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This is the Burley Idaho Temple owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
The Ashton Memorial in Williamson Park in Lancaster. A long exposure with the Lee Big Stopper filter with a little bit of an HDR shot of the building blended in.
from my bicycle, light catches the new grasses in the field in front of a crowded mass of temples with a 400 year range of styles. Bagan, Myanmar.
Philae Temple - last Day at Egypt as we will be rushed to train station to take a train to Cairo to catch our flight home
You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you, mate.
- John Lennon
Hoshakuzan Kozenji temple, in Komagane, Japan.
Sony FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS
105mm; 1/125 sec; f/5.6; ISO 6400
Scanned slide, photograph taken in Mid-June 1991
Candi Prambanan or Candi Rara Jonggrang is a 9th-century Hindu temple compound. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the largest Hindu temple site in Indonesia, and one of the biggest in Southeast Asia.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prambanan
Phanom Rung, one of the largest and most significant of all Khmer temples in Thailand, is located on top of an extinct volcano. The temple was build between the 10th and 13th century on the ancient route from the Khmer capital Angkor Thom to Phimai, the site of another large Khmer temple further West in Nakhon Ratchasima. A 160 meter long processional walkway leads to the impressive central sanctuary. As the main sanctuary was constructed out of pink sandstone, Phanom Rung is also known as “stone castle”. Phanom Rung has been restored by the Thai Fine Arts Department. The monument has been submitted to UNESCO’s tentative list for consideration as a future World Heritage Site.
For the Smile on Saturday challenge: "Ring the bell"
This is the only bell I have. It is a miniature of the Japanese temple bells, and hanging down is a long paper strip with the prayer written on it. The sound is lovely, gentle and pure, and I tried to capture its movement as it sways in the breeze, and to suggest the meditative quality of its sound by adding some incense. I did some research online to find out more about it ....
"Cast iron furin wind bell following a temple bell design, with greenish finish. Originally they were hung at each corner of a temple to frighten away evil spirits. Now they are used as wind chimes, being hung during summer time in Japan, the bells have a pure, gentle tone."
HSoS ;o)
Cliche and Smile on Saturday: Here
Out to soy and ee meteor shower on 12th night but thick cloud took over right after mid night
Was planning to be nearby Sayreville Lake but was vry crowded hence decided to be here at the temple, was dark enough, no one around
Milkyway not so prominent but visible
Would have been great with meteor shower but hey I enjoy every time I take out my camera to shoot
Enjoy and happy clicking
Shitennō-ji Temple
Tennōji-ku
Osaka, Japan
04-16-24
Photographed from a corner of the inside temple grounds.
Here's some info on the temple from Wikipedia:
"Shitennō-ji (Japanese: 四天王寺, Temple of the Four Heavenly Kings) is a Buddhist temple in Ōsaka, Japan. It is also known as Arahaka-ji, Nanba-ji, or Mitsu-ji. The temple is sometimes regarded as the first Buddhist and oldest officially-administered temple in Japan, although the temple complex and buildings have been rebuilt over the centuries, with the last reconstruction taking place in 1963. Shortly after World War II, Shitennō-ji became independent of the parent Tendai sect, and formed the "Wa" sect (wa-shū, 和宗) of Buddhism."
The temple has been rebuilt many times, most recently in 1963 and is a bit scaled down from the previous build. The five tiered pagoda was completely reduced to rubble in 1934 during the Muroto typhoon. I was continually in awe at how the many shrines and temples in Japan, most hundreds of years old, have been rebuilt, sometimes almost to the exact specifications of the originals. Japan is a large island, and is buffeted by the sea, shaken by earthquakes, and at the mercy of sometimes violent elements, yet still the history and architecture of the past is preserved and restored continually.
Bayon, Angkor, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia
The Bayon is a well-known and richly decorated Khmer temple at Angkor in Cambodia. Built in the late 12th or early 13th century as the official state temple of the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII, ...
read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayon
B+W this Temple was a place I struggled to make an image I like now 3 months later another look and a crop adding B+W I'm liking it
Excerpt from miyajima.or.jp/english/spot/spot_other.html:
Designated as a National Important Cultural Property on August 29, 1910
Hokoku Shrine is dedicated to the warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi (one of the three unifiers of Japan in the 16th century) and his loyal aid Kato Kiyomasa. The reason for building this structure is clearly stated in a letter by Ankokuji Ekei, head monk of Ankokuji Temple. In 1587, Ekei asked Daiganji Temple, the temple in charge of construction and repair work in Miyajima including Itsukushima Shrine, to build a Buddhist library in which the chanting of Senbu-kyo sutras could be held every month. As there is no board ceiling or outer gate, it is believed that the construction of the building was not completed.
