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Sacred Sites in Madhya Pradesh

13 researched sites, each with sourced history, pilgrimage information and the prayers associated with it.

  • Nalkheda, Agar Malwa district
    ShaktismFamily friendly

    Baglamukhi Temple, Nalkheda

    Baglamukhi Temple, in Nalkheda, Madhya Pradesh, on the banks of the Lakhundar River (a tributary of the Narmada), is dedicated to Baglamukhi, the eighth of the…

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  • Barwani district
    JainismFamily friendly

    Bawangaja

    In the Satpura hills near Barwani, an eighty-four foot standing image of Rishabhanatha carved directly into the hillside in kayotsarga posture. One of the talle…

  • Chhatarpur district
    JainismFamily friendly

    Jain Temples of Khajuraho

    The eastern group at Khajuraho, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Khajuraho Group of Monuments. The Parshvanatha temple is the largest and finest Jain temple at…

  • Damoh district
    JainismFamily friendly

    Kundalpur (Bade Baba), Damoh

    A major Digambara centre near Damoh, built around a widely venerated fifteen-foot seated image of Rishabhanatha known as Bade Baba, of the post-Gupta period. No…

  • Ujjain
    ShaivismFamily friendly

    Mahakaleshwar Temple

    Mahakaleshwar Temple, on the banks of the Shipra River in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh (the ancient city of Avantika), enshrines one of the twelve Jyotirlingas of Shi…

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  • Betul district (Madhya Pradesh) and Amravati district (Maharashtra)
    JainismFamily friendly

    Muktagiri

    A cluster of fifty-four temples built into a forested hillside on the Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra border, beside a waterfall, with a cave temple of the thirt…

  • Amarkantak, source of the Narmada river, Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh border
    ShaktismFamily friendly

    Narmada Udgam Temple, Amarkantak

    This platform already covers the specific Amarkantak temple at the Narmada's source under its classical Shakti Peetha identity, at narmada-udgam-kalmadhav. This…

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  • Mandhata Island, Khandwa district
    ShaivismFamily friendly

    Omkareshwar Temple

    Omkareshwar Temple sits on Mandhata Island in the Narmada River, in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa district, and enshrines one of the twelve Jyotirlingas of Shiva. Th…

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  • Orchha
    VaishnavismFamily friendly

    Ram Raja Temple, Orchha

    The Ram Raja Temple in Orchha, Madhya Pradesh, is widely described as the only temple in India where Rama is worshipped not as a deity in a sanctum but as a rei…

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  • Nethai, near Isagarh, Ashok Nagar district
    OtherFamily friendly

    Shri Anandpur Dham

    Shri Anandpur Dham, near Isagarh in Ashok Nagar district, Madhya Pradesh, is the principal centre of the Shri Paramhans Advait Mat branch of the Advait Mat trad…

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  • Datia district
    JainismFamily friendly

    Sonagiri

    A hillside covered in white Digambara temples near Datia, popularly called Laghu Sammed Shikhar, a small-scale echo of Shikharji, for its role as a site of mass…