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India is one of the most popular tourist destinations  in the world. The country has rich culture, tradition, history and heritage. The rich cultural & historical heritage of the country can be seen its well-preserve temple architecture and pilgrimage sites. Whatever parts of India you will travel in, you will find many holy shrines, temples and worship places dating back to the hundreds of years. There are also many modern temples in the country which are architecturally beautiful and worth visit on India temples tours, such as; Akshardham Temple and Lotus Temple in Delhi. North India, South India, East India and West India are dotted with many pious shrines, religious sites, temples, tombs, mosques, Gurudwaras, churches and other places of worship. Devotees of different faith from all over the world embark on temple tours in India and explore its temples and other holy attractions. Varanasi, Pushkar, Khajuraho, Mahabalipuram, Kanchipuram, Madurai, Dwarka, Kurukshetra, Kangra, Shimla, Pahalgam, Ranakpur, Mount Abu, Delhi, Tirupati, Jammu, Vaishno Devi, Gandhinagar, etc are predominant destinations of India which are widely acclaimed for temples attractions in India. Temples of India can be categorized in four groups – Ancient Temples, Medieval Temples, Modern Temples and World Heritage Temple.
Ancient & Medieval Temples in India
- Khajuraho Group of Temples – Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh
- Dilwara Jain Temples – Mount Abu, Rajasthan
- Lord Brahma Temple – Pushkar, Rajasthan
- Tirupati Temple – Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
- Meenakshi Amman Temple – Madurai, Tamil Nadu
- Bull Temple – Bangalore, Karnataka
- Siddhivinayak Temple – Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Mahabalipuram Temples – Tamil Nadu
- Kanchipuram Temples – Tamil Nadu
- Rameshwaram Temple – Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu
- Mahabodhi Temple – Bodhgaya, Bihar
- Dwarkadhish Temple – Dwarka, Gujarat
- Somnath Temple – Patan, Gujarat
- Amarnath Temple – Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir
- Vaishno Devi Temple – Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir
- Ajanta & Ellora Cave Temples – Aurangabad, Maharashtra
- Jagannath Temple – Puri, Orissa
- Konark Sun Temple – Orissa
- Eklingji Temple – Udaipur, Rajasthan
- Golden Temple – Amritsar, Punjab
- Birla Temple – Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
- Badrinath Temple – Badrinath, Uttarakhand
- Ranakpur
Modern Temples in India
- ISKON Temple – New Delhi
- Laxmi Narayan Temple (Birla Temple) – New Delhi
- Lotus Temple – New Delhi
- Akshardham Temple – New Delhi
- Akshardham Temple – Gandhinagar, Gujarat
- Birla Temple – Jaipur, Rajasthan
- Birla Temple – Chandigarh
- Sivagiri Temple – Trivandrum, Kerala
- Ardhanari temple – Mandi, Himachal Pradesh
- Saidham Temple – Ahmedabad

- Rishabh Deo Temple – Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh
- Shiv Mandir – Bangalore, Karnataka
- Shree Swaminarayan Mandir – Bhuj, Gujarat
UNESCO World Heritage Temples
- Khajuraho Temple Complex – Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh
- Mahabodhi Temple – Bodhgaya, Bihar
- Basilica of Bom Jesus & other churches – Goa
- Sanchi Stupa Buddhist Temple – Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh
- Konark Sun Temple – Konark, Orissa
- Airavatesvara Temple – Tamil Nadu
- Ajanta & Ellora Cave Temples – Aurangabad, Maharashtra
- Mahabalipuram Group of Monuments – Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu
- Elephant Cave Temples – Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Hampi Group of Monuments – Hampi, Karnataka
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