Tirtha Atlas

AncientEarly medievalHigh medievalLate medievalEarly modernModern○ sacred, pre-structure

The Atlas

Twenty-six centuries of sacred building

Scrub the timeline to watch temples rise from Mauryan stupas to the newest mandirs — or click any mark for history, legend, pilgrim routes, and full citations. Colour is the era of the standing structure; shape is the tradition.

1122sites

15countries

71UNESCO

Construction era

Ancientto 550 CE

Maurya · Satavahana · Gupta · Vakataka

Early medieval550 CE – 1000 CE

Pallava · Chalukya · Rashtrakuta · Pala · Sailendra

High medieval1000 CE – 1350 CE

Chola · Chandela · Hoysala · Kakatiya · Khmer · Pagan

Late medieval1350 CE – 1650 CE

Vijayanagara · Nayaka · Malla · Ayutthaya

Early modern1650 CE – 1850 CE

Maratha · Sikh · Konbaung · Rattanakosin

Modern1850 CE – today

Colonial to present · revivals & new mandirs

Tradition (shape)

Hindu

Buddhist

Jain

Sikh

While time-scrubbing

A hollow mark = site already sacred, today's structure not yet raised. It fills the year construction begins.