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Clayborn Temple
Memphis
Tennessee
I had an unique oppurtunity from kind people to photograph this very historic temple. Show more later.
"On Thursday, March 28, marchers began gathering at Clayborn Temple in anticipation of Dr. King. Nearly 15,000 marchers participated. Students from Memphis schools left the classroom to join the march. He arrived around 11:05 am, and they began the march with King and the sanitation workers, who had been marching this same path for weeks, in the front, while youths ran about throughout the march, pressing to get to the front.[5]
After marching only half a mile, the youth’s agitation, derived from a rumor that the police had killed a Hamilton High Student earlier that morning, erupted into vandalism, looting, and rioting. The police reacted brutally to the riot, launching against both nonviolent protesters and the youth. Reverend Lawson and Reverend Jackson urged protesters to return to Clayborn Temple. The marchers retreated to Clayborn Temple, while police surrounded the building. “The interior of Clayborn looked like the aftermath of a war,” Kathy Pittman Black reported.[5] The entire building was filled with many injured and terrified protesters. The police attacked those that tried to the leave the church with mace, tear gas, and clubs.[5] At one point, police even entered the church, swinging clubs and shooting tear-gas canisters.
The day ended as 4,000 heavily armed National Guardsmen troops poured into the city.[5] 280 people had been arrested during the riot, and 60 were reported injured. One sixteen-year old boy, Larry Payne died at the hands of a police officer that day, shot in the stomach after being suspected of looting.[4] Payne’s funeral was held in Clayborn Temple on April 2, 1968, and Rev. Harold Middlebrook said, "We really felt his death was related to the movement."[4] Despite police pressure to have a private closed-casket funeral in their home, the family held the funeral at Clayborn and had an open casket.
Dr. King was rushed back to his hotel when the strike erupted into a riot on March 28, 1968. He vowed he would return to Memphis to lead a successfully peaceful march. King returned to Memphis a week later, but was assassinated on April 4, 1968 before his second march from Clayborn took place. On April 16, a deal was finally negotiated for union recognition and better wages for the sanitation workers.[5] The strike had come to an official end."
Didyma (/ˈdɪdɪmə/; Ancient Greek: Δίδυμα) was an ancient Greek sanctuary on the coast of Ionia in the domain of the famous city of Miletus. Apollo was the main deity of the sanctuary of Didyma, also called Didymaion. But it was home to both of the temples dedicated to the twins Apollo and Artemis. Other deities were also honoured within the sanctuary. The Didymaion was well renowned in antiquity because of its famed oracle. This oracle of Apollo was situated within what was, and is, one of the world's greatest temples to Apollo. The remains of this Hellenistic temple belong to the best preserved temples of classical antiquity. Besides this temple other buildings existed within the sanctuary which have been rediscovered recently; a Greek theatre and the foundations of the above-mentioned Hellenistic temple of Artemis, to name but two.
The ruins of Didyma are located a short distance to the northwest of modern Didim in Aydın Province, Turkey, whose name is derived from the ruins. It sits on a headland that in antiquity formed the Milesian Peninsula. Didyma was the largest and most significant sanctuary on the territory of the great classical city Miletus. The natural connection between Miletus and Didyma was by way of ship. But during antiquity the sediments from the Meander River silted up the harbour of Miletus. A slow process which eventually meant that the nearby Latmian Gulf developed from a bay into a lake (today Bafa Gölü).[2]
The linear distance between Miletus and Didyma measures some 16 km. As well as the simple footway there also existed a Sacred Way between the city and its sanctuary which measured some 20 km in distance. This Sacred Way, built in the 6th century BC, was used for festival processions.[3] It touched the harbour of Didyma, situated 3 km northwest of the sanctuary called Panormos[4] (today Mavişehir). Along this route were ritual waystations, and statues of noblemen and noblewomen, as well as animal and mythological beast figures. Some of these statues, dating to the 6th century BC, are now in the British Museum (Room 13), excavated by the British archaeologist Charles Thomas Newton in the 19th century...Wikipedia
Bishnupur is famous for its terracota temples built by the Malla Kings mostly around the 17th century
List of temples in Bishnupur, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_temples_in_Bishnupur
Bishnupur, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishnupur,_Bankura
Bishnupur temples, www.asikolkata.in/bankura.aspx
