Hindu temples, country by country
Entry rules, dress enforcement, public holidays and festival calendars follow the country more closely than they follow the deity or the tradition, so the register is grouped this way. Open a country to see every temple covered in it. Nothing here is ranked: the order is the order countries joined the register.
Last updated 1 September 2026Browse by country
A country appears here when the first temple in it is covered, so this list is where the register has actually reached rather than where it is heading.
India
Jyotirlingas, Char Dham sites and temple towns, where a day is a sequence of ceremonies rather than one open window.
Temples and timings
Nepal
Pagoda temples and Shiva shrines in the Kathmandu valley, where some sanctums admit Hindus only.
Temples and timings
Malaysia
Tamil Hindu temples around Kuala Lumpur and Penang, running on published hours and reshaped by Thaipusam.
Temples and timings
United States
Purpose-built mandirs with visitor entrances, published hours and a dress code enforced at the door.
Temples and timings
United Kingdom
British mandirs that publish aarti times and general visiting hours as two separate things.
Temples and timings
United Arab Emirates
Newly built stone mandirs in the Gulf, where the published information changes fastest.
Temples and timingsQuestions about grouping by country
Why the list works this way, how a country joins it, and what the country actually changes.
Why are temples grouped by country rather than by deity or tradition?
Because the things that decide a visit follow the country. Whether entry is open to everyone, whether a dress code is enforced or merely suggested, which public holidays close a temple and which festivals rewrite its schedule all track the country far more closely than they track the deity or the sampradaya.
It also matches how people plan, doesn't it?
Yes. Nobody books a trip around a deity. They book around a place, work out what is nearby, and find out too late what the place requires of them. A list organised by country meets people where their planning already is.
How does a new country appear here?
When the first temple in it is covered. Countries are not added in advance and there is no target list, so this page always shows where the register has actually reached rather than where it intends to go.
Why is the flag shown instead of a temple photograph?
Because a single temple photograph would stand in for a whole country and quietly suggest it is the important one. A flag says only what it means: this is the country, and here is what is covered in it.
Are the flags the official ones?
They are the standard public domain renderings, shown whole rather than cropped, which is why Nepal's pennant and the longer ensigns are not forced into the same rectangle as the rest. Each is credited with the rest of the site's images.
Does the country really change whether I can enter a temple?
Not by rule, but strongly in practice. Restrictions on non-Hindu entry are common in some countries and almost unknown in others, and knowing which kind of country you are visiting sets your expectations before you open any temple page.
Do opening hours work differently in different countries?
Yes. In some countries a temple keeps a ritual schedule with a midday closure and no fixed advertised hours; in others it publishes civic opening times like any other visitor site. Both are normal, and confusing one for the other is how people end up at a closed gate.
Do festival calendars differ by country?
Considerably. The same festival can fall on different dates, be observed on a different scale, or be a public holiday in one country and an ordinary working day in another. Whichever it is, it changes the schedule rather than adding to it.
What if only one temple is covered in a country?
It still gets its country here. A country with one temple is not a placeholder; it is where the register has reached, and the next temple in it is added the same way as anywhere else.
Can I ask for a country to be covered?
Ask for a temple instead. Countries follow temples, so naming a specific temple and its town does far more than naming a country, and it tells us exactly where to start.
Will every country eventually be here?
Every country with Hindu temples people travel to, in time. The order is set by where the demand is and where the answers currently online are worst, not by working through a map.
Is this list ordered by importance?
No. There is no ranking anywhere on this site. A country's position on this page says nothing about the country, the temples in it or how many of them are covered.
Country you need not here yet?
Name a temple in it rather than the country. Countries follow temples, and a temple with a town attached tells us exactly where to start.