| Vaikunta | At | , Lord Vishnu was reposing on Adisesha with Sri Mahalakshmi in service at ... |
| Angkor Wat | ... Phnom Penh by incorrect news reports of a claim by a Thai actress that the | temple complex belonged to Thailand, not Cambodia. Chakri Naruebet was sen ... |
| Pantheon | ... be viewed in the steep-pitched dome of the villa which is derived from the | in Rome. However, the source for the octagonal form of the dome, the Upper ... |
| Delos | ... the withdrawal of these states, a congress was called on the holy island of | to institute a new alliance to continue the fight against the Persians; he ... |
| Laxminarayan Temple | ... stronomical observatory) and the Purana Qila (a 16th century fortress). The | , Akshardham, the Bahá'í Lotus Temple and the ISKCON Temple are examples o ... |
| First Zen Institute of America | ... ng in every way he could think of for eventual study in Japan. In 1955, the | offered him a scholarship for a year of Zen training in Japan, but the Sta ... |
| Delos | ... cily), Hermion (in Crete, Megara, Celeae, Lerna, Aegila, Munychia, Corinth, | , Priene, Akragas, Iasos, Pergamon, Selinus, Tegea, Thoricus, Dion (in Mac ... |
| Padmanabhaswamy Temple | It can also be seen on the doors of 16th-century | |
| Chūson-ji | ... do. Famous attractions include the Buddhist temples of Hiraizumi, including | and Mōtsū-ji with their treasures, Fujiwara no Sato, a movie lot and theme ... |
| Bhavani | ... this we have a particularly strong guarantee in her affinity to the Indian | , who travels about and bathes like Nerthus and Holda, but is likewise cal ... |
| Dorje Pakmo | ... e died while meditating in 1474 at the age of 84 (83 by Western reckoning). | (1422–1455), the highest female incarnation in Tibet, was a contemporary o ... |
| Parthenon | ... hus known as Athena Parthenos, "Virgin Athena". Her most famous temple, the | , on the Acropolis in Athens takes its name from this title. It is not mer ... |
| Esna | ... n Upper Egypt and Nubia, including Karnak, Luxor temple, Colossi of Memnon, | , Edfu, Kom Ombo, Philae, and others |
| Joss house | ... wn was home to an estimated 5,000 Chinese. Consequently, there were several | s |
| Hampi | ... m a family of accountants (Karanikas) from Halebidu and spent many years in | writing more than one hundred Ragales (poems in blank verse) in praise of ... |
| Yushima Seidō | ... e rector of Edo’s Confucian Academy, the Shōhei-kō (afterwards known at the | ), was known by the honorific title Daigaku-no kami which, in the context ... |
| First Zen Institute of America | ... insisted they do, if they were to live together and be associated with the | . Snyder and Joanne Kyger were married from 1960 to 1965 |
| Dambal | ... osophy. The only places of Buddhist worship during the Hoysala time were at | and Balligavi. Shantala Devi, queen of Vishnuvardhana, was a Jain but neve ... |
| Roman temple | ... oved and rededicated there during the time of Augustus; in essence it was a | to the Augustan Mars Ultor. The Areopagus, the "mount of Ares" where Paul ... |
| Ġgantija | ... oldova and Ukraine from 5300 to 2300 BC. The megalithic temple complexes of | on the Mediterranean island of Gozo (in the Maltese archipelago) and of Mn ... |
| Lotus Temple | ... (a 16th century fortress). The Laxminarayan Temple, Akshardham, the Bahá'í | and the ISKCON Temple are examples of modern architecture. Raj Ghat and as ... |
| temples | ... mselves syndexioi, those "united by the handshake". They met in underground | (called a mithraeum), which survive in large numbers. The cult appears to ... |
| Temple of Vesta | ... ded the ancient former royal residence, the Regia (8th century BC), and the | (7th century BC), as well as the surrounding complex of the Vestal Virgins ... |
| Bassae | ... eposited in the museum thereafter. The collections were supplemented by the | frieze from Phigaleia, Greece in 1815. The Ancient Near Eastern collection ... |
| Vadakkunnathan Temple | ... means the place with three famous Shiva temples which are said to be — the | , Kottapuram Shiva temple and the Punkunnam Shiva temple. Thrissur was als ... |
| Pantheon | ... 4–1857; at in diameter it was then the second widest dome in the world, the | in Rome being slightly wider |
| sacred area | ... edicated to Hephaestus, Heracles and Asclepius were also constructed in the | , which includes a sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone (formerly known as ... |
| Pantheon | ... 5 years. The result was a stone engraved master itinerarium set up near the | , from which travelers and itinerary sellers could make copies |
| temple | Young was involved in | building throughout his membership in the LDS Church and made temple build ... |
