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Monday, May 28, 2012. Visited Temple. Shopped in Suzhou for jade, mahogany & brass, visited non-tourist bird & flower market.
Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Kensington, Maryland.
The University of the Philippines College of Medicine Choir performed in a concert at their Visitors' Center.
The Hanseswari temple stands on the West bank of river Hooghly, and is the largest temple in the vicinity. It was completed in 1814-15 after 15 years of work; Several Benaras masons were employed, and the roof is of the Benaras style. It has 13 cupolas, eight over the verandahs and their corners, then four higher cupolas in the middle, and lastly a central tower (the tallest) rising 60 to 70 feet high.
Just near the Basudev Temple, Hanseswari was built (1801-14) in the courtyard of the palace of the then King Nrishingha Dev at an estimated cost of Rs. 5 lacs. A five-storey construction with wood and stone, the masons of Jaipur (Rajasthan) built this tem¬ple with stones brought from Chunar. The temple is about 21 metre high with 13 spires which are all stone-lotuses with a thousand petals. It is a very rare architectural treat to the eyes of the visitors. The idol of Hanses-wari is four-armed, hued blue.
Daily cremations take place along the sacred Bagmati River in front of the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. I definitely had mixed emotions regarding viewing cremation. I didn’t know what to expect or how I would feel, but I decided to enter the area and stay as long as I felt comfortable.
Walking toward the puffs of black smoke ascending from stone cremation platforms along the Bagmati River was very eerie at first, especially when I knew that the smoke was coming from bodies that were burning . . . and, not knowing what to expect, I thought I might see recognizable bodies on fire.
As I walked closer to that area I was concerned about breathing in the smoke and I was a bit afraid that I could be exposing myself to disease, but the more I saw, the more intrigued I became.
The preparation of the body for cremation along the Bagmati River is really beautiful and something to see. Family/friends come with marigolds to adorn the body and the area around the body. It was a ritualistic ceremony with lots of detail which of course I did not fully understand.
What I did understand was the love and compassion the family/friends demonstrated during the cremation ceremony. I was able to watch some of the preparation for a deceased man and was able to follow the procession to his cremation platform.
I was moved by what I saw. Looking at my pictures and remembering what I experienced I feel honored to have been with this man at such an important time. It was nice that he was accompanied by family and friends at the very end, and I’m sure the family/friends were honored to be there.
My father was cremated in 2005, but of course none of us were present during his cremation. After his death at home we knelt around him and prayed the Rosary. Then we sat around him and talked. In the morning, when people from the mortuary came to take him, everyone left the room but me. I helped put Dad in the bag and helped take him from the house. They let me do the final zip of the bag once he was in the mortuary vehicle. I thought of my dad while watching the cremation of the Nepalese man.
Pashupatinath Temple is Nepal’s most sacred Hindu shrine and one of the greatest Shiva sites. A translation for Shiva is “The Auspicious One” or “Great God”. Shiva is a popular Hindu deity.
This extensive Hindu precinct is a collection of temples raised over the centuries along the banks of the sacred Bagmati River and is included as one of the seven monument groups in UNESCO’s designation of Kathmandu Valley as a cultural heritage site.
Brian Ebie took this picture of the Salt Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at night, just as winter clouds were rolling north.
Delphi is perhaps best known for the oracle at the sanctuary that was dedicated to Apollo during the classical period. Apollo spoke through his oracle-- called the Pythia--she had to be an older woman of blameless life chosen from among the peasants of the area. She sat on a tripod seat over an opening in the earth. When Apollo slew Python, its body fell into this fissure, according to legend, and fumes arose from its decomposing body. Intoxicated by the vapors, the Pythia would fall into a trance, allowing Apollo to possess her spirit. In this state she prophesied. It has been postulated that a gas high in ethylene, known to produce violent trances, came out of this opening, though this theory remains debatable. While in a trance the Pythia "raved" – probably a form of ecstatic speech – and her ravings were "translated" by the priests of the temple into elegant hexameters. People consulted the Delphic oracle on everything from important matters of public policy to personal affairs. The oracle could not be consulted during the winter months, for this was traditionally the time when Apollo would live among the Hyperboreans. Dionysus would inhabit the temple during his absence. H.W. Parke writes that the foundation of Delphi and its oracle took place before recorded history and its origins are obscure, but dating to the worship of the Titan, Gaia.
The Oracle exerted considerable influence throughout the Greek world, and she was consulted before all major undertakings: wars, the founding of colonies, and so forth. She also was respected by the semi-Hellenic countries around the Greek world, such as Lydia, Caria, and even Egypt. The oracle was also known to the early Romans. Rome's seventh and last king, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, after witnessing a snake near his palace, sent a delegation including two of his sons to consult the oracle.The temple survived until 390 AD, when the Christian emperor Theodosius I silenced the oracle by destroying the temple and most of the statues and works of art in the name of Christianity. The site was completely destroyed by zealous Christians in an attempt to remove all traces of Paganism.
