Famous Temple in India : State wise

State Temple And Location

1. Meenakshi Temple at Madurai
Tamil Nadu
★ Meenakshi Temple is dedicated to Lord
 It has Dravidian Architecture and over Shiva
40 inscriptions.
 ★ Madurai is situated on the banks of the
 There are 985 richly carved pillars that Vaigai River.
depict scenes from the wedding of
Meenakshi (Parvati) and ★ Madurai is called Athens of the East
Sundareswarar (Shiva).
 ★ Madurai is called the city of temples
 It is famous for its 3 storied Gopuram
at the main entrance. 2.Ramanathaswamy Temple at
 __________________________________ Rameshwaram

4.Brihadeshwara Temple at  One of the twelve Jyotirlinga temples built

Thanjavur:-
 Also known as Raja Rajeswara
Temple located at Thanjavur.
 This Dravidian style temple was built
by the Chola emperor Raja Raja Chola
I.
 One of the tallest temples in India
that is completely made of Granite.
 It is one of the Great Living Chola
Temples, along with Gangaikonda
Cholapuram temple and
Airavatesvara temple.
 It is also called Dakshin Meru and is
situated on the bank of Cauvery river.
 It is a part of UNESCO World Heritage
Sites.
in the 12th Century.
 It has the longest corridor among all Hindu
temples in India.
 It is built in the Dravidian style of
architecture.
 Creators – Pandyas and Jaffna Kings
 There are 64 Tīrthas i.e. holy water bodies
in and around the island of Rameswaram.
 It is also one of the Char Dhams.
3. Ranganathaswamy Temple at
Tiruchirapalli
 One of the most important of 108 (Divya
Desam )Vishnu Temples.
 It is built in Dravidian style, constructed in
Vijayanagar Period.
 It is located on the island formed by twin
river- Cauvery & Coleroon.
 1st temple to be awarded by the UN Body for
 protecting and conserving cultural heritage.

6. Kanchipuram Temples at
Kanchipuram
5.Nataraja Temple at Chidambaram

 The temple wall carvings display all the 7. Rajagopalaswamy Temple

108 karanas from the Natya Shastra by
Bharata Muni; these postures form the  It is created in Dravidian style, it is also
foundation of Bharatanatyam, a classical called Dakshina Dwaraka.
Indian dance.
 It has one of the largest temple tanks in
 It was built in the 10th century when
India called Haridra Nadhi.
Chidambaram was the capital of the
Chola dynasty.
 It is one of the oldest surviving active
temple complexes in South India. _______________________________________________
_

_______________ Kelara
_ 1.Padmanabaswamy Temple at
Karnataka Thiruvananthapuram

 The architecture is the fusion of Chera and

1. Gomateshwara Temple at
Dravidian styles.
Shravanbela Gola (Rural):-
Punjab
 It is also known as Bahubali temple.
 The tallest monolithic statue (Of 1. Golden Temple at Amritsar
Gomateshwara) in the world carved out
of a single block of granite.
 It is a gurudwara, built in the 15th
 It is a Jain temple that is 57 feet high. century. It is also known as Harmindar
 Bahubali statue is one of the largest Sahib.
free-standing statues in the world
depicting the prolonged meditation of
Bahubali .Temple was plated in Gold in 1980 from
the wealth and material donated by Maharaja
2.Virupaksha Temple at Hampi Ranjit Singh.

