10 beautiful holy places in the mountains of India
31Oct,2023
The name of this famous temple has been derived from one of the names of Lord Shiva - Vaidhyanath,which means the Lord of the Physicians.
Shrine of Baijnath
This site is another attraction for the devotees of Hinduism. It doesn’t have a particular shrine as such, but it is popular for the innumerable stone carvings of Gods and Goddesses.
Unakoti Hill
This site is one of the most popular Buddhist monasteries of India. As per the legends, this shrine is very ancient and has an extraordinary interior, featuring some of the finest Indo-Tibetan art found anywhere in the world.
Tabo Monastery
This temple is considered to be India’s oldest functional temple and one of the oldest in the country. The temple is located on the summit of a hill, which has a height of about 600 feet.
Mundeshwari Devi Temple
This shrine is a very important pilgrimage site for the Jains and is believed to be the place where twenty Jain Tirthankaras (out of twenty-four) attained Moksha.
Shikharji
One of the holiest shrines of Islam is the Hazratbal Mosque situated in the beautiful city of Srinagar in Kashmir. This shrine is believed to have stored a very important relic of the religion, the strands of hair of the Prophet.
Hazratbal Mosque
The pilgrim centre of Rewalsar is situated some miles away from the town of Mandi. One of the local names of Rewalsar (which is also famous for its lake) is Trisangam
Rewalsar
According to mythology, this is the place where many Gods of Hinduism, such as Lord Rama, Lord Hanumana, Lord Balarama and many others along with 99 crore Jain monks have achieved nirvana.
Twin hills of Mangi-Tungi
The village is a Buddhist monastery complex situated around 70 km away from Leh. It was built, according to local tradition, by Guru Rinchen Zangpo probably between 958 and 1055 CE.