The LDS church has 125 temples worldwide (with 9 more under construction and an additional 3 announced).
The temples have served a multitude of purposes in the history of the church as it stands now the temples 2 main purposes are: to be the sacred location for special ordinances, and to be a House of Holiness where members can go to commune with God.
The Portland Oregon Temple is the 42nd Operating Temple. It was announced in 1984 and dedicated August 19-21, 1989.
It is in the modern, six spire design.
There are a handful of styles of architecture for Temples. They are mostly very beautiful.
This beautiful white temple (Chapel of Wat Rong Khun) was taken as I was travelling towards Chiang Rai from Chiang Mai, Thailand.
An awesome sight to behold as it glistened in the morning sun.
Location: Chiang Rai, Thailand
Len: Nikon 17-55
Circular, aisled nave with clerestory and west porch, consecrated in 1185. Aisled chancel with no clerestory, south porch and north extension, consecrated in 1240. The whole has been very much restored and rebuilt, most recently after World War II and is now largely faced with ashlar and roofed with lead. Good mediaeval and
later monuments. Late C17 reredos of carved wood.
The Temple Church is a church located between Fleet Street and the River Thames built by the Knights Templar for their English headquarters. It was consecrated on 10th February 1185.
very old monumental Chola Dynasty period temple in Mahabalipuram sea coast .Mahabalipuram is an Historical world famous Tourist place in TAMIL Nadu State (A Southern State )in India..very famous for it's temples and monuments.Popularly known as MAMALAPURAM once ruled by Chola King.A must visit place in any tourist's itienarary
Temple de Karnak
Karnak est un site touristique et de fouilles égyptologiques conduites depuis 1967 par le Centre franco-égyptien d'étude des temples de Karnak. Composé de plusieurs temples et situé en Égypte, sur la rive droite du Nil, au nord de la ville de Louxor, à proximité du village d'El-Karnak1, le complexe qui s'étend sur deux kilomètres carrés regroupe plusieurs temples principalement réunis en trois enceintes et classés depuis 1979 au patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO. La plus grande de ces enceintes renferme le temple le plus imposant, celui d'Amon, qui faisait l'objet du culte le plus intense de ce site1. Karnak était relié à un autre temple d'Amon situé plus au sud à Louxor, l'antique Thèbes, par une chaussée rectiligne de près de trois kilomètres de longueur et bordée de sphinx.
La construction du complexe de Karnak s'est étalée sur plus de deux millénaires avec une succession de construction, de modification, de rajouts, de destructions, de remaniements, etc. qui en fit le centre religieux le plus étendu de l'Égypte antique.
Devant l'entrée occidentale de l'enceinte d'Amon-Rê s'étendait un bassin relié au Nil par un canal artificiel. C'était la voie processionnelle qu'empruntait la barque d'apparat de la triade thébaine d'Amon, Mout et Khonsou lorsqu'ils se rendaient au temple d'Amon de Louxor lors de la fête d'Opet.
Enceinte d'Amon-Rê
Cette enceinte, la plus grande et située entre les deux autres enceintes, est la seule accessible au public. La majorité des constructions de cette enceinte s'organise selon deux axes : un orienté est-ouest et un autre orienté nord-sud qui forment un « T »
1. L'axe principal, celui orienté est-ouest, est composé de six pylônes qui précèdent le temple d'Amon proprement dit à l'extrémité orientale de cet axe1. L'axe secondaire, celui orienté nord-sud, est composé de quatre pylônes se connectant à l'axe principal en son milieu, au niveau des troisièmes et quatrièmes pylônes1. Ces deux axes sont complétés par un certain nombre de constructions situées dans le centre de l'enceinte comme un lac sacré ou à sa périphérie comme le temple de Ramsès II, le temple d'Opet, le temple de Khonsou, le temple de Ptah ou le temple d'Osiris Hékadjet1.
La partie la plus célèbre du temple d'Amon est sa salle hypostyle située entre le deuxième et troisième pylône1. Composée de cent trente-quatre colonnes dont la plupart ont gardé leur décor, elle évoque « un gigantesque fourré de papyrus en pierre »
2. À l'origine couverte par un plafond, la lumière filtrait par des fenêtres à claire-voie dont quelques-unes sont toujours en place.
The temple is hidden well if you don´t know where to look for it. It´s below the modern ground level. It was not open for public, because it´s beeing restored.
The Chancel.
The Temple Church in the City of London was built in the late 12th century by the Knights Templar as their English headquarters. The church comprises two parts, the original Round Church which now serves at a nave and a later rectangular section adjoining the east side and built about half a century later forming the chancel.
William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, whose role was essential to the survival of the Magna Carta, is buried in the Round Church.