, Tiruchira Indi
2 Vishnu, is so huge that it is like
asvamy 000 palli a a city within itself. However,
Temple
the entire temple is not used
for the religious purpose, the
first three out of seven
concentric walls are used by
private commercial
establishments such as
restaurants, hotels, flower
market, and residential
homes.[4] Taking this detail into
account, still the temple ranks
third to in the list of large Hindu
temples after Thillai Nataraja
Temple,
Chidambaram and Tiruvannam
alai Annamalaiyar Temple. The
temple was awarded with
UNESCO Asia Pacific Award
for Cultural Heritage
Conservation Program in the
year 2017 for the category
'Award of Merit'.

Akshardham is a Hindu
temple complex
in Delhi, India.[5] Also referred
Akshardha 240, Indi
3 Delhi to as Delhi
m 000 a Akshardham or Swaminarayan
Akshardham, the complex
displays millennia of traditional
Indian and Hindu culture,
 spirituality, and architecture.
The building was inspired and
moderated by Pramukh Swami
Maharaj, the spiritual head of
the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar
Purushottam Swaminarayan
Sanstha, whose 3,000
volunteers helped
7,000 artisans construct
Akshardham.[5][6]

Belūr Maṭh or Belur Mutt is

the headquarters of
the Ramakrishna Math and
Mission, founded by Swami
Vivekananda, a chief disciple
of Ramakrishna
Paramahamsa. It is located on
the west bank of Hooghly
Belur Math,
160, Indi River, Belur, West Bengal,
4 Ramakrish Howrah
000 a India and is one of the
na temple
significant institutions in
Calcutta. This temple is the
heart of the Ramakrishna
Movement. The temple is
notable for its architecture that
fuses Hindu, Christian and Isla
mic motifs as a symbol of unity
of all religions.[7]

Thillai Natarajah Temple,

Chidambaram - Chidambaram
Thillai Natarajar-Koothan Kovil
or Chidambaram temple is
a Hindu temple dedicated
to Lord Shiva located in the
centre of the temple town
of Chidambaram, Tamil
Thillai Nadu in east-central South
Nataraja India. Chidambaram is a
160, Chidamb Indi
5 Temple, temple complex spread over
000 aram a
Chidambar 40 acres (160,000 m2) in the
am heart of the city. It is truly a
large temple which is
completely used for religious
purpose. The main complex to
Lord Shiva Natarajaalso
contains shrines to deities such
as Sivakami Amman, Ganesh,
Murugan and Vishnu in the
form Govindaraja Perumal.
 Candi Prambanan or Candi
Rara Jonggrang is a 9th-
century Hindu
templecompound in Central
Java, Indonesia, dedicated
to Shiva. It also houses shrines
of Vishnu, Brahma and their
consorts. The temple
compound is located
approximately 17 kilometres
(11 mi) northeast of the city
of Yogyakarta on the boundary
between Central Java
Prambanan and Yogyakarta provinces.[8]
, Trimurti 152, Yogyakar Indo
6 The temple compound,
temple 000 ta nesia
compound a UNESCO World Heritage
Site, is the largest Hindu
temple site in Indonesia, and
one of the biggest in Southeast
Asia. It is characterized by its
tall and pointed architecture,
typical of Hindu temple
architecture, and by the
towering 47-metre-high (154 ft)
central building (Shiva shrine)
inside a large complex of
individual
temples.[9] Prambanan attracts
many visitors from across the
world.[10]

