| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Bangladesh |
City / Town : Savar
District : Savar River
|
 |
Badhi water gypsy girl at Savar. The Badhis are Hindu.
|
1990 |
| Bangladesh |
City / Town : Puthia
|
 |
The 1885 palace at Puthia, an isolated Hindu village.
|
1990 |
| Bangladesh |
City / Town : Puthia
|
 |
The multi storey Tole Temple is one of the many unique Hindu temples in Puthia.
|
1990 |
| Cambodia |
City / Town : Phnom Penh
Site / Event : Wat Phnom
|
 |
The temple has many Hindu carvings.
|
1992 |
| Cambodia |
City / Town : Phnom Penh
Site / Event : Wat Phnom
|
 |
The Hindu carvings are based on those at the famous temple at Angkor.
|
1992 |
| Cambodia |
City / Town : Phnom Penh
Site / Event : Wat Phnom
|
 |
Battle scene from the Hindu epic, the Ramayana.
|
1992 |
| Cambodia |
City / Town : Phnom Penh
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
The palace murals depict the Hindu epic, the Ramayana.
|
1992 |
| Cambodia |
City / Town : Phnom Penh
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
The palace walls are decorated with a mural of the Hindu epic, the Ramayana.
|
1992 |
| Cambodia |
City / Town : Phnom Penh
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
Naga, Hindu influence.
|
1992 |
| Cambodia |
City / Town : Angkor
Site / Event : Lolei
|
 |
Lolei was originally Hindu with Javanese influences.
|
1992 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Bata Shoe Museum
|
 |
19th century Indian shoes with lotus blossom toe knobs. The lotus is important in both Hinduism and Buddhism.
|
2019 |
| India |
State / Province : Capital Territory
City / Town : Delhi
District : Red Fort
Site / Event : Khas Mahal
|
 |
Hindu visitors.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Capital Territory
City / Town : Delhi
Site / Event : Birla Temple
|
 |
Birla Temple is a modern Hindu temple.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Capital Territory
City / Town : Delhi
District : Qutab Minar
Site / Event : Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque
|
 |
The mosque was constructed in 1193 using columns from 27 Hindu and Jain temples.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Capital Territory
City / Town : Delhi
District : Qutab Minar
|
 |
Hindu visitors.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Capital Territory
City / Town : Delhi
District : Qutab Minar
|
 |
Hindu visitors to the site.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Capital Territory
City / Town : Delhi
District : Qutab Minar
|
 |
The 7m high iron pillar taken from a 5th century Hindu temple.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
|
 |
Varanasi is the holiest city of Hinduism.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
|
 |
The city is on the banks of the River Ganges, the holiest river for Hindus.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
|
 |
Wood for funeral pyres. It is considered auspicious by Hindus to be cremated in Varanasi.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
|
 |
Hindu temple at the river edge.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
|
 |
Pilgrims bathing in the Ganges in Hinduism's holy city, Varanasi.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
|
 |
A sadhu (Hindu holy man).