| Jordan River Utah Temple | ... han 20,000 homes and includes commercial and retail space. In 1981, the LDS | was completed. In 2009, the LDS Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple was completed ... |
| Luxor Temple | ... d sphinxes connecting the Precinct of Mut, the Precinct of Amun-Re, and the | |
| temple | ... , the workmen also built walls and watchtowers, a Greek–style theatre and a | to Ares — the Greek god of war |
| Shravanabelagola | ... ainism. Two notable locations of Jain worship in the Hoysala territory were | and Kambadahalli. The decline of Buddhism in South India began in the 8th ... |
| Halebidu | ... pital of the Hoysalas was initially located at Belur but was later moved to | |
| Sabarimala | ... karajyoti in Malayalam and has religious significance to the pilgrim center | . In Scandinavia, the star has been known as Lokabrenna ("burning done by ... |
| Bhavani | ... d Old Norse Bartholomeus saga postola, potential Indo-European parallels to | , Kali, and Mahakali, and her origins |
| Parthenon | ... cated the return to Athens of the Parthenon Marbles, that were removed from | and other buildings on the Acropolis of Athens by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl o ... |
| Temple of Artemis | ... continued and John Turtle Wood discovered the remains of the 4th century BC | at Ephesos, another Wonder of the Ancient World |
| Hindu temple | ... ils in Bernal Heights, East - San Francisco, and the stairs at many hilltop | s such as the Palani Murugan Temple located in Tirumala, used during pilgr ... |
| cult site | ... , Protesilaus (, Protesilaos), was a hero in the Iliad who was venerated at | s in Thessaly and Thrace. Protesilaus was the son of Iphicles, a "lord of ... |
| Temple of Hephaestus | There is a | in Athens, the Hephaesteum (miscalled the "Theseum"), located near the ago ... |
| temple | ... , near the beginning of his reign, Croesus paid for the construction of the | of Artemis at Ephesus, which became one of the Seven Wonders of the ancien ... |
| Mnajdra | ... ija on the Mediterranean island of Gozo (in the Maltese archipelago) and of | (Malta) are notable for their gigantic Neolithic structures, the oldest of ... |
| Salt Lake Temple | ... alley, Young, who was now church president, designated the location for the | and presided over its groundbreaking on April 6, 1853. During his tenure, ... |
| Delos | ... ctised divination and prophecy. In the visits to various places in Greece – | , Sparta, Phlius, Crete, etc. which are ascribed to him, he usually appear ... |
| Altar of Victory | ... nfamous 391 "Theodosian decrees," a declaration of war on paganism, and the | was removed by Gratian. Ambrose prevailed upon Gratian, Valentinian and Th ... |
| Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus | ... om here they would mount the Capitoline Rise (Clivus Capitolinus) up to the | on the summit of the Capitol. Lavish public banquets ensued back down on t ... |
| Esna | In the 3rd Nome of Upper Egypt, particularly at | , Menhit was said to be the wife of Khnum and the mother of Heka |
| a temple | At Darasuram near Tanjore is | where it is believed that Airavata worshipped the Lingam; the Lingam is na ... |
| Kambadahalli | ... ocations of Jain worship in the Hoysala territory were Shravanabelagola and | . The decline of Buddhism in South India began in the 8th century with the ... |
| Great Temple | The | of Tenochtitlan was dedicated to Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc because they w ... |
| Chagri Monastery | ... r. After a stay of nearly eight months Cacella wrote a long letter from the | reporting the travel. This is a rare report of the Shabdrung remaining |
| Tirumala Venkateswara Temple | ... alu) near Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. The main temple of Venkateshwara is the | . The Tirumala temple is believed to be the richest of all the temples in ... |
| Parthenon | ... ic endeavour. She is the virgin patron of Athens. The Athenians founded the | on the Acropolis of her namesake city, Athens (Athena Parthenos), in her h ... |
| Belur | ... nd the 14th centuries. The capital of the Hoysalas was initially located at | but was later moved to Halebidu |
| Delos | ... League's modern name derives from its official meeting place, the island of | , where congresses were held in the temple and where the treasury stood un ... |
| Talakad | ... or gained popularity after King Vishnuvardhana's victory over the Cholas at | as the Hoysala emblem depicts the fight between the mythical Sala and a ti ... |
| Shravanabelagola | ... agaram, the marketplace serving as the nuclei of a city. Some towns such as | developed from a religious settlement in the 7th century to an important t ... |
| White Horse Temple | ... associated with Huang-Lao Daoism. China's first known Buddhist temple, the | , was erected