Sacred Spaces in India

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

The world's largest human gathering is held at the confluence of three sacred rivers, one of which is mythical.

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

The potters' quarter is packed with artists sculpting clay gods with mud from the sacred Ganges river.

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

This hidden Sufi cemetery is a spiritual monument for India's third gender community.

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 only Chinese temple in Mumbai.

The world's largest banyan tree is followed by a community of worshippers.

This Gothic-style church is reputedly built atop the remains of one of Jesus's apostles.

This experimental utopian "city of the future" in rural India may hold a dark secret.

A Zoroastrian funerary tower where excarnation rituals are carried out is threatened by the area's dwindling vulture population.

Liquor and flowers mark a holy site for Indian motorcycle riders.

A mecca for India's Jains.

This complex of vertically-excavated Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu monolithic temples in India's Maharashtra providence illustrates a spirit of tolerance characteristic of ancient India.

Eternal flame said to be a Hindu Goddesses fiery tounge.