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Indian Temples Five Dhams Seven Puris Five Kedars Seven Badris Panchanatha Panchkashi Sapta Sarawati Sapta Ganga	Sapta Punyanadi Sapta Kchetra Panchsarovar Nava Aranaya Chaturdash Prayag Chatur Kumbha Dwadash Jyotirlingam Shiv Lingas Dwadish Parvatis

 Five Dhams
 Shri Badrinath - In U.P.
 Shri Dwarkanath Dham - In Gujarat province
 Shri Jagganath Dham (Puri) - In Orissa
 Sri Rameswaram - In Tamilnadu state
 Sri Baidyanath Dham (Bihar) - In Bihar near Patna.




 Seven Puris (Saptapuri)
 Kashi (Benares)
 Kanchipuram
 Mayapuri (Haridwar) - in U.P.
 Ayodhyapuri - In U.P.
 Dwarkapuri
 Mathurapuri
 Avantikapuri (Ujjaini) - In U.P.




 Five Kedars (Pnchakedar) - All are in the Himalayas
 Sri Kedarnath
 Sri Madhyameswar
 Sri Tunganath
 Sri Rudranath
 Sri Kaleswar




 Seven Badris (Sapta Badri) - All are in the Himalayas
 Sri Badrinath Dham - In the Himalayas
 Adi Badri - Ancient Badri
 Briddha Badri - Old Badri
 Bhaviswa Badri - Future Badri
 Yog Badri
 Adi Badri in Tibet
 Nrisingha Badri




 Panchnatha (Five Nathas)
 North - Sri Badrinath
 South - Sri Ranganath (Sri Rangam)
 East - Sri Jagannath
 West - Sri Dwarkanath
 Centre - Sri Gobardhannath (Near Sri Nath in Rajasthan)




 Panchkashi (Five Kashis)
 Kashi - Benaras or Varanasi
 Guptakashi
 Uttarkashi
 Dakshinkashi
 Shivakashi Virudhanagar on Trivandaram line.




 Sapta Saraswati (Seven Saraswatis) - Rivers of knowledge
 Suprabha - Pushkar in Rajasthan
 Kanchanakhi - Naimish
 Vishal - Gaya in Bihar
 Manorama - South Koshal
 Bhogawati - Kurukchetra
 Suranu - Haridwar in U.P.
 Vindodhaka - Himalaya




 Saptaganga (Seven Ganagas) - Rivers of life
 Vagirathi
 Briddhaganga - Old Ganaga
 Kalindi
 Saraswati
 Kaveri
 Narmada
 Veni




 Sapta punya nadi (Seven pious rivers)
 Ganga
 Yamuna
 Godavari
 Saraswati
 Narmada
 Sindhu
 Kaveri




 Sapta Kchetra (Seven Battlegrounds)
 Kurukchetra - In Hariyana.
 Hariharakcehtra - Sonpur
 Prabhaskchetra - Gujarat
 Ramkchetra - In U.P. near Mathura
 Bhungakchetra - Bhuruch
 Puroshottamkchetra - In Orissa near Puri
 Sukarkchetra - Saro




 Panchasarovar (Five lakes)
 Bindusarovar - Siddhapur
 Narayan Sarovar - Kaccha
 Pampa sarovar - Mysore
 Pushkar sarovar - Rajasthan
 Man sarovar - Tibet




 Nava Aranay (Nine forests)
 Dandakaranay
 Sandhyakaranay
 Pushkaranay
 Naimisharanay
 Kurujangal - Forest of the Kurus or Kauravas
 Utpalhartakaranya
 Jambumarga
 Himbadranaranay
 Arbudraranaya




 Chaturdash Prayag (Fourteen Prayag)
 Prayagraj (Ganga - Yamuna - Saraswati)
 Devaprayag (Alalananada - Vagirathi)
 Rudraprayag (Alakananda - Mandakini)
 Karnaprayag (Alakananda - Pindurganaga)
 Nanada prayag (Alakananda - Nanda)
 Vishnuprayag (Vishnuganga - Alakananda)
 Suryaprayag (Mandakini - Alashtaranginin)
 Inguprayag (Bhagirathi - Nyasganga)
 Somprayag (Som - Manadakini)
 Bhaskarprayag
 Hariprayag (Hariganaga - Bhagirathi)
 Guptaprayag (Neelganaga - Vagirathi)
 Shyamprayag (Shyamganga - Bhagirathi)
 Keshavprayag (Alakananda - Saraswati)




 Chatur Kumbha (Five lakes)
 Haridwar
 Prayag - near Allahabad
 Nasik
 Ujjain




 Dwadash Jyotirlingam (Twelve Shiva Lingas)
 Sri Somnath - Gujarat
 Sri Mallikarjuna - Tamailnadu - Krishna river
 Sri Mahakaleshwar (The great ending or time)
 Sri Omkareswar - M.P. in Omkareswar Road. The temple is in the middle of  the Narmada River in an island. Shiva had manifested here because of  prayers from devotees. It is one of the great lingas. It gives worshippers  many boons.
 Sri Kedarnath - U.P. in the Himalayas
 Sri Bhimashnabara - Maharastra near Dakini
 Sri Viswesvara - U.P. in Benares
 Sri Vaidyanath dham - Bihar
 Sri Nageswar - Gujarat near Dwarka or Darukavan
 Sri Trambbakeswar - Near the Gomati River
 Sri Rameswaram - in South
 Sri Ghuseswar - Aurangabad, Maharastra
 Sri Amarnath - In the Himalayas




 Other important Shiva lingas
 Pashupatinath - Nepal
 Sundareswar - Madura
 Kumbheswar - Kumbhakoman
 Vrihadiswar - Tanjor
 Pakchititrtha - Changalptet, Madras.
 Mahabaleswar - Puna
 Amarnath - Kashmir.
 Vaidyanath - Kangra
 Trakeswar - W. Bengal
 Bhubaneswar - Orissa.
 Kandoria Shiva - Khajuraho Ekalinga - Udaipur
 Gaurishankar (Shiva Parvati) - Jabbalpur
 Hariswar - Man Sarovar
 Vyasewar - Near Benares
 Madhyameswar - Kashi
 Hatkeswar - Buranagar
 Mukta Parmeswar - Arunachal
 Pratigeswar - Cronacha Parvat
 Kapaleswar - Cronacha Parvat
 Kumareswar - Cronacha Parvat
 Sarveswar - Chittor
 Stamveswar - Chittor, Jayantast
 Ajaya Amarendra - Mahendra Mountain
 Ekandrenath - Shivakunchi
 Jmabukeswar - Trichinapalli
 Teja Linga - Chiadambaram Billapuram
 Kalhastiswar - In Andhra near the Tirupati temple




 Dwadash Parvatis (Twelve famous idols of Parvati or Shakti)
 Kmakhi - Kanchipuram
 Bhrmaranta - Mayelgiri
 Kumari - Kanayakumari
 Ambadevi - Gujarat
 Mahalakchmi - Kolhapur
 Kalika - Ujjaini
 Lalitadevi - Prayag
 Bindhyavasini - Bindhya Parvat (Mountain)
 Vishalakchi - Varanasi (Benares)
 Mangalarati - Gaya
 Sundari - W. Benga
 Guhayakesari - Nepal