Rajasthan is a treasue-trove of temples art & architecture. Some of these temples are of the 5th century AD. The architecture of these temples shows the advance knowledge of architecture during that period some of these ancient temples are. 


1. Buddhist temple of the 5th century at Bairat near Jaipur. 
2. Sheetaleshwara temple of 689 AD at Jhalarapatan near Kota.
3. Sun temple of the 9th century at Osian near Jodhpur. 
4. Harshatmata temple at Abhaneri near Jaipur 
5. Ghateshvara temple of the 9th century at Baroli near kota.
6. SasBahu temple & Ambikamata temples of the 10th century near Udaipur. 

Important Religious Centres : 

Brahma temple : This is the only temple dedicated to Lord Brahma, the creator of the universe. It is situated in pushkar near Ajmer. It is beleiveed that Brahma performed ayagna at this place.

Dargah Sharif : The final resting place of the great Sufi-saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti. One of the important religious centres of Muslim . An annual fair called Urs takes place.People from all over the world come during this fair. 

Sri Nath ji temple at Nathdwara near Uadipur. It is a shin dedicated to Lord Krishna.An important holy place for Hindus.It has a idol placed here was taken from Mathura to save it from the destruction by the hands of Aurangzeb initially it was planned to install this idol at Udaipur. It is said that this wheel of this chariof on which this idol was transporting to udaipur got struck in the sand at place the sarover was created due to the dropping of often from his hands.

Ganesha temple of Ranthambhor near Sawai Madhopur.Anual fair takes place during Ganesh chaturthi. this temple is situated in the fort which is within the tiger sanctuary.

Dilwara Jain temples : at Mount Abu. The marble carving of these temples are worth seeing. These temples are open for public during the noon and in the evening.The images of Tirthankaras of jain are situated in various temples. A separate hall, dedicated to the doners who worked to wards the building of these magnificiant temples, houses their life size images on marble.

Karni mata temple : Famous for hundreds of rats inside the temple, moving around. This is 30 kms. from Bikaner a place called Desnok.

Chaumukha jain temple at Ranakpur near Sadri. This is one of the five holy places of Jains.The land on which the temple is situated was gifted by Ranas to the jains in the 15th century. The chaumukha is its principle deity

Shri Ek Ling ji temple is a complex which houses 108 temples. This place is near Udaipur. The temple dedicated to Eklingji is the tallest of all. A black stone idol the form of linga with fourfaces that have four faces in the cardinal direction of Surya Brahma and Rudra. 

Galta ji is a place in Jaipur. It is situated amidst the range of hills vast east of Jaipur. On the top of the hill overlooking the Galta valley is a sun temple. To the east of this temple is a water tank which is fed by a pernnial spring of pure-water.

Govind Deoji temple : It is in Jaipur. This temple is dedicated to Lord Krishna. It has a simple architecture. Hundreds of devotee visit this temple every day.It was a family temple for Kanchal mahal of Jaipur.Later on it got opened for the general public.The Idols placed have were brought from Vrindavan. The temple is a part of city palace complet built by Sawai Jai Singh 2nd

Laxmi Narain temple : Popularly known as Birla Mandir. It has been constructed very recently in white marble. It attracts a large number of tourists.

Khatu Shyam ji : Is a famous temple at Jaipur a place called Khatu Shyamji near Jaipur. It is a temple of Lord Krishna, it draws devotees throughout the year.

Bhandashah jain temple : Is situated near Bikaner city. It is dedicated to 23rd teerthankar Parshva Nath ji. It was built in 16th century.

Chaturbhuja temple : Is situated in Merta near Jodhpur.This is visited by thousands of devotees. Meera bai was also associated with this temple.