This is Temple Row looking towards Bull Street. In the distance is Lewis's department store, still trading (this was taken in 1970) On the right is Rackhams store which has now become part of the House of Frazer group, the side wall of Rackhams bears testimony to the recent demolition of some shops which extended from Rackhams and round into Cherry Street (the blue screen). That corner had a wonderful shop called 'The Model Aerodrome' which was a large model shop that sold kits, model railways, die cast cars, model boats in fact a shop to spend an hour in, the whole site is now occupied by a huge Lloyds bank. In front of Rackhams is a pedestrian shelter that had a well lit area around it and flower tubs, it was a very short-lived feature lasting less than a year. On the far right a brand new silver Revo Precinct lamp has been installed, it's base protected from damage by machinery working on the building site next to it, this site would become the new Bank of England building. The left side is mainly the churchyard wall that surrounds the Anglican Cathedral of St Phillips in this picture it has no railings on top of the wall, these were removed for the War Effort as scrap, now new Lottery funded railings have taken their place (completed 2003) Visible is a white Anglesey marble base and part fluted column as used in the Town Hall building, this was erected to two workmen, John Heap and William Badger, killed in the building of the Town Hall 1833.
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Batu Caves is a limestone hill to the north of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia which has a series of caves and cave temples. It takes its name from the Sungai Batu or Batu River, which flows past the hill.
The 'Orang Asli' (local aboriginal tribes called Jakun) had been aware of the caves for a long time. However, they became famous only after it was discovered by the American Naturalist, William Hornaday in 1878.
Of the various cave temples that comprise the site, the largest and best known is the Temple or Cathedral Cave, so named because it houses several Hindu shrines beneath its 100 m vaulted ceiling.
These serve as the focus of the Hindu community's yearly Thaipusam festival. The site is well known for its numerous macaque monkeys, which visitors feed, sometimes involuntarily. There are 272 steps that a visitor has to climb in order to access the temple at the summit of the hill. Many of the shrines relate the story of Lord Murugan's victory over Soorapadam. An audio tour is available to visitors.
At the base of the hill are two more cave temples, Art Gallery Cave and Museum Cave, both of which are full of Hindu statues and paintings.
As good a shot as could be obtained under the lighting conditions, which can be best described as "mushy and flat".
Cebu City
Built in 1972, the Cebu Taoist Temple is located in Beverly Hills Subdivision in Cebu City, Philippines. The temple was built by Cebu's substantial Chinese community. With an elevation of 300 metres (980 ft) above sea level, the temple is a towering, multi-tiered, multi-hued attraction accessible by three separate winding routes.
Unlike the neighboring Phu Sian Temple, the Taoist temple is open to the worshipers and non-worshipers alike. A ritual among devotees is where one prays to the gods to grant one's wish. The ritual includes washing of hands, going inside the chapel barefoot and dropping two blocks of wood. If the blocks of wood are both face up then one could make a wish. If not then it is not yet the time for one's wish to be granted and one has to come to the temple some other time.
The temple is the center of worship for Taoism, the religion which follows the teachings of the ancient Chinese philosopher, Lao Zi. Another ritual among Taoist devotees, which is done during Wednesdays and Sundays, is the climbing of its 81 steps (representing the 81 chapters of Taoism scriptures) to light joss sticks and have their fortune read by the monks.
Some guide books and travel agencies offer trips to the temple or as a side-trip in a tour around Cebu City. But it is more popular with grade school students.
The entrance to the temple is a replica of the Great Wall of China. The temple includes a chapel, a library, a souvenir shop and a wishing well. The spacious balconies offer a scenic view of the downtown Cebu.
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The facade of the Temple of (at) Esna. At the far left and right you can get a sense of how far below the current street level the temple was originally built. The temple is in a middle of a large town with typical Egyptian streets (narrow, compared to North America), and buildings set up cheek-by-jowl. And then it all opens up into the large empty space, the temple enclosure. The day we were there, the site was mostly empty.
The House of Religions is a Swiss inter-religious institution in the city of Bern in Switzerland that houses worship rooms for eight faiths in one single building.