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
Site / Event : Durga Temple
|
 |
The Durga Temple is one of the most important Hindu temples in the city.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
Site / Event : Tulsi Manas Temple
|
 |
The Ramayana, one of the holy texts of Hinduism written in Hindi.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Agra Fort
|
 |
Jehangir's Palace is a blend of Central Asian and Hindu styles.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Agra
Site / Event : Agra Fort
|
 |
Hindu style carvings in Jehangir's Palace.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Fatehpur Sikri
|
 |
Decorated building with Hindu influence.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Fatehpur Sikri
Site / Event : Diwan-i-Khas
|
 |
Hindu arches.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Fatehpur Sikri
|
 |
The architecture isn a blend of Islamic Moghul and Hindu forms.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Fatehpur Sikri
Site / Event : Palace of Jodh Bai
|
 |
The Palace of Jodh Bai, Akbar's Hindu wife.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Fatehpur Sikri
|
 |
The buildings are a mix of Central Asian and Hindu architecture.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Fatehpur Sikri
Site / Event : Bhirbal Bhavan
|
 |
Bhirbal Bhavan was a palace built for Raja Bhirbal, a noted Hindu wit.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Rajasthan
City / Town : Jaipur
|
 |
Hindu holy man.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Rajasthan
City / Town : Jaipur
|
 |
Hindu temple.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Rajasthan
City / Town : Ajmer
District : Dault Park
|
 |
The pavillion is a mix of Hindu and Muslim architecture.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Rajasthan
City / Town : Chittogarh
Site / Event : Meera Temple
|
 |
The Meera Temple is Jain but Hindu influenced.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Rajasthan
City / Town : Jaisalmer
|
 |
The old city contains several Hindu and Jain temples.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Himachal Pradesh
City / Town : Chamba
|
 |
The Hindu temples of Chamba are very ornate.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Himachal Pradesh
City / Town : Dharamsala
|
 |
Tibetan woman and two Hindu men.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Himachal Pradesh
City / Town : Kulu
|
 |
Holy Hindu man.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Jammu and Kashmir
Region : Kashmir
|
 |
Hindu Jammu ascends to Muslim Kashmir.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Jammu and Kashmir
City / Town : Srinagar
|
 |
Hindu pilgrimage site.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : West Bengal
City / Town : Calcutta
|
 |
One of the many Hindu temples in the city.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : West Bengal
City / Town : Calcutta
Site / Event : Nehru Children's Museum
|
 |
The Nehru Children's Museum features models of Hindu epics.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : West Bengal
City / Town : Calcutta
Site / Event : Howrah Station
|
 |
Sadhu (Hindu holy man) and passenger.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : West Bengal
City / Town : Calcutta
|
 |
A small Hindu temple.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Bhubaneshwar
|
 |
Buddhism and Hinduism have both ruled the city.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Bhubaneshwar
Site / Event : Lingaraj Temple
|
 |
The carving of a lion crushing an elephant represents Hinduism crushing Buddhism.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Bhubaneshwar
Site / Event : Lingaraj Temple
|
 |
Unlike most of the rest of India, non-Hindus are not allowed into Orissa temples.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Bhubaneshwar
Site / Event : Bhaskareswar Temple
|
 |
The tower of the Bhaskareswar Temple has lions, the symbol of Hinduism.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Bhubaneshwar
Site / Event : Brahmeswar Temple
|
 |
The lion crushing the elephant is a symbol of Hinduism overcoming Buddhism.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
|
 |
The city has many Hindu temples.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Puri
District : Beach
|
 |
Hindu temple.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Konarak
Site / Event : Temple of the Sun
|
 |
The lion crushing an elephant is a common Orissa theme signiifying the resurgence of Hinduism over Buddhism.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Konarak
Site / Event : Temple of the Sun
|
 |
Lion crushing an elephant, a symbol of Hinduism replacing Buddhism.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
Region : Chilka Lake
|
 |
Village with Hindu temple.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Andhra Pradesh
City / Town : Warangal
Site / Event : 1000 Pillar Temple
|
 |
The temple is Hindu.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Andhra Pradesh
City / Town : Warangal
|
 |
Hindu women with traditional South Indian flowers in their hair.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Andhra Pradesh
City / Town : Warangal
|
 |
A Hindu girl.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Andhra Pradesh
City / Town : Warangal
District : Warangal Fort
Site / Event : Walls
|
 |
Warangal Fort is surrounded by the remains of the 12th century walls built during the Hindu Kakatiya kingdom.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Andhra Pradesh
City / Town : Warangal
District : Warangal Fort
Site / Event : Walls
|
 |
The Muslim walls incorporate bits of destroyed Hindu temples.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Andhra Pradesh
City / Town : Hyderabad
|
 |
Hyderabad is the Muslim capital of the mainly Hindu state, Andhra Pradesh (in 1988).
