Top wealthiest and richest temples in India

Views: 477 | 17 Mar 2025 10:01:56 am IST | By Anish Jangir

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A temple is a religious building and is reserved for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayers, meditation, sacrifice, and worship. Some places of worship have common names, such as church, mandir, gurudwara, but they all are temples because they are the places of worship.
Here’s a list of the 15 wealthiest and richest temples in India.
We highly recommend visiting the listed temples and do the pilgrimage. The listed temples are very old and of great heritage.

Sr. No.	Temple	Place	Built in
1.	Padmanabhaswamy Temple	Kerala	18th century
2.	Tirupati Venkateswara Temple	Andhra Pradesh	300 A.D.
3.	Saibaba Shrine	Shirdi	1922
4.	Vaishno Devi Temple	Jammu	1988
5.	Siddhivinayak temple	Mumbai	1901
6.	Golden temple	Amritsar	1604
7.	Meenakshi temple	Madurai	1190-1216 CE
8.	Jagannath Temple	Puri	12th century
9.	Kasha Vishwanath Temple	Varanasi	1777
10.	Sabarimala Temple	Kerala	14th century
11.	Somnath Temple	Gujarat	1951
12.	Guruvayurappan Temple	Kerala	B.C. 3000
13.	Mahalaxmi Temple	Kolhapur	7th century
14.	Amarnath Temple	Jammu	11th century
15.	Akshardham temple	Delhi	2005

⦿Did you know?

1. There are about 35,000 temples in Thailand!

2. Every year there is a temple-festival dedicated entirely to monkeys in Thailand!

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FAQ:

Q.1 How many temples are there in Thailand as of 2021?
Ans. More than 39,000 temples. Q.2 Which temple has the most gold in India?
Ans. Padmanabhaswamy temple in Kerala.