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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.
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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.
The Kodungallur temple is one of the four Devi temples which Bhargava Raman is said to have installed at the four boundaries of Kerala. The popular belief is that in order to save the devotees from the epidemic of chicken pox, the Lokambika was installed in the Kodungallur temple by Bhargava Raman. This is one of the rare temples where the Brahmins are not performing the pooja, since it was originally a Dravidian Temple.This is the most ancient temple in the northern part of Kerala. It was one among the first temple which removed the restrictions of caste and religion and people from all walks of life were admitted into the temple.
The temple celebrates two festivals. The main one is the Kodungaloor Bharani festival in the Malayalam month of Kumbha (February - March). Thousands throng the temple from all over Kerala congregate to celebrate this festival amidst great pageantry. Another festival is the Thalappoli Festival in the Malayalam month of Makara (December-January).
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Thatbyinnyu Temple is a famous temple located in Bagan (formerly Pagan), built in the mid-12th century during the reign of King Alaungsith. It is adjacent to Ananda Temple. Thatbyinnyu Temple is shaped like a cross, but is not symmetrical. The temple has two primary storeys, with the seated Buddha image located on the second storey.
Buddhist temple located in the village of Minnanthu (southwest of Bagan) in Burma. The temple is one of the most-frequently visited in Bagan.
Here you can see glimpses of a couple of the exquisitely decorated temples which form this large complex of temples.
Prominent in the foreground are huge containers for the burning of incense sticks.
It was once the royal temple of the Kingdom of Dali, originally built in the 9th century. At its height, the temple included 891 rooms, 11,400 Buddhist iconographies, three pavilions, and seven buildings. The temple was severely damaged by earthquakes and conflict during the rule of the Qing Dynasty, but was later rebuilt in 2005.
Borobudur Temple stands on the plain of Kedu, about 40 kilometers northwest of Yogyakarta on the Indonesian island of Java. Its name is derived from Hhumtcambharabudara (“the mountain of the accumulation of virtue in the ten stages of Bodhisatva”).
Crowning a 150-foot (46-meter) hill, this largest of all Buddhist buildings is a masterpiece of religious architecture. One of the world’s best-preserved ancient monuments, it was built about 300 years before many of the great Christian cathedrals of western Europe and the famous Angkor Wat in Cambodia, some of whose temples are thought to have been influenced by it.
[...] The temple of our purest thoughts is silence [...]
Nikon D200, Samyang 8mm, f/3.5 fisheye, 8mm - f/11 - 1/30s - HDR 5xp +2/-2EV
Rome, Italy (October, 2016)
This was the best I can do to rescue this shot. Weather was really horrible and my bracketed shots lacked detail in the shadows.
Good thing this was not one of those places that tripods are not allowed. This picture could have been worse if it was done hand held
Temple Mount is the castle mount in Alūksne town, Alūksne lake south-west coast peninsula. This castle mount is the highest point in Alūksne town. It is an ancient Latgalian castle mount and ancient town place. Temple Mount is the oldest inhabited place in Alūksne district, the top of which is located Hall Temple - granite rotunda. In 1807 Alūksne Baron Fietinghoff ordered to erect a granite rotunda - Fame temple in honor of the Great Northern War events in Alūksne. Rotunda dedicated to Russian field marshal Sheremetyev and Swedish army captain Woolf keepsake.
A wonderful temple in Cambodia. During this take in view a huge storm thundering which gives a very special atmosphere
This is an HDR version of a little picture of the temple district. The HDR system brings out some details in the background that I could not get to appear in any single image regardless of the fog settings. I find that I can't get any closer without the nearest forms breaking up and disappearing. In the original preview all the top tassels were bright read bundles of many lines leading straight up, but they do not render except that they are much like one of the ghostly images in the background.
For my video; youtu.be/_dhlib9Mb1M?si=61XPdrBACGm6n8J8
Pura Dalem Agung Padangtegal, or Padangtegal Great Temple of Death, is a Hindu temple located in the Sacred Monkey Forest of Padangtegal, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
The Ubud Monkey Forest is a nature reserve and temple complex in Ubud, Bali. It houses approximately 340 Crab-eating Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) monkeys (32 adult males, 19 male sub adult, 77 adult females, 122 juvenile and 54 infants)
Also called the "Main Temple," Pura Dalem Agung Padangtegal lies in the southwestern part of the Ubud Monkey Forest grounds and is used for worshiping the god Hyang Widhi in personification of Shiva, the Recycler or Transformer. Like the other two temples in the complex, it is thought to have been built around 1350. The temple complex plays an important role in the spiritual life of the local community.
Chakrapani Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu located in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India. In the temple, Lord Vishnu appears in the form of a discus or Chakra to put down the pride of Surya(the Sun), who subsequently became his devotee
The temple is noted for its exquisite pillars. The presiding deity, Chakrapani has 8 arms. There is a bronze image of king Serfoji II worshipping the lord as he is said to have been cured an illness by the grace of this God. A panchamukha(five-faced) Hanuman is erected in the prakaram (outer precincts of the temple)
In 1620, when Govinda Dikshitar, divan-administrator for the Nayaks, constructed the Ramaswamy Temple, Kumbakonam, he added a commercial corridor between the new temple and the older Chakrapani temple
This temple is situated on the southern bank of Cauvery in Kumbakonam Railway station, Thanjavur district, Tamilnadu. It is the second Vaishnavite temple in Kumbakonam town. Here the main deity is Chakraraja and Sudharshana Chakra.
The Eastern and Western entrances of this temple are known as “Thatchinaya Vayil” and “Utharavana Vayil” respectively and outer Prakara of this temple is made in the form of balcony. Agampara Vinayakar, Panchamuga Aancheneyar and Vijayavalli are the important idols located in this temple.
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Jogyesa Temple, Seoul, Korea.
December 2013.
Fujifilm X100S.