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Andhra Pradesh
City / Town : Hyderabad
|
 |
Small Hindu shrine.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Andhra Pradesh
City / Town : Hyderabad
Site / Event : Bazaar
|
 |
Small Hindu shrine next to a mosque.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Chennai
Site / Event : Market
|
 |
Shopping street with a small Hindu temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Chennai
Site / Event : Market
|
 |
A Sadhu (Hindu holy man) walking in Chennai.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellore
|
 |
Bus with Hindu swastica, an ancient symbol of peace.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellore
|
 |
Young Hindu girl.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellore
|
 |
Musician in a Hindu precession.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Vellamalai
Site / Event : Rath
|
 |
A rath (temple car) used to carry a Hindu god on parade.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kanchipuram
|
 |
Hindu street procession in this town of temples.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
District : Shore Temples
|
 |
The complex is famous for its carved rocks depicting scenes from Hindu mythology.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Mahabalipuram
District : Shore Temples
Site / Event : Rathas
|
 |
The Rathas are based on Hindu temple carts and are carved from single pieces of rock.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Kumbakonam
Site / Event : Nageshwar Temple
|
 |
Hindu deities carved and painted onto the gopuram (temple gateway).
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tanjore
Site / Event : City Palace
|
 |
The Hindu deities Lakshmi, Parvati, Shiva, Vishnu (13th century) at the City Palace Gallery.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tanjore
Site / Event : City Palace
|
 |
Bronze statue of Parvati, mother goddess of Hinduism.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tiruchirappalli
Site / Event : Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple
|
 |
Some of the 21 gopurams at the 13th century Hindu complex of Sri Ranganathaswamy.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Tiruchirappalli
Site / Event : Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple
|
 |
Stone carvings depicting epics from Hinduism.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Tamil Nadu
City / Town : Madurai
Site / Event : Meenakshi Temple
|
 |
The gopurams are covered in detailed carvings of Hindu deities and stories.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
City / Town : Alleppey
Site / Event : Mullakkal Temple
|
 |
The Mullakkal Temple is a typical Keralite Hindu temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
Region : Backwaters
City / Town : Alleppey
|
 |
Hindu girl.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
City / Town : Cochin
|
 |
A round Hindu shrine.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
City / Town : Cranganore
Site / Event : Kodungallur Bhagavathy Temple
|
 |
The temple is Hindu and resembles a Keralite house.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
City / Town : Cranganore
District : Kottapuram
|
 |
A Hindu temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
City / Town : Sultans Battery
|
 |
Hindu woman.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Kerala
City / Town : Sultans Battery
|
 |
Hindu family.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Mysore
|
 |
Hindu temple in Mysore, a city set at 770m.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Somnathpur
Site / Event : Hoysala Temple
|
 |
The base has sculptured friezes depicting scenes from Hindu mythology and the lives of the Hoysala kings.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Belur
Site / Event : Chennakeshava Temple
|
 |
Suberb stone carving symbolising the triumph of Hinduism.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Belur
Site / Event : Chennakeshava Temple
|
 |
The temple was built at a time when Hinduism was making a resurgence.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Belur
Site / Event : Chennakeshava Temple
|
 |
The theme of Hinduism triumphing over Buddhism is very common.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bangalore
Site / Event : Market
|
 |
A Hindu shrine.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Hampi
|
 |
One of the many small Hindu temples at Hampi.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Hampi
|
 |
A large Hindu temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Gulbarga
Site / Event : Sharana Basaveshwara Temple
|
 |
The 17th century Sharana Basaveshwara Temple is Hindu.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Gulbarga
Site / Event : Sharana Basaveshwara Temple
|
 |
The tower is Hindu in style.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Gulbarga
Site / Event : Sharana Basaveshwara Temple
|
 |
Turbanned Hindu man.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Market
|
 |
Hindu boy wearing traditional Bijapur clothes.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Bijapur
Site / Event : Market
|
 |
A Hindu woman.
|
1989 |
were added from 1 March 2026.