Shiva temples
The destroyer and transformer in the Hindu trinity, worshipped as the linga; the 12 Jyotirlingas are his holiest shrines.
- Sri Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Swamy Varla Devasthanam – Srisailam, Nandyal district
- Ramappa (Rudreswara) Temple, Palampet – Palampet, Venkatapur mandal, Mulugu district
- Arulmigu Peruvudaiyar (Brihadeeswarar) Temple – Thanjavur, Thanjavur district
- Arulmigu Ramanathaswamy Temple – Rameswaram island, Ramanathapuram district
- Sri Virupaksha Temple, Hampi – Hampi Bazaar, Hampi, Vijayanagara district (formerly Ballari)
- Arulmigu Ekambareswarar Temple (Ekambaranathar Temple) – Periya Kanchipuram, Kanchipuram district
- Arulmigu Jambukeswarar Akilandeswari Temple, Thiruvanaikaval – Thiruvanaikaval, Tiruchirappalli (Trichy), on Srirangam island between the Kaveri and Kollidam rivers
- Arulmigu Arunachaleswarar Temple (Annamalaiyar Temple) – Tiruvannamalai, Tiruvannamalai district, at the foot of the 2,668 ft Arunachala hill
- Sri Kalahasteeswara Swamy Vari Devasthanam (Srikalahasti Temple) – Srikalahasti, Tirupati district, on the banks of the Swarnamukhi river
- Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram – Chidambaram, Cuddalore district
- Sri Amaralingeswara Swamy Temple (Amararama) – Amaravathi, Palnadu district (formerly Guntur district)
- Sri Bhimeswara Swamy Temple (Draksharama) – Draksharamam, near Ramachandrapuram, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema district
- Sri Someswara Janardhana Swamy Temple (Somarama) – Gunupudi, Bhimavaram, West Godavari district
- Sri Ksheera Ramalingeswara Swamy Temple (Ksheerarama) – Palakollu, West Godavari district
- Sri Chalukya Kumararama Bhimeswara Swamy Temple (Kumararama) – Samalkot (Samarlakota), Kakinada district
- Shree Somnath Jyotirlinga Temple – Prabhas Patan, near Veraval, Gir Somnath district
- Shri Nageshwar Jyotirlinga Temple – Daruka Vana, on the Dwarka–Bet Dwarka (Okha) road, Devbhumi Dwarka district
- Shri Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga Temple – Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh (beside Rudra Sagar, near the Shipra river)
- Shri Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga Temple (with Mamleshwar) – Mandhata (Shivpuri) island on the Narmada, Omkareshwar, Khandwa district
- Shri Trimbakeshwar Jyotirlinga Temple – Trimbak, Nashik district, at the foot of Brahmagiri hill (source of the Godavari)
- Shri Bhimashankar Jyotirlinga Temple – Bhimashankar, Khed taluka, Pune district (Sahyadri ranges, inside Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary)
- Shri Grishneshwar (Ghrishneshwar) Jyotirlinga Temple – Verul (Ellora), Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad) district
- Shri Kedarnath Temple – Kedarnath, Rudraprayag district (Garhwal Himalaya), at the head of the Mandakini valley
- Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple – Vishwanath Gali, Varanasi (Kashi), on the western bank of the Ganga
- Baba Baidyanath Dham – Deoghar, Deoghar district, Jharkhand
- Shri Amarnathji Holy Cave – Lidder–Sindh valleys, Pahalgam tehsil, Anantnag district, Jammu & Kashmir (about 3,888 m)
- Lingaraj Temple, Bhubaneswar – Old Town, Bhubaneswar (Ekamra Kshetra), Khordha district, Odisha
- Khajuraho Group of Monuments (Kandariya Mahadeva and Matangeshwar) – Khajuraho, Chhatarpur district
- Sri Manjunatha Swamy Temple, Dharmasthala – Dharmasthala, Belthangady taluk, Dakshina Kannada district (on the Nethravathi river)
- Sri Dharbaranyeswarar Temple (Sri Saneeswara Bhagavan Sthalam), Thirunallar – Thirunallar, Karaikal district (Puducherry UT)
- Shri Manguesh Temple (Shree Mangesh Saunsthan), Mangeshi – Mangeshi village, Priol, Ponda taluka, Goa
- Gangeshwar Mahadev Temple, Fudam (Diu) – Fudam village, about 3 km from Diu town, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu
- Bhoramdeo Temple – Bhoramdeo, about 18 km north-west of Kawardha, Kabirdham district, at the foot of the Maikal hills
- Unakoti Rock-Cut Shaiva Site – Near Kailashahar, Unakoti district
- Kirateshwar Mahadev Temple – Legship, Gyalshing (West Sikkim) district, on the Rangeet river
- Sri Siddhesvara Dham (Char Dham, Namchi) – Solophok hill, about 5 km from Namchi, Namchi (South Sikkim) district
- Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Temple – Vemulawada, Rajanna Sircilla district
- Sree Vadakkunnathan Temple, Thrissur – Thekkinkadu Maidan, Round North, Thrissur
- Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple – Ettumanoor, Kottayam district (12 km north of Kottayam on the MC Road)
- Vaikom Mahadeva Temple – Vaikom, Kottayam district, on the shore of Vembanad Lake
- Shri Tungnath Temple – Above Chopta, on Chandranath (Chandrashila) parbat, Rudraprayag district, Garhwal Himalaya
- Shri Madhyamaheshwar (Madmaheshwar) Temple – Above Gaundar village, Mansuna valley, Rudraprayag district, Garhwal Himalaya
- Shri Rudranath Temple – High meadows above Gopeshwar, inside the Kedarnath Musk Deer (Wildlife) Sanctuary, Chamoli district
- Shri Kalpeshwar Temple – Urgam valley, near Devgram and Urgam villages, Chamoli district
- Shri Omkareshwar Temple, Ukhimath – Ukhimath, Rudraprayag district (about 41 km from Rudraprayag)
- Arulmigu Kapaleeswarar Temple – North Mada Street, Mylapore, Chennai
- Shri Jyotiba Temple, Wadi Ratnagiri – Jyotiba hill, Wadi Ratnagiri, Panhala taluka, Kolhapur district