Temples

Known as the leaning temple, the sacred structure has somehow developed a severe nine-degree slant.

Buddha shrines hide within dark tunnels at this unique forest temple.

Bali's remote "gateway to heaven" is one of the most sacred places on the island.

The ancient water tanks remain some of the ruined city’s most beautiful architecture.

Giant jewel-toned statues fill the grounds of this Cambodian Buddhist temple in California.

Gruesome statues of people reborn in Buddhist hell stand among the ruins of an 11th-century sanctuary.

This overlooked Japanese Buddhist temple is a respite from the bustle of Kolkata.

A shrine honoring a legendary ghost bride lies within this vibrant temple.

An ancient underground cultic temple where sunlight penetrates on the summer solstice.

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

There are millions of temples in India, but only one prominent temple dedicated to the Hindu creator god.

This small and unknown museum recounts the life of Mirabai, a remarkable mystic saint of the 16th century.

A fantastical and futuristic temple of light built from nine monumental glass veils.

This amazing mountain temple is topped by one of the tallest sitting Buddha statues in the world.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

Tucked in Mumbai’s wealthiest neighborhood is one of the city’s oldest and most sacred sites: a temple complex believed to house the waters of the Ganges.

The remains of a 37,000-year-old prehistoric society were discovered in this mammoth cave, one of the largest in Asia.