View allAll Photos Tagged temples
Borobudur, an impressive temple on Java. For more info see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borobudur
the panorama was stitched from 3 captures
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.
Mahamuni Temple in Mandalay, Myanmar, stands as a venerable symbol of Buddhist devotion. Constructed in 1784, it houses the highly revered Mahamuni Buddha image, believed to bear the imprint of Gautama Buddha himself. This sacred site has endured centuries, surviving wars and conflicts. Pilgrims flock to witness daily rituals, including the application of gold leaf to the revered Buddha, a testament to the unwavering reverence bestowed upon this iconic figure. The temple's historical significance and spiritual aura make it a pivotal center of worship and a cultural treasure, contributing to the rich tapestry of Myanmar's religious heritage.
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.
Twitter | Tumblr | Facebook | Getty Images
Jogyesa Temple, Seoul, Korea.
December 2013.
Fujifilm X100S.
Minobusan Kuonji Temple
身延山久遠寺・三門
There is a stone staircase with 287 steps
and a height difference of 104m behind of this gate.
この奥には287段、高低差104mの石段があります。
このご時世、体力テストに良いですよ。
裏から無料のエレベーターで上がる事もできます。
Minobucho, Yamanashi pref, Japan
Believe or not, I have not been to Pulgas Water Temple until last Friday. Usually this is closed during the weekend. So when I had a day off last Friday, I stopped by there on our way to Half Moon Bay. It was refreshing to see such serene landscape during our droughty Summer.
Hoshakuzan Kozenji temple, in Komagane, Japan.
Sony FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS
105mm; 1/125 sec; f/5.6; ISO 6400
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
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
The Bayon Temple was built in the late 12th or early 13th century A.D. by Jayavarman VII, one of the Khmer Empire’s greatest kings .The Bayon Temple served as the state temple of Jayavarman’s new capital, Angkor Thom. It is unique in that it was the only state temple built primarily as a Mahayana Buddhist shrine dedicated to the Buddha.
The Bayon's most distinctive feature is the multitude of serene and smiling stone faces.The similarity of the 216 gigantic faces on the temple's towers to other statues of the king has led many scholars to the conclusion that the faces are representations of Jayavarman VII himself. Others have said that the faces belong to the bodhisattva of compassion called Avalokitesvara or Lokesvara. Whatever, the curious smiling image, captures everyone's attention and has been dubbed by some, the "Mona Lisa of Southeast Asia."
I love the attention to detail in Buddhist Temples. I have still to work out the significance of everything
This is the Orem Utah Temple, owned and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
We were headed for Batticaloa from Thanamalwila. On the way stopped to marvel at this Buddhist Temple in Dambulla!
The intense aroma of incense and the resonant gong at the Byodo-In Temple makes me consider devoting an hour a week to incense and a solo drum circle.
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.
The "Temple of Janus" is a cultic structure of Romano-Celtic design located in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, France, to the North-West of the ancient city of Augustodunum.
The temple lies in the centre of a vast sanctuary, whose extent and complexity was revealed by excavations conducted from 2013 to 2016, on a site whose history goes back to Neolithic times, and which experienced an important phase of monumental constructions in the 1st Century AD. The temple was abandoned at the onset of the Early Middle Ages, and its structures were later reused in the fashioning of a Medieval defensive work. The temple has retained two sides of its square cella, at a height of over 20 metres, as well as vestiges of its ambulatory and side structure foundations. The temple's supposed dedication to the Roman god Janus is not based on any archaeological or historic fact, and the deity that was venerated in the temple is unknown.
The Temple of Janus was included on the first list of protected historical French monuments, established in 1840. (Wikipedia)
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
________________________________________
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.