Best temples in India

India is where temple-going is most alive: Hindu shrines draw daily queues for darshan, and Sikh, Jain, Muslim, Buddhist and Baha’i places of worship stand alongside them. In the north, Delhi has Akshardham, the Jama Masjid, the Qutb Minar, Gurdwara Bangla Sahib and the Lotus Temple; Varanasi has Kashi Vishwanath on the ghats, and Amritsar the Golden Temple. Rajasthan adds Galtaji in Jaipur, the Jain marble of Ranakpur and Dilwara, and the Karni Mata rat temple near Bikaner. Elsewhere come the carved temples of Khajuraho, the caves of Ajanta and Ellora with the Kailasa Temple, the Sun Temple at Konark, the Shore Temple at Mamallapuram and the Meenakshi Temple in Madurai.