Temples & Shrines in Maharashtra
82 places in Maharashtra under temples & shrines. Jyotirlingas, Shakti Peethas, ancient stone temples.
Explore with dates- Adasa GanpatiNagpur, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA twelve-foot monolithic Ganesh, one of Vidarbha’s own eight Ganpati shrines.
- Akkalkot: Swami SamarthSolapur, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesThe seat of Swami Samarth, a major centre of the Datta tradition.
- Alandi, Dnyaneshwar SamadhiPune, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesWhere Dnyaneshwar sealed himself in at twenty one. The wari still starts here.
- Ambadevi Temple, AmravatiAmravati, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesAmravati’s principal shrine, tied to the legend of Krishna carrying off Rukmini.
- Ambarnath Shiva TempleThane, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesBuilt in 1060 CE, the oldest surviving stone temple in Maharashtra.
- Ashtavinayak CircuitPune, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesEight Ganpati temples on a fixed 650-km circuit through three districts.
- Aundha Nagnath JyotirlingaHingoli, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA jyotirlinga in a carved 13th-century temple, far off the tourist trail.
- Babulnath TempleMumbai City, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA hill shrine above Chowpatty, found where a cow kept giving up her milk.
- Bahubali Hill, KumbhojKolhapur, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA 28-foot Bahubali cut from one stone, on a hill few outside the Jain community visit.
- Balaji Temple, WashimWashim, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA finely carved 1779 temple in what was once a Vakataka capital.
- Banganga Tank & WalkeshwarMumbai City, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA sweet-water tank two minutes from the sea, sunk by Ram’s arrow according to the story.
- Bhadra Maruti, KhultabadChh. Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA sleeping Hanuman, one of only three in India, ten minutes from Ellora.
- Bhadravati Jain TemplesChandrapur, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA Jain centre built around a hoard of ancient idols found buried in a mound.
- Bhuleshwar TemplePune, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA 13th-century hilltop Shiva temple, carved inside and fort-like outside.
- Chandika Devi Cave TempleRatnagiri, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA cave goddess kept in complete darkness, seen only by lamplight.
- Chandrapur Fort & AnchaleshwarChandrapur, Maharashtra · FortsThe Gond capital, still wrapped in a five-kilometre wall with four great gates.
- Changdev TempleJalgaon, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA great pillared temple at the Tapi-Purna confluence, tied to Changdev Maharaj.
- Charthana TemplesParbhani, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA village holding dozens of Yadava-era temples and stepwells, mostly unprotected.
- Chaturshringi TemplePune, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA hill goddess in the middle of Pune, quiet all year until Navratri arrives.
- Dagdusheth Halwai GanpatiPune, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesPune’s most famous Ganpati, and the heart of the city’s Ganeshotsav.
- Dehu, Tukaram MaharajPune, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA grain seller whose banned poems, by the telling, floated back up after thirteen days.
- Dhutpapeshwar, RajapurRatnagiri, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA Shiva shrine at the bottom of a wooded gorge, loudest in the monsoon.
- Dighori & Sindhola TemplesBhandara, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesFinely carved old stone temples in the Bhandara countryside, and nobody there.
- Diveagar & the Golden GaneshRaigad, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA gold Ganesh mask turned up in a betel nut plantation in 1997, and changed the village.
- GanpatipuleRatnagiri, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA swayambhu Ganesh with one of Konkan’s best beaches right behind it.
- Global Vipassana PagodaMumbai Suburban, Maharashtra · Monuments & HeritageThe world’s largest pillarless stone dome, on a creek island reached by ferry.
- Gondeshwar Temple, SinnarNashik, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA complete 12th-century five-shrine temple complex, and usually empty.
- Grishneshwar JyotirlingaChh. Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesThe twelfth jyotirlinga, a few minutes from the Ellora caves.
- HarihareshwarRaigad, Maharashtra · Temples & Shrines“Dakshin Kashi”, a Shiva temple with a pradakshina across tidal rock.
- Hazur Sahib, NandedNanded, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesOne of the five Takhts of Sikhism, where Guru Gobind Singh spent his final days.
- Hedvi Dashabhuja GaneshRatnagiri, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA rare ten-armed Ganesh, and a rock chasm the sea fires spray out of.
- Jejuri: KhandobaPune, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA hill shrine where turmeric is thrown by the handful until everything turns gold.
- Jintur: Nemgiri Jain CavesParbhani, Maharashtra · CavesRock-cut Jain caves on a hill above Jintur, in a district few people visit.
- Jivdani Temple, VirarPalghar, Maharashtra · Temples & Shrines1,375 steps above Virar to a goddess a great many people climb to weekly.
- Jyotiba Temple, Wadi RatnagiriKolhapur, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA hill shrine above Kolhapur where the festival turns the whole hilltop pink.
- Kalamb Chintamani GaneshYavatmal, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA Ganesh shrine reached by descending underground to a spring-fed sanctum.
- Kalaram Temple, NashikNashik, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesAn 18th-century black-stone Rama temple, and the site of Ambedkar’s 1930 satyagraha.
- Kamala Devi Temple, KarmalaSolapur, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA 1727 temple built entirely around the number 96, steps, pillars and windows.
- Kanakeshwar Forest TempleRaigad, Maharashtra · Temples & Shrines750 stone steps through forest to a Shiva temple above Alibaug.
- Kankaleshwar Temple, BeedBeed, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesAn 11th-century temple standing on an island in the middle of a water tank.
- Karanja LadWashim, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesBirthplace of Narasimha Saraswati, and a major Digambar Jain centre.