3. Vitthala Temple at Hampi

 Andhra Pradesh
1. Lord Venkateswara Temple at
Thirumala:-
 The temple on Tirumala hills is also
known as Tirupathi Balaji temple. It is
also called a temple of seven hills.
 The temple is in Dravidian Architecture
style.
Gujarat
1. Somnath Temple at Saurashtra
 It is lso known as Deo Patan.
 It is one of the 12 jyotirlinga shrines of
Lord Shiva.
 There is no land in between seashores
from Somnath temple to Antarctica.
 Constructed in Chalukyan style.
 1947 – Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
ordered the reconstruction of the
temple that completed in 1951.
2. Dwarakadhish Temple at
Dwarka:-
 It is also known as Jagat Mandir.
 It is one of the four Hindu pilgrimages
(Char Dham).
 The original structure was destroyed
by Mahmud Brgada in 1472.
 Presently, in the Chalukya architecture
style.
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_ like Vishnu Purana and Skanda Purana.
 3. Yamunotri Temple at
Uttarkashi:- Situated at an altitude of
Uttar Pradesh
1. KashiVishwanath at Varanasi:-
 The original Vishwanath temple was destroyed by
the army of Qutb-Uddin Aibak in 1194 CE when he
defeated the Raja of Kannauj.
 There is a small well in the temple called the
Jnana Vapi also spelt as Gyaan Vapi.
 In 1669 CE, Emperor Aurangzeb destroyed the
temple and built the Gyanvapi Mosque in its

place.
In 1780, Malhar Rao’s daughter-in-law Ahilyabai
Holkar constructed the present temple adjacent
to the mosque.
 It is one of the 12 Jyotirlingas.
Bihar
1. Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya:-
 It is a Buddhist temple.
 The Central Tower Of Mahabodhi is 180 feet
tall i.e. 54 metres.
 It is one of the oldest brick structures. The
brickwork depicts the life of Buddha.
 It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Uttarakhand
1.Badrinath Temple:-
 It is located in Garhwal hill along the banks of
Alaknanda River.
 It is at an elevation of 3,133 metres i.e. 10,279 ft
above the mean sea level.
 The temple is mentioned in ancient religious texts
2.Gangotri Temple:-
 3,291 metres i.e. 10,797 ft.  It is located on the banks of the river Bhagirathi
 It is located on the backdrop of Bandarpunch at an altitude of 3,415 m (11,204 ft).
 It is dedicated to goddess Yamuna.

Odisha:- Maharashtra:-
1.Jagannath Temple at Puri:- 1. ShirdiSai Baba Temple at Shirdi

2. Lingaraja Temple at Bhubaneswar :- 2. Siddivinayak Temple at Mumbai

3. Konark Sun Temple at Konark:-

Rajasthan:-____
1. Ranakpur Jain Temple at Pali:-

Madhya Pradesh
1. SanchiStupa at Raisen:-
2. Khajuraho Temple at Khajuraho:-

 They are a group of temples built by

the rulers of Chandela Dynasty.
 There were 85 temples scattered over
an area of 9 square miles, of which
only 25 temples are remaining.
 Famous for nagara style architecture
and known for extensive erotic
sculptures.

Assam
1. Kamakhya Temple at Guwahat:-

Jammu and Kashmir:-

1. Vaishno Devi Temple at Katra

2. Amarnath Cave Temple

 LIST OF FIRST IN INDIA{male}
1.The first President of Republic of India:- Dr. Rajendra Prasad

2. First Sikh President of India: Giani Zail Singh

3. The first Vice-President of Republic of India : Dr. Radhakrishnan

4 The first Muslim President of Republic of India : Dr. Zakir Hussain.

5. The first President of India who died while in office: Dr. Zakir Hussain

6. The first prime minister of independent India:- : Pt. Jawaharlal

Nehru

7.The first Prime Minister of India who resigned without

completing the full term: Morarji Desai

8. First Prime Minister from South India:-P.V Narasimha Rao

9.First Prime Minister born after India's independence: Shri. Narendra Modi

10. First Sikh Prime Minister of India: Manmohan Singh

11. First Non Congress Prime Minister to serve a full term : Atal

Bihari Vajpayee

12. The first Home Minister of independent India ;- : Sardar

Vallabh Bhai Patel.

13. The first Education Minister independent India: Abul Kalam

Azad
14. First Finance Minister of Independent India: R. K. Shanmukham
Chetty.

15. The first defence minister of independent India : Baldev Singh Chokkar

15. The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India: Hiralal J. Kania
16. The first Indian Commander-in-Chief of India : General K.M
Cariappa

17. The first Field Marshal of India : S. H. F. Manekshaw

18. The first Chief of the Army Staff Gen. : General Maharaj Shri
Rajendrasinhji Jadeja

19.The First indian chief defence staff (CDS) of India: General Bipin Rawat

20. The First Indian Air Chief Marshal : S. Mukherjee

21.First India Air Chief of india:-Air Marshal Sir Subroto Mukherjee

22.First Chief of Air Staff :-Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst.