In the 2000s started the plans to establish a cultural institution of Jewish, Christian, Islamic, Buddhist and Hindu faith traditions, and on 25 April 2002 the association "Haus der Religionen – Dialog der Kulturen" (meaning House of religions, dialogue of cultures) was established. In March 2006 the "Stiftung Europaplatz" foundation was founded, which raised the necessary funds for the project, including sacred spaces, among others for Hindu and Buddhist communities, of the Alevis and the Council of Christian Churches in the canton of Bern (AKB). In the beginning, the Jewish community of Bern and the Bahá'í Faith community did not wish to set up own rooms, but ideally supported the project. The cantonal Islamic Umma association has withdrawn from the project after initial concessions, but the Muslim association Hochfeldstrasse, however, was interested to participate.
Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century Sun Temple at Konark in Odisha, India. It is believed that the temple was built by king Narasimhadeva I of Eastern Ganga Dynasty around 1250 CE
Kailasanathar temple is one of the oldest temples in Tamil Nadu, India and this Kanchipuram temple is said to be constructed by the Pallava king Rajasimha in the early eighth century. Kailashanathar temple, Kanchipuram represents the Dravidian style of architecture. The architecture of Kailashanathar temple resembles another great Pallava monument Shore temple of Mahabalipuram which is also said to be constructed by the same Pallava king Rajasimha. The Kanchipuram silk sarees are exotic pieces of art, woven from pure mulberry silk. Available in a variety of designs, these sarees have vibrant colors and are decorated with fine gold thread (zari).
Visit www.handiques.com to explore the colors and images of incredible India at this rare online gallery of Indian Art and Crafts made from Wood, Metal, Bamboo and Coconut.
A temple connected to Koya-san (in Wakayama) in Kinosaki Onsen, Japan (Hyogo Pref., Toyooka city)
The lower part of the temple consists of the gate and the Yakushi hall. While this hall is not partciularly big in size, it is richely decorated with ceiling paintings of flowers and animals, hosts two Yakushi statues surrounded by 12 guardians. Entrance is free and the hall itself truly stunning.
城崎温泉にある寺院
Karnak Temple is an ancient Egyptian site located on the east bank of the Nile River in Thebes (modern-day Luxor). It covers more than 100 hectares, an area larger than some ancient cities.
The fantastic site of Khajuraho classified World Heritage of Unesco is in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
Raja Chandela it did build 950 to 1050 more than 85 Hindu temples dedicated to Vishnu and Shiva and a group of Jain temples.
There are currently 22 temples that have preserved sculptures that are among the greatest masterpieces of Indian culture.
Le fantastique site de Khajuraho classé patrimoine mondiale de l'unesco se trouve dans l'état du Madhya Pradesh.
Les rajâ Chandelâ y firent construire de 950 à 1050 plus de 85 temples Hindous dédiés à Vishnou et Shiva ainsi qu'un groupe de temples Jains.
Il reste actuellement 22 temples qui ont conservés des sculptures qui comptent parmi les plus grands chefs-d'œuvre de la culture indienne.
Ahmedabad - Gujarat - India
Hutheesing Jain temple + Victory tower
Hutheesing Temple is the best known Jain temple in Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India. It was constructed in 1848.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutheesing_Jain_Temple
Ahmedabad is the largest city and former capital of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. With a population of more than 6.3 million and an extended population of 7.2 million, it is the sixth largest city and seventh largest metropolitan area of India. Ahmedabad is located on the banks of the Sabarmati River, 30 km from the state capital Gandhinagar.
Ahmedabad has emerged as an important economic and industrial hub in India. It is the second largest producer of cotton in India, and its stock exchange is the country's second oldest. The effects of liberalisation of the Indian economy have energized the city's economy towards tertiary sector activities like commerce, communication and construction.
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Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple, Hindu temple in Madurai, India. It is dedicated to Lord Shiva (in the form of Sundareswarar or Beautiful Lord) and his consort, Goddess Parvati, in the form of Meenakshi. The complex houses 14 magnificent towers, Gopurams elaborately sculptured and painted. The temple is a significant symbol for the Tamil people, and has been mentioned since antiquity in Tamil literature. The tallest tower is 51.9 metres (170 ft) high.