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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.
Arjuna Temple, Semar Temple, Srikandi Temple and Puntadewa Temple @ Arjuna Temple Complex Dieng on Banjarnegara regency, province of Central Java, Indonesia.
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Jogyesa Temple, Seoul, Korea.
December 2013.
Fujifilm X100S.
Virupaksha Temple is the main center of pilgrimage at Hampi, and has been considered the most sacred sanctuary over the centuries.
The temple's history is uninterrupted from about the 7th century. The Virupaksha-Pampa sanctuary existed well before the Vijayanagara capital was located here. Inscriptions referring to Shiva date back to the 9th and 10th centuries.
The huge temple building was built by Lakkana Dandesha, a chieftain under the ruler Deva Raya II of the Vijayanagara Empire.
Haedong Yonggungsa Temple in Busan, South Korea, was founded in 1376 by the great Buddhist teacher Naong.
The Founder's Hall Gate of Higashi Honganji.
The head temple of the Ōtani-ha branch of Jōdo Shinshū.
真宗大谷派本山 / 東本願寺
京都市下京区常葉町754
Junction of Fleet St & Strand. This is were the Temple Bar stood (now at Paternoster Square @ St Pauls). It marks the boundary between the city of London & city of Westminster (both in London!)
Best time to visit here is in the early hours of the morning. Unfortunately for us got a whole lot of stops and undpredicted rain but still worth it, the place, the lake is quite calming.
Khajuraho - Uno templi erotici del Gruppo Occidentale. (questo è il più casto)
Tra il 950 e il 1150 la dinastia dei Chandela costruì questi templi secondo la tradizione tantrica diffusamnete accettata in quei tempi prima della conquista dei Moghul.
I templi sono decorati con una profusione di sculture che sono considerate tra i più grandi capolavori dell'arte indiana.
I templi di Kahuraho fanno parte dell'UNESCO e sono considerati una delle sette meraviglie dell'India
Khajuraho - An erotic temple of the western group (this is the more chaste one)
Between 950 and 1150, the Chandela monarchs built these temples when the Tantric tradition may have been accepted. In the days before the Mughal conquests.
The Temples are decorated with a profusion of sculptures that are among the greatest masterpieces of Indian art.
The Khajuraho Group of Monuments has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is considered to be one of the "seven wonders" of India.
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Little Hagia Sophia (Küçük Ayasofya Camii), former Greek Orthodox church during the Byzantine period, currently functions as a mosque. Hagia Sophia Museum, Chora Mosque (Church of St. Saviour and Chora), and Fethiye Mosque (Pammakaristos Church) were other important Byzantine churches in Istanbul that were converted into mosques which are now museum. The original name of Little Hagia Sophia was “The Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus” which was dedicated to two young saints: St. Sergius and St. Bacchus.
The Church of Sts. Sergius and Bacchus was built in 536 CE by Justinian I, who also built Hagia Sophia, Underground Cistern, and many other important landmarks. Therefore, Justinian I is also called “Justinian the Builder.”
The building of the Aswan High Dam caused the Templo de Debod to be disassembled and gifted to Spain for their help in saving the Abu Simbel temples. The 2nd century BC temple was opened to the Madrid public in 1972 and stands in Parque del Oeste.
Next to the famous Wat Arun Temple in Bangkok the Ordination Hall is located which has a small garden in front of it.
The Shore Temple,situated on the shores of the Bay of Bengal in Mahabalipuram near Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu,India.It was built in the 8th century A.D during the reign of King Narasimhavarman II of the Pallava dynasty.The Pallavas ruled from Kanchipuram and Mamallapuram or Mahabalipuram as it is now called was their port city.
It is one of the oldest structural temples of South India built of blocks of granite.It is 60 feet tall and stands on a 50 feet square granite platform.The main deity of this temple is a Shiva lingam.
I took quite a number of shots of this gorgeous temple but I chose this one to share because you can just catch a glimpse of the deep blue waters of the Bay of Bengal to the right of this shot.
March is a busy time for me my friends so do forgive me if I am a bit late with my commenting.:-)