23.First Chief Of Naval Staff Of India :-Vice-Admiral R.D Katari

24. The first Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India: Hiralal J. Kania

25. The first Chief Election Commissioner of India : Sukumar Sen

26. The first Indian to join the I.C.S. : Satyendra Nath Tagore

27. The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha : Ganesh Vasudeva

Mavalankar

28. First chairman of Rajya sabha: Dr. Radhakrishnan

29. The first President of Indian National Congress : W. C. Banerjee

30. First President of the Indian National Congress of independent
India: Acharya Kripalani.

31. The first Muslim President of Indian National Congress :

Badruddin Tayyabji

32.First Governor of Bengal:-Lord Clive

33.Last Governor Of Bengal:- Warren Hastings

34. The first British Governor General of India: Lord William

Bentinck

35. The first Governor General of free India : Lord Mountbatten

36. The first and the last Indian to be Governor General of free India
: C. Rajgopalachari.

37.Last Governor General and First Viceroy of India :- Lord Canning

38. The first Prime Minister of India who did not face the
Parliament : Charan Singh

39. First Chairperson of Lokpal of India: Pinaki Chandra Ghose

40. The first Indian member of the Viceroy’s executive council:

Satyendra Prasanna Sinha

41. First Non-Congress State government with Majority by a single

party: E. M. S. Namboodiripad of CPI, Kerala

42.First Person to Submit the proposal of India Indipendence in a

Congress Session :- Maulana Hasrat Mohani

43. The first man who introduced printing press in India : James
Hicky
44.The first Indian to cross English channel :Mihir Sen

45. India’s first man in space : Rakesh Sharma

46. The first person to reach Mt. Everest without oxygen :

Sherpa Anga Dorjee
47.First Man to climb Mt. Everest:- Tenzing Norgay

48.First Man to climb Mt.Everest twice:-Nawang Gombu Sherpa

48. The first Indian member of the Viceroy’s executive council:-

Satyendra Prasanna SinhaF

49. The first man who introduced printing press in India :- James
Hicky.

50. The first Indian to cross English channel :-Mihir Sen

51. The first Indian Judge of International Court of Justice:- Dr

Nagendra Singh

52. First person to stay in Rashtrapati Bhawan:- Lord Irwin

53. Indian Managing Director of World Bank:- Gautam Kazi

54. First Ex-CJI appointed as governor :-P Sathasivam, as Governor

of Kerala.

55. First Governor of Reserve Bank of India:- Sir Osborne Smith

56. The first Indian to win the Noble Prize:- Rabindranath

Tagore (1913)
57.First Indian Nobel Laureate:-Rabindranath Tagore
58. The first Indian to get Noble Prize in Physics:- CV Raman

59. The first Indian to receive Noble Prize in Economics :-

Amartya Sen
60.The first person of Indian origin to get Noble Prize in
Medicine:- Hargovinda Khurana

61. The first Indian to receive Bharat Ratna Award:- Dr

Radhakrishnan

62. First Sportsperson to receive Bharat Ratna:- Sachin

Tendulkar

63. The first person to receive Magsaysay Award:- Acharya

Vinoba Bhave

64.First cricketer to get Padma Bhushan:- C.K. Nayudu.

