Visit Lotus Temple

Sikhism's radiant golden shrine.

Rock-cut cave temples in Maharashtra, crowned by the monolithic Kailasa temple.

Fourteen gopuram towers over Madurai, every inch of them crowded with painted gods.

Eighth-century Buddhist temple of stone pagodas and painted halls, paired with the Seokguram grotto Buddha above it.

Towering 9th-century Hindu temple compound near Yogyakarta.

Colonnaded temple in the middle of Luxor, best at night when the pharaonic statues and obelisk are floodlit.

Angkor Thom’s central temple, where 200 giant serene stone faces stare from 54 towers.

The "citadel of women": pink sandstone carved so finely it is called the jewel of Khmer art.