This document lists and briefly describes several famous Hindu temples located across India. It mentions temples dedicated to Shiva such as the Khajuraho Temple in Madhya Pradesh, Shore Temple in Mahaballipuram, Sun Temple in Konark. It also describes temples dedicated to other gods like the Lakshmi Temple in Doddagaddavalli, Karnataka, the Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar, and the Brihadeeswara Temple built by the Chola emperor Rajaraja Chola I in Tamil Nadu. The document provides short details about the architectural and historical significance of these ancient religious monuments across different Indian states.

1. Khajuraho Temple in Madhya Pradesh

2. Kandariya mahadev temple, Madhya Pradesh

3. Shore Temple, Mahaballipuram ,
Tamilnadu built at the end of the 8th
century by the Pallava king Rajasimha
Narasimhavarman II.

4. Sun Temple, Konark. Konark is a combination of two words - Kona means
corner and Arka means sun. Built in the 13th century AD by King Narasimha
Deva

5. Sun Temple, Konark

6. Virupaksha Temple, Pattadakal, Karnataka

7. Lakshmi Temple, Doddagaddavalli,
Hassan District, Karnataka

8. Keshava Temple, Somnathpur, Karnataka

9. Durga Temple In Aihole, Karnataka

10. Lord Jagganath Temple, Puri, Orissa

11. Badami Cave Temples, Badami In Karnataka

12. Lingaraj Temple, Bhubaneshwar

13. Sri Ekambaranathar Temple, Kanchipuram, Tamil
Nadu

14. Bhoganandeeshwara temple, Nandi hills,
Chikkaballpur, Karnataka

15. Brihadeeswara Temple, Tamilnadu. The temple had its foundations laid
out by the Tamil emperor Arulmozhivarman, popularly called Rajaraja
Chola I,in 1002 CE , as the first of the great Tamil Chola building
projects. The temple was built by Rajaraja Chola, one of the greatest
Tamil emperors to grace the throne of the Chola empire

16. Somanth Temple, Gujarath. Shree
Somnath is first among the twelve Aadi
Jyotirlings of India

17. Brahma Temple, Rajasthan.
The temple is believed to be
2000 years old. It has a
distinct red pinnacle
(shikhara) and a hamsa bird
motif. The temple sanctum
sanctorum holds the central
images of Brahma and his
second consort Gayatri.

18. Baijnath Temple, Himachal Pradesh. It is famous for its 13th century temple
dedicated to Siva as Vaidyanath, ‘the Lord of physicians’.

19. Palitana Temples, Gujarath. The main temple on top of the hill, is dedicated to 1st tirthankar lord
Adinath . On the top the Shatrunjai Hill is a cluster of Jain temples, built by generations of Jains
over a period of 900 years, from the 11th century onwards.

20. he Harihareshwara Temple at Harihar in Karnataka state was built in c. 1223–
1224 CE by Polalva, a commander and minister of the Hoysala Empire King Vira
Narasimha II.

21. Omkareshwar is a Hindu temple in
the Khandwa district of Madhya
Pradesh state in India. It is on an
island called Mandhata or Shivapuri
in the Narmada river. It is one of the
12 rivered Jyotirlinga shrines of
Shiva.