65. First Indian to get the Grammy Award:- Pandit
Ravishankar

66. The first person to receive Stalin Peace Prize:-

Saifuddin Kitchlew

67. The first person to receive Jnanpeeth Award:- Sri

Shankar Kurup

68. The first Indian Pilot :-JRD Tata (1929)

69. First Indian to swin across the English Channel :-
Mihir Sen

70. First Indian to swin across the English Channel:- Mihir Sen
71. First Indian to score triple century in test cricket:-
Virender Sehwag
72. First Indian member of British House of Commons:-
Dadabhai Naoroji
73. FIrst Indian cricketer to score a test century:- Lala
Amarnath (1933)
74.First India to win Palk-State Ocean Swimming Contest :-
Baidyanath Nath
75.First Person to get Paramvir Chakra:-Major Somnath
Sharma
76.First Chinese Pilgrim to Visit India :-Fa-Hien
77.First Foreign Recepient of Bharat Ratna:- Khan Abdul
Gaffar khan
78.First Indian Pilot:-J.R.D Tata
80.FIRST American Prime Minister to Visit india:-Dwinght
David Eisenhower
81. .FIRST British Prime Minister to Visit india:-Harold MC
Millan
82. .FIRST Russia Prime Minister to Visit india:-Nikolai
A.Bulganin
83.First India to Reach Antarctica:- Lt . Ram Charan
84.First Indian member of British Parliament :-Dada Bhai
Naoroji
85.First Indian to win a medal at World Badminton
Champian :-Prakash Padukone
86.First Indian to reach the South Pole :-Col.J.K. Bajaj
87.First Indian author to get Anderson Award:-Ruskin Bond
88.First Indian to win World Billiards Trophy:- Wilson Jones
89.First Indian to win Golden Globe Award:-A.R Rahman
90. First Indian Space Tourist:-Santosh George Kulangara
100.First temporary President of the Constituent
Assembly:-Dr. sachchida Nand Sinha

101. First Lokpal of India:- Pinaki Chandra Ghose

102. FIrst Indian cricketer to score a test century:- Lala Amarnath

(1933)

103. First Indian to score triple century in test cricket:- Virender

Sehwag

104.First Person to win Oscar for Lifetime Achievement -

Satyajit Ray
105.First Indian filmmaker to get Bharat Ratna - Satyajit Ray
106.First Minister of Law and Justice – B R Ambedkar
107.First Chairman of ISRO – Vikram Sarabhai
108.First Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of
India - A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
109.First chief economic advisor of India - JJ Anjaria
110.First Indian Managing Director of World Bank - Gautam
Kazi
111. The first National Security Advisor of India:-Brajesh
Mishra.
112.First Scientist elected for Lok Sabha - Dr. Meghnad Saha
113.First Chairman of Finance Commission - K. C. Niogi
114.First Captain in Tests - C. K. Nayudu (in 1932)
115.First ODI captain - Ajit Wadekar
116.First Chess Grandmaster - Viswanathan Anand, 1988
117.First Grand Slam title - Mahesh Bhupathi (partnering
with Japanese Rika Hiraki) in the mixed doubles category of
the 1997 French Open.
118.Dr Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar was the Founder Director
(and later first Director General) of Council of Scientific &
Industrial Research (CSIR), He was the first Chairman of the
University Grants Commission (UGC)
119. First Indian to win the Grammy award - Pt. Ravi
Shankar
120. First President of National Human Rights Commission -
Justice Ranganath.

List Of First In India{Female}

1. First women President of India:- Pratibha Patil.

2. The first woman Prime Minister of India :- Mrs. Indira

Gandhi.
3. First Woman Chief Minister of State:- Sucheta Kripalani
(Uttar Pradesh)
4. First Woman Union Minister: - Rajkumari Amrita Kaur
(Ministry of Health)
5. First Woman Chief Minister to die in Office: - Jayalalithaa
6. First Woman Indian Prime Minister to die in Office: -
Indira Gandhi
7. First female Home Minister of a state:- Sabitha Indra
Reddy, Andhra Pradesh.
8. First female finance Minister of State Government in
India - Dr Upinderjit Kaur, in Punjab Govt
9. The first woman Governor of a State in free India:- Sarojini Naidu
(Uttar Pradesh)[1947]
10. The first female Speaker of Lok Sabha:- Meira
Kumar[2009]
11.First female Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha :-
Snehlata Shrivastava
12.First women Railway Minister of India - Mamata
Banerjee

13.First Lady Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha:- Violet

Alva[1962]

14. India’s First Woman Speaker of a State Assembly:- Shanno

Devi[1966].

