Credits

Image Credits & Attribution

Many photographs and artworks shown on Darshya are sourced from Wikimedia Commons under Creative Commons or public-domain licenses. Each image below links to its source page on Wikimedia Commons, where you can view the full license terms and original file.

Wikimedia Commons sources

SubjectLicense
Somnath TempleCC BY-SA 4.0
Mallikarjuna JyotirlingaCC0
Mahakaleshwar Temple, UjjainCC BY-SA 4.0
Omkareshwar JyotirlingaCC BY 4.0
Kedarnath TempleCC BY-SA 4.0
Bhimashankar TemplePublic domain
Kashi VishwanathCC BY-SA 4.0
Trimbakeshwar TempleCC BY-SA 4.0
Baidyanath (Vaidyanath) Temple, DeogharCC BY 4.0
Nageshwar JyotirlingaCC BY-SA 4.0
Ramanathaswamy (Rameshwaram) TempleCC BY-SA 4.0
Grishneshwar TempleCC BY-SA 3.0
Yamunotri TempleCC BY-SA 3.0
Gangotri TempleCC BY-SA 4.0
Badrinath TempleCC BY-SA 4.0
Tirumala Tirupati BalajiCC BY-SA 4.0
Jagannath Temple, PuriCC BY-SA 3.0
Siddhivinayak Temple, MumbaiCC BY-SA 3.0
Akshardham, DelhiCC BY-SA 4.0
Meenakshi Amman Temple, MaduraiCC BY 3.0
Golden Temple, AmritsarCC BY-SA 4.0
VrindavanCC BY-SA 2.0
Dwarakadheesh TempleCC BY-SA 4.0
Lord Shiva (Bangalore)CC BY-SA 3.0
Lord Ganesha (Basohli miniature, c.1730)Public domain
Lord Krishna lifts Mount GovardhanCC0
Lord Rama with arrowsPublic domain
Standing Hanuman (Chola Dynasty, 11th century)CC BY-SA 3.0
Vishnu (Gita Govinda)Public domain
Surya with AdityasPublic domain
Goddess Lakshmi (Raja Ravi Varma, 1896)Public domain
Goddess Durga (Mahishasura-Mardini)Public domain
Goddess SaraswatiPublic domain
Diwali — Rangoli of LightsCC BY 2.0
Holi Festival of ColorsCC BY 2.0
Shardiya Navratri Festival, Pune 2020CC BY-SA 4.0
Khairathabad Vinayakudu (Ganesh Chaturthi 2021)CC BY-SA 4.0
Mahashivratri FestivalCC BY-SA 4.0
Yashoda and Krishna (Janmashtami)Public domain
Rakhi (Raksha Bandhan)CC BY-SA 4.0
Janakpur Chhath Parva FestivalCC BY-SA 3.0
Abhisheka (Rudrabhishek)CC BY-SA 2.0
Priest performing Homa (Havan)GFDL
Aarti Thali (Prayer Plate)CC BY 2.0
Gayatri Japa (Mantra)Public domain
Navaratri BhajanCC BY-SA 3.0
Sannyasi in yoga meditation, RishikeshCC BY-SA 2.0

Other image sources

Stock photography for store products, profile portraits, and abstract backgrounds is sourced from Unsplash, which is free to use for commercial and non-commercial purposes.

The Darshya brand mark — the saffron shikhara enclosing a flame — is original artwork created for this project.

Spotted an attribution that's wrong, or want to use one of these images yourself? Most Wikimedia Commons images can be freely used and re-used, provided you follow the original license. Click any subject above to see the full license text and downloadable original.