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Badrinath Temple - Badrinath, Uttarakhand

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Ramanathaswamy Temple - Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu

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Khajuraho Group of Monuments - Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh

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Siddhivinayak Temple - Mumbai, Maharashtra

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Vaishno Devi Temple - Katra, Jammu and Kashmir

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Lingaraj Temple - Bhubaneswar, Odisha

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Kedarnath Temple - Kedarnath, Uttarakhand

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