15. First Lady Chief Election Commissioner:- V.S.

Ramadevi[1990][ First female Secretary-General of the
Rajya Sabha]
16. First Woman Defence Minister:- Indira Gandhi [1975]
17.India’s First Woman full-time Finance Minister:- Nirmala
Sitharaman[2019].{First woman Finance/Defence Minister}

18.First Woman to hold a Union Foreign Minister's post -

Sushma Swaraj
19. First Health Minister of India:-Amrit Kaur[1947]
[First female Cabinet minister of India in the country's first cabinet]

20. First Woman Indian Police Service Officer (IPS):- Kiran

Bedi[1975]
21.First Woman Chairman of Union Public Service
Commission (UPSC):- Roze Millian Bethew[1992]
22. First Woman to Receive Booker Prize:- Arundhati Roy[1997]

23. First Woman to Cross English Channel:- Aarti Saha[1959]

24. First Indian woman who reached Antarctica: - Mahel Moos

25. First Woman to climb Mt. Everest  Twice:- Santosh

Yadav[1992,1993]
26. The first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest:- Bachendari Pal
[1984].

27. The first female amputee to climb Mount Everest. She is also the first
Indian amputee to climb the Everest:- Arunima Sinha

28. The first Indian and Asian woman to swim across English Channel:-
Arati saha
She also became the first female sportsperson to be awarded Padma Shri
in 1960.:- Arati Saha[1959]

29. The first Indian woman who reached in space:-Kalpana

Chawla [1997]. (Space Shuttle Columbia)
30. First Indian Lady to win Miss World Title:- Reita Faria
Powell [1966]
31.First Indian Lady to Win Miss Universe Title:- Sushmita Sen
[1994]
32. First Indian Lady to Win Miss Earth Title:- Nicole Faria

[2010].

33. First Indian Lady to Win Miss Asia Pacific International:-

Zeenat Aman[1970]
34. First Indian Lady to Win Miss Asia Pacific World:- Himangini
Singh Yadu [2014]

35. First Indian Lady to Win Miss Supranational:- Asha Bhat

[2014]

36First Indian Lady to Win Miss Tourism:- Sonal Chauhan

[2005].
37.First Woman to Receive Bharat Ratna:- Indira Gandhi [1971]
38. First Lady to Receive Jnanpith Award:- Ashapoorna Devi
[1976].[Prothom Protishrut]

38. First Indian woman to win a Nobel Peace:- Mother Teresa

[1979] [Nobel Award]
39. First Lady to Receive Ashoka Chakra:- Neerja Bhanot [1987]

40. First Indian Woman Mountaineer to Scale the Seven Continental Peaks:-
Premlata Aggarwal [2008-2013]

41. First Woman to Receive Booker Prize:- Arundhati Roy[1997]

for her novel The God of Small Things in 1977.

42. First winner of Dadasaheb Phalke Award :–Devika Rani in

1969
43. First women to win Ramon Magsaysay Award: - Mother
Teresa
44. Name the First woman pilot of Indian Navy:- Shivangi Hari
Bhushan Singh [Born - Muzaffarpur, Bihar]
45. Who has become India's first female military diplomat?:-
Anjali Singh
46. First Indian woman to fly fighter aircraft solo :- Avani
Chaturvedi [IAF Officer ]
47. The world’s first woman pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean
and pacific ocean in a light sport aircraft (LSA)?:- Aarohi
Pandit
48. First Indian Woman Flight Engineer to be inducted by the
Indian Air Force ?:- Hina Jaiswal
49.. The first Indian woman commercial pilot:- Durba Banerjee
[First Pilot Of Indian Airlines in 1956]
50. The first Indian woman to fly an aircraft:- Sarla Thakra
51. First female Jawan in the Army: - Shanti Tigga
52. First female Air Vice Marshal: - Padmavathy
Bandopadhyay
53. India's first Merchant Navy captain:- Radhika
Menon
54. India’s first woman maritime engineer:- Sonali
Banerjee
55. First Woman Lieutenant General:- Puneeta Arora
56. First Woman chairperson of Indian Airlines:-
Sushma Chawla
57. First woman DIG in Indian Coast Guard:- Nupur
Kulshrestha

