JUST SOME TEMPLES

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A Snow-Covered Buddhist Temple.

Southeast Asia's largest temple —Kek Lok Si in Penang, Malaysia.

Illuminated in preparation for the Lunar New Year.

Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong, located on the southern side

of Lion Rock in the north of Kowloon. It is the most popular

Taoist temple in Hong Kong.

The Temple of Heaven, China's largest temple and altar complex.

This extraordinary example of religious architecture dates back to

the Ming and Qing dynasties.

the Lotus Temple due to its flowerlike shape, the Bahá’í House

of Worship is the most famous temple of the Bahá’í Faith.

The lotus shape of the temple is formed by 27 free-standing marble

clad petals arranged in clusters of three to form nine sides.

Since its opening in 1986 it has become one of Delhi’s most

visited buildings.

The Jain Temple in Ranakpur rises majestically from the slope of a hill.

The temple is supported by over 1444 marble pillars, carved in exquisite

detail. The pillars are all differently carved and no two pillars are the same.

The construction of the temple and quadrupled image symbolize the

Tirthankara’s conquest of the four cardinal directions and hence the cosmos.

The dating of this temple is controversial but it was probably built between

the late 14th and mid-15th centuries.

The Wat Phra Kaew or Temple of the Emerald Buddha is a famous

temple in Bangkok, located within the grounds of the Grand Palace.

The main building is the central ubosoth, which houses

The Emerald Buddha. A jade statue adorned in gold clothing it

is one of the oldest and most famous Buddha statues in the world.

The Harmandir Sahib, better known as the Golden Temple is the main

attraction in Amritsar, and the most important religious place to the Sikhs.

Construction of the famous temple was begun by Guru Ramdas ji. in the

16th century and completed by his successor Guru Arjan. In the 19th century,

Maharaja Ranjit Singh covered the upper floors of the temple with gold,

which gives it its distinctive appearance and English name. It’s a

stunning temple, and always full of thousands of pilgrims from all over India,

excited to be at a place that they usually only see on television.