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  2. Shri Naimishnath Vishnu Temple - Wikipedia

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    The temple is classified as a Divya Desam, the 108 Vishnu temples that are revered in the Vaishnava canon.It is one of the 5 major vashnavite temple located in the state of uttar pradesh along with Ram janmbhoomi Temple(ayodhya),Krishna Janmbhoomi Temple(mathura),Kamtanath Temple(chitrakoot) and Beni Madhav Temple(prayagraj).

  3. Ayodhya - Wikipedia

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    The mayors of Ayodhya and Gimhae signed a sister city bond in March 2001, based on Ayodhya's identification as the birthplace of the legendary queen Heo Hwang-ok. [113] Janakpur, Nepal. [114] Ayodhya and Janakpur became sister cities in November 2014. [115] Ayodhya is the birthplace of Rama and Janakpur is the birthplace of his consort, Sita.

  4. List of largest Hindu temples - Wikipedia

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    Ayodhya India: The Ayodhya Ram Temple is a Hindu temple that is being built at the pilgrimage site of Ram Janmabhoomi. [72] [73] [74] 303,514: 20,000: Mayapur Chandrodaya Mandir: Mayapur India: The Temple of the Vedic Planetarium, Mayapur will be a large Hindu temple which will function as a Hindu planetarium. [75] 110,000 – BAPS Hindu Mandir ...

  5. Sapta Puri - Wikipedia

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    A temple was built by Kusha in her honour and is stated to be the only surviving ancient temple dated to the reign of Vikramaditya. [9] Road distances from Ayodhya to Delhi is 799 kilometres (496 mi), to Lucknow 134 kilometres (83 mi) and to Varanasi 209 kilometres (130 mi). [10] [11]

  6. Ram Janmabhoomi - Wikipedia

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    Ayodhya disputed site map. The Ramayana, a Hindu epic whose earliest portions date back to 1st millennium BCE, states that the capital of Rama was "Ayodhya", which may not be the same as modern Ayodhya [2] [12] According to the local Hindu belief, the site of the now-demolished Babri Mosque in Ayodhya is the exact birthplace of Rama.

  7. Ayodhya dispute - Wikipedia

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    The Baburnama, Babur's diary in which he meticulously documented his life, bears no mention of either the construction of a mosque in Ayodhya or the destruction of a temple for it (there is a known lacuna in his diary between 3 April and 17 September 1528, which period covers Babur's visit to Ayodhya [48]); neither do his grandson Akbar's court ...

  8. List of tallest gopurams - Wikipedia

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    The temple is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Great Living Chola Temples". Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India: 5 Lingaraj Temple: 183.7 [38] 11th century AD Lingaraja Temple is a temple of the Hindu god Harihara and is one of the oldest temples of the Temple City Bhubaneswar, a revered pilgrimage center and the capital of the state of Orissa ...

  9. Hindu pilgrimage sites in India - Wikipedia

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    Kedarnath Temple in Himalayan Mountains, Uttarakhand Evening prayers at Ganga river (Har-Ki-Pauri) in Haridwar. In Hinduism, the yatra (pilgrimage) to the tirthas (sacred places) has special significance for earning the punya (spiritual merit) needed to attain the moksha (salvation) by performing the darśana (viewing of deity), the parikrama (circumambulation), the yajna (sacrificial fire ...