Originally, Amida Buddha and two subordinate Buddhist saints, Anan and Kasho-sonja, were enshrined in the Buddhist altar until the early Meiji era. Since that time, however, the altar has been used in Shinto rituals.
The building is called Senjokaku (Hall of One Thousand Tatami Mats), reflecting its standing as the largest structure on Miyajima Island. The shrine was a popular landmark in Miyajima where many people came to relax and cool themselves and to buy popular souvenirs such as tooth picks, and a variety of legends and traditions have been created here.
The fact that this structure, unique among the buildings belonging to Itsukushima Shrine, is unpainted and that its exact date of founding is recorded makes it a valuable gauge of the passage of time. The traces of weathering on its pillars and floor boards can be used to determine the approximate age of any other wooden structure on Miyajima.
A piece of wood used as a measuring device in the reconstruction work of the O-Torii in 1873 hangs on a pillar under the floor of the south part of the shrine. Countless votive picture tablets that had been hanging on the walls of Itsukushima Shrine buildings until the mid Meiji era decorate the walls inside the hall.
The shrine did not yet exist at the time of the Battle of Itsukushima in 1555 when the Mori clan defeated the Sue clan to unify the Chugoku region. The headquarters of the Sue clan was located on this hill, which was then called To-no-oka (Pagoda Hill). Starting in the Meiji era, the hill was developed through the establishment of stone steps, among other additions.
Excerpt from www.japan-experience.com/all-about-japan/miyajima/temples...:
Its bare appearance may not intrigue you at first. Only unfinished walls and a hundred pillars. Although the building is pretty, there is something missing. But once inside, look up: the gigantic ceiling is covered with a mosaic of paintings whose subjects are as varied as the styles and periods of implementation. Medieval battles, Buddhist representations, landscapes and animals in a modern style, the eye does not know where to turn.
The ruins of Shankaragaurishvara temple, which was built by king Shankaravarman of the Utpala dynasty in the 9th century, at the current town of Pattan in Kashmir Himalayas, India
We were headed for Batticaloa from Thanamalwila. On the way stopped to marvel at this Buddhist Temple in Dambulla!
EPCOT China ~ Orlando, Florida U.S.A.
2014 International Wine & Food Festival
World Showcase ~ Central Florida
Impressions of China ~ Fall 2014
(eleven more photos of this beautiful and
stunningly colorful exhibit in the comments)
2nd Place Competition Winner - Sin City Group
Theme: Night Shots - November 4th, 2020
Phanom Rung, one of the largest and most significant of all Khmer temples in Thailand, is located on top of an extinct volcano. The temple was build between the 10th and 13th century on the ancient route from the Khmer capital Angkor Thom to Phimai, the site of another large Khmer temple further West in Nakhon Ratchasima. A 160 meter long processional walkway leads to the impressive central sanctuary. As the main sanctuary was constructed out of pink sandstone, Phanom Rung is also known as “stone castle”. Phanom Rung has been restored by the Thai Fine Arts Department. The monument has been submitted to UNESCO’s tentative list for consideration as a future World Heritage Site.
Au Japon, un benten-dō (弁天堂, lit. hall de Benten) est un temple bouddhiste dédié à Benten ou Benzaiten, déesse de la richesse, du bonheur, de la sagesse et la musique.
Parce que la déesse est à l'origine la personnification d'une rivière, les benten-dō se trouvent souvent à côté de quelque source d'eau, une rivière, un étang, une source ou même la mer. La déesse est habituellement considérée comme essentiellement la même que le kami Ugajin dans le syncrétisme du Bouddhisme et du culte local des kami appelé shinbutsu shūgō. Pour cette raison, les benten-dō peuvent se trouver également dans de nombreux sanctuaires shinto, en dépit de l'usage du suffixe -dō qui est l’appellation traditionnelle des bâtiments bouddhistes. En revanche, les bâtiments des sanctuaires shintoïstes utilisent le suffixe den, comme dans honden.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benten-dō
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In Japanese a Benten-dō (弁天堂 lit. hall of Benten) is a Buddhist temple dedicated to Benten or Benzaiten, goddess of wealth, happiness, wisdom and music. Many such temples exist all over Japan.
Because the goddess was originally the personification of a river, Benten-dō often stand next to some source of water, a river, pond, spring, or even the sea. The goddess is routinely believed to be essentially the same as kami Ugajin within the syncretism of Buddhism and local kami worship called shinbutsu-shūgō. For this reason, Benten-dō can be found also at many Shinto shrines, despite use of the suffix -dō, which is the traditional designation for a Buddhist "hall". In contrast, the halls of Shinto shrines use the esuffix -den, as in honden. An example of the syncretic association is the Kawahara Shrine in Nagoya.