58. The first woman cadet to join the Indian

Army:- Priya Jhingan
59.First woman in the Indian Army awarded the
coveted ‘Sword of Honour’ priz:-Divya Ajith Kumar.
60. The first woman to head the Indian National Science
Academy (INSA)?:-Chandrima Shaha
61. First woman president of Astronomical Society of
India:-Dr. G. C. Anupama
62. First woman to occupy the IMF chief economist
post:- Gita Gopinath
63. Who has become the first female to be appointed as
ICC Match Referee?:-GS Lakshmi
64. First Director General of Police:- Kanchan
Chaudhary Bhattacharya
65. First Woman Judge of Supreme Court :- Fatima
Beevi
66. First female advocate in India:- Cornelia Sorabjee
67. First female Chief Justice of a High Court (Himac hal
Pradesh):- Leila Seth, 1991
68. First female High Court Judge:- Anna Chandy
69. First Indian to win a Badminton World
Championships gold?:-P. V. Sindhu
70. Who was appointed as the first woman president of any
State Cricket Association in India?:-Rupa Gurunath
71. First Woman President of INC - Annie Besant
72.First Indian Woman President of INC - Sarojini Naidu

73. First Indian Woman Ambassador at UN:-

Vijalakshmi Pandit.
74. First Indian Woman to win WTA [Women’s Tennis
Association ]Title - Sania Mirza

75. The first lady doctor of India:- Anandi Gopal Joshi

76. First Women Graduates:- Kadambini Ganguly and
Chandramukhi Basu, 1883
77. India's first female train driver in 1988 - Surekha Yadav
78. First female Chairperson of State Bank of India:-
Arundhati Bhattacharya
79. First women Chess Grandmaster - Koneru Humpy
80. First women to Cross Gobi Desert - Sucheta Kadethankar
81 First woman appointed as the United Nations Civil Police
adviser:- Kiran Bedi
82. Fully blind IFS officer - Beno Zephine N L
83. Fully blind IAS officer – Pranjal Patil
84. First women to reach the final of an Olympic event - P T
Usha
85.First female Olympic medallist in Badminton:-Saina
Nehwal
86. Individual Medal Woman at Olympics - Bronze by
Karnam Malleswari.
87. First female to represent India at the Summer Olympics -
Nora Polley in the 1924 Summer Olympics
88. First female to represent Independent India at the
Summer Olympics - Nilima Ghose in the 1952 Summer
Olympics
89. First woman to compete for India in the Winter Olympic
Games : Shailaja Kumar in the 1988 Winter Olympics
90. First female flag bearer at the Summer Olympics : Shiny
Abraham in the 1992 Summer Olympics
91. First female flag bearer at the Winter Olympics : Neha
Ahuja in the 2006 Winter Olympics
92. First Indian female gymnast ever to compete in the
Olympics: Dipa Karmakar at 2016 Summer Olympics
93.First Indian woman who become an individual member
of International Olympic Committee- Nita Ambani
94. First Woman to Win an Olympic Silver Medal:-P. V.
Sindhu
95.First Female to get arjun award :-Anne
Lumsden[Hockey,1961]
96. First and the only Indian golfer to participate in Asian
Youth Games (2013), Youth Olympic Games (2014), Asian
Games (2014) and Olympic Games (2016):- Aditi Ashok
97.First women to become IAS officer - Anna George
98.First Female Chairperson Of UPSC:-Rose Millian Bathew
98The first woman Indian Administrative Services officer of
British India:- Isha Basant Joshi
99.First woman Managing director of LIC of India :- Usha
Sangwan.
100.First Female recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award :-
Amrita Pritam .
101.First Female ACTRESS:-Devika Rani
102.First Female sea channels of five Continent :-Bula
Chaudhary.
103. First Indian female to ski to South Pole:-Rina Kaushal
Dharmshaktu.
104.First female to get Olympic medallist in Badminton :-
Sakshi mallick.