Brihadeeswarar Temple also

called The Big Temple was
built by Raja Raja Chola I in
1010 CE and is dedicated
to Shiva. The Big Temple is not
only a magnificent edifice with
its majestic vimana, sculptures,
architecture and frescoes, but
also has a wealth and richness
of Tamil inscriptions engraved
on stone in superb calligraphy.
Brihadees
102, Thanjavu Indi The temple is part of
7 warar
400 r a the UNESCO World Heritage
Temple
Site. One wonders of how such
a big temple could be built in
flat 6 years taking into account
the amount stone and soil to
be moved and the lack of
powered machinery available
in those days. The massive
sized main Vimanam (Tower)
is 200 feet high, possibly the
highest in the world when it
was built. The Vimanam has
 16 elaborately articulated
stories, and dominates the
main quadrangle.It has a
monolithic Nandhi weighing
about 25 tonnes, and is about
12 feet high and 20 feet
long.The presiding deity of
lingam is 12 feet tall.[11]
Annamalaiyar Temple is a
noted Hindu temple dedicated
to Lord Shiva, and it is the
second largest temple (by the
area used completely for
religious purpose). It has got
four stately towers on all the
four sides and four high stone
Annamalai 101, Tiruvann Indi
8 walls just like the rampart walls
yar Temple 171 amalai a of a fort. The 11-tiered highest
(217 feet (66 m)) Eastern
Tower is called
the Rajagopuram. The fortified
walls pierced with
four gopura entrances offer a
formidable look to this vast
complex.[12]
Dakshineswar Kali Temple is
situated on the eastern bank of
the Hooghly River(a
distributary of the Ganga River)
in suburban Kolkata. The
presiding deity of the temple
is Bhavatarini, an aspect
of Kali, meaning, 'She who
Dakshines
101, Indi liberates Her devotees from
9 war Kali Kolkata
171 a the ocean of existence
Temple
i.e. Saṃsāra'.[13] The temple
was built in 1855 by Rani
Rashmoni, a philanthropist and
a devotee of Kali.[14][15] The
temple complex is spread over
25 acres (101,171 m2) and is
one of the largest temple
in Bengal.[16]
Rajagopalaswamy temple is a
Vaishnavite shrine located in
the town of Mannargudi, Tamil
Nadu, India.[1]The Front
Temple tower is 156 feet tall.
Rajagopala
1 93,0 Mannarg Indi The presiding deity is
swamy
0 00 udi a Rajagopalaswamy, a form of
temple
Lord Krishna. The temple is
spread over an area of 23
acres (93,000 m2) and The
temple tank is called Haridra
Nadhi, 1,158 feet long and 837
 feet broad 23 acres (93,000
m2) is one of the important
Vaishnavite shrines in India.
The temple is called Dakshina
Dwarka (Southern Dwarka)
along with Guruvayoor by
Hindus.[2]. The temple is also
23 acres and the Temple
tank Haridra Nadhi is also 23
acres making it one of the
largest temple tanks in India[2][4]
Ekambareswarar Temple is
a Hindu temple dedicated
to Lord Shiva, located
in Kanchipuram in the state
Ekambares
1 92,8 Kanchipu Indi of India. It is one of the five
warar
1 60 ram a major Shiva temples or Pancha
Temple
Bootha Sthalams (each
representing a natural element)
representing the element
Earth.
Varadharaja Perumal Temple
is dedicated to Lord
Vishnu located in the holy city
of Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu,
India. It is one of the Divya
Desams, the 108 temples of
Vishnu believed to have been
Varadharaj visited by the 12 poet saints,
1 81,0 Kanchipu Indi
a Perumal or Alwars.[17] It is located in a
2 00 ram a
Temple suburb of Kanchipuram known
as the Vishnu Kanchithat is a
home for many famous Vishnu
temples. One of the greatest
Hindu scholars of
Vaishnava VisishtAdvaita philo
sophy, Ramanuja is believed to
have resided in this temple.
The ancient Sri Thyagaraja
temple at Tiruvarur is
dedicated to
the Somaskandaaspect
of Shiva. The temple complex
has shrines dedicated to
Vanmikanathar, Tyagarajar
and the Kamalaamba, and
1 Thyagaraja 80,9 Indi
Tiruvarur covers an area of over 20
3 Temple 37 a acres (81,000 m2) The
Kamalalayam temple tank
covers around 16 acres
(65,000 m2),[18] one of the
largest in the country.
The temple chariot is the
largest of its kind in Tamil
Nadu.[19]
 Thiruvanaikaval (also
Thiruvanaikal) is
Jambukes a Shiva temple in Tiruchirapalli,
warar in the state of India. The
1 72,8 Tiruchira Indi
Temple, temple was built
4 43 ppalli a
Thiruvanaik by Kocengannan (Kochenga
aval Chola), one of the Early
Cholas, around 1,800 years
ago.[20]

This temple, dedicated to

Shiva, was built 2500–3000
years ago. The river
Tamirabharani referred to by
poets as "Porunai" flows round
the city. One of the famous
temples in India steeped in
tradition and history and also
known for its musical pillars
and other brilliant sculptural
splendor. The temples were
built by Muluthukanda Rama
Pandiyan. The musical pillars
1 Nellaiappar 71,0 Tirunelve Indi in the Mani Mandapam which
5 Temple 00 li a produce sound in various
pitches when struck, the
Somavara Mandapam, the
1000 pillared hall, and the
Tamra sabha with intricate
wood work, and the Vasantha
Mandapam are some of the
noteworthy points in this
temple. The temple car
belongs to this temple is the
third largest temple car in India
and it is more than 510 years
ago and it is the oldest car
festival in the world.
Meenakshi Sundareswarar
Temple or Meenakshi Amman
Temple is dedicated to
Lord Shiva — who is known
here
as Sundareswarar or Beautiful
Lord — and his
Meenakshi
1 70,0 Indi consort, Parvati who is known
Amman Madurai
6 50 a as Meenakshi. The temple
Temple
forms the heart and lifeline of
the 2500-year-old city
of Madurai. The complex
houses 14
magnificent Gopurams or
towers including two
golden Gopurams for the main
 deities, that are elaborately
sculptured and painted.
Vaitheeswaran Temple is
located in India, dedicated to
the god Shiva. In this temple,
Vaithees Lord Shiva is worshiped as
1 Vaitheeswa 60,7 Indi
waran "Vaitheeswaran" or the "God of
7 ran Koil 80 a
Koil medicine"; worshipers believe
that prayers to Lord
Vaitheeswaran can cure
diseases.
The Jagannath Temple in Puri
is a famous Hindu
temple dedicated
to Jagannath(Vishnu) in the
Jagannath
1 37,0 Indi coastal town of Puri in
Temple, Puri
8 00 a the state of Odisha, India. The
Puri
name Jagannath (Lord of the
Universe) is a combination of
the Sanskrit words Jagat(Unive
rse) and Nath (Lord of).[21]
The Laxminarayan Temple
(also known as the Birla
Mandir) is a Hindu
templededicated
to Laxminarayan in Delhi, India
. The temple is built in honour
of Lakshmi (Hindu goddess of
wealth) and her
consort Narayana (Vishnu,
Preserver in the Trimurti). The
temple was built in 1622 by Vir
Singh Deo and renovated by
Prithvi Singh in 1793. During
1933-39, Laxmi Narayan
1 Birla 30,0 Indi
Delhi Temple was built by Baldeo
9 Mandir 00 a Das Birla of Birla family. Thus,
the temple is also known as
Birla Mandir. The famous
temple is accredited to have
been inaugurated by Mahatma
Gandhi in 1939. At that time,
Gandhi kept a condition that
the temple would not be
restricted to the Hindus and
people from every caste would
be allowed inside. Since then,
funds for further renovations
and support have come from
the Birla family.[22]