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Double temple. The Southern half dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek, while the northern half is dedicated to Horus. Built during the Ptolemaic dynasty, 180–47 BC
This temple is the head temple of the Tofukuji School of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism. It was built in 1236 on the instructions of Kujo Michiie, the great statesman of the Kamakura period, who desired to build in Kyoto a temple complexes in Nara. Even its name, Tofukuji, is a combination of one chalacter from the names of each of these Nara temples.
Its original buildings were burned but were rebuilt in the 15th century according to the original plans. About this time it flourished as one of the Five Great Temples of Kyoto. Its many compounds and sub-temples survived the ravages of war and fire until the late Meiji period when the Butsuden (Buddha hall) were burned. However, it even now retains the magnificent scale characteristic of a medieval Zen temple.
East Bank/Egypt 2019 (Luxor Temple ("the southern sanctuary" in ancient Thebes) was constructed approximately 1400 BCE. Luxor temple is not dedicated to a cult god or a deified version of the king in death. Instead Luxor temple is dedicated to the rejuvenation of kingship; it may have been where many of the kings of Egypt were crowned in reality or conceptually.
There are chapels built by Amenhotep III of the 18th Dynasty, and Alexander. Other parts of the temple were built by Tutankhamun and Ramesses II. During the Roman era, the temple and its surroundings were a legionary fortress and the home of the Roman government in the area...)
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Seen in a temple in my native village in Kerala State, India.
This marks the beginning of the seven day Temple festival (Pooram).
The lead elephant carries the decorated statue of the presiding deity of the temple. All households en route the procession give grains (paddy) and other contributions to the temple and fruits to the elephants.
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A more closer view of the temple Gopuram.
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This temple is the head temple of the Tofukuji School of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism. It was built in 1236! I love Japan so much. Everything is so perfect that it is almost impossible for a photographer to capture the essence of the zen.
I was going through my old pictures and re-editing them. I think I went too hard the last time, so I wanted to try something more subtle
A long train of HTO/HTV hoppers leaves the yard heading north behind 31148 on 8 June 1978.
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This Hindu temple was built around 1704-1728.
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The Temple of Edfu was built between 237 and 57 BC and was dedicated to the god Horus and is one of the Egypt's best-preserved ancient monuments.
The Khajuraho Group of Monuments is a group of Hindu and Jain temples in Madhya Pradesh, India, about 175 kilometres (109 mi) southeast of Jhansi. They are one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India.The temples are famous for their nagara-style architectural symbolism and their erotic sculptures.
Most Khajuraho temples were built between 950 and 1050 by the Chandela dynasty. Historical records note that the Khajuraho temple site had 85 temples by the 12th century, spread over 20 square kilometers. Of these, only about 25 temples have survived, spread over 6 square kilometers.[Of the various surviving temples, the Kandariya Mahadeva Temple is decorated with a profusion of sculptures with intricate details, symbolism and expressiveness of ancient Indian art.
The Khajuraho group of temples were built together but were dedicated to two religions, Hinduism and Jainism, suggesting a tradition of acceptance and respect for diverse religious views among Hindus and Jains in the region.
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The Temple of Garni is the only standing Greco-Roman colonnaded building in Armenia and the former Soviet Union. Built in the Ionic order in the village of Garni, Armenia, it is the best-known structure and symbol of pre-Christian Armenia.