- Karneshwar Temple, SangameshwarRatnagiri, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesAn eleventh century temple with carving that deserves far more visitors than it gets.
- Kavnai FortNashik, Maharashtra · FortsA short climb above an old Kumbh Mela village, usually paired with Tringalwadi.
- Kelzar GaneshWardha, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA hilltop Ganesh shrine on the hill locals hold to be Ekchakra Nagari.
- Kolhapur: Mahalaxmi (Ambabai)Kolhapur, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA 7th-century Shakti Peetha where twice a year the sunset hits the idol.
- Kopeshwar Temple, KhidrapurKolhapur, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA 12th-century masterpiece with an open-roofed hall on 92 stone elephants.
- Koradi Mahalaxmi JagdambaNagpur, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesThe goddess Nagpur goes to for Navratri, twenty minutes out of the city.
- Kunkeshwar Temple & BeachSindhudurg, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesAn 11th-century Shiva temple standing directly on the beach.
- Lal Mahal & Kasba GanpatiPune, Maharashtra · Monuments & HeritageShivaji’s childhood home, and the site of the 1663 raid on Shaista Khan.
- MachindragadSangli, Maharashtra · FortsAn easy fort above the Krishna valley with a Nath temple on top.
- Madhi, Kanifnath SamadhiAhilyanagar, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA Nath samadhi entered sideways through a gap, with one of the state’s biggest fairs.
- Matsyodari DeviJalna, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA hilltop goddess shrine on a hill shaped, they say, like a fish.
- Muktagiri Jain TemplesAmravati, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesFifty-two Jain temples up a Satpuda hillside, with a waterfall running through.
- Muktidham TempleNashik, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesAll twelve Jyotirlingas under one marble roof, for anyone who cannot travel to them.
- Mumba Devi TempleMumbai City, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesThe Koli goddess the city took its name from, tucked into the Bhuleshwar market.
- Nagzari & Ter Heritage TemplesDharashiv, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA Satavahana trading town with one of the Deccan’s oldest brick temples.
- Narsi NamdevHingoli, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesThe birthplace of Sant Namdev, whose verses reached the Guru Granth Sahib.
- NarsobawadiSangli, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA principal Datta shrine at the Krishna-Panchganga confluence.
- Nevasa, where the Dnyaneshwari was writtenAhilyanagar, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesThe pillar Dnyaneshwar leaned on while dictating the book that made Marathi literary.
- Padmalaya GaneshJalgaon, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesOne of the few temples anywhere with two swayambhu Ganesh idols in one sanctum.
- Paithan, Eknath Samadhi & JayakwadiChh. Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesThe Satavahana capital, home of Eknath and of the Paithani saree.
- Panchavati & Sita GufaaNashik, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesThe riverbank of the Ramayana exile, and the nose that gave Nashik its name.
- Pandharpur: Vitthal RukminiSolapur, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesDestination of the Wari, Maharashtra’s greatest walking pilgrimage.
- Parli Vaijnath JyotirlingaBeed, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA hilltop jyotirlinga in Beed where anyone may touch the linga.
- Pathri: Sai Baba BirthplaceParbhani, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesWidely held to be Sai Baba’s birthplace, and a pilgrimage circuit with Shirdi.
- PoharadeviWashim, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesThe Kashi of the Banjara community, and the seat of Sant Sevalal Maharaj.
- Prakasha: Dakshin KashiNandurbar, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesThe “Dakshin Kashi” of Khandesh, old temples at the Tapi-Gomai confluence.
- Rajur Ganesh TempleJalna, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA Ganesh peetha named in the Ganesh Purana, in the Jalna countryside.
- Sagareshwar Deer SanctuarySangli, Maharashtra · Wildlife & Tiger ReservesA rare thing, a wildlife sanctuary planted from scratch on bare hillside.
- Sangli Ganpati Temple & FortSangli, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesSangli’s guardian deity, in black stone, beside the Patwardhan fort.
- Shani ShingnapurAhilyanagar, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA village that famously has no doors on its houses, guarded by Shani.
- Shegaon: Gajanan MaharajBuldhana, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesVidarbha’s busiest shrine, and one of the best-run pilgrimage complexes anywhere.
- Shikhar ShingnapurSatara, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesThe Bhosale family deity on a hill in the dry Man country.
- Shirdi: Sai BabaAhilyanagar, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesThe samadhi of Sai Baba, one of the most visited shrines in India.
- Shri Ganesh Tekdi, NagpurNagpur, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA self-manifested Ganpati on a rise beside Nagpur station, busy every day of the year.
- Siddheshwar Ratneshwar TempleLatur, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesLatur’s main temple, in the town the Rashtrakutas took their name from.
- Siddhivinayak, MumbaiMumbai Suburban, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesMumbai’s most visited temple, and the queue to prove it.
- Trimbakeshwar JyotirlingaNashik, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA jyotirlinga at the source of the Godavari, with a rare three-faced linga.
- Tuljapur: Tulja BhavaniDharashiv, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA Shakti Peetha, and the goddess who by legend gave Shivaji his sword.
- Vajreshwari & Akloli Hot SpringsPalghar, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesBuilt on a vow after Vasai was taken, beside sulphur springs you can still bathe in.
- Velneshwar Beach & TempleRatnagiri, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesA Shiva temple behind a coconut-lined bay, and a beach you can actually swim at.
- Wai Ghats & Dholya GanpatiSatara, Maharashtra · Temples & ShrinesSeven stone ghats on the Krishna, a very large Ganpati, and half of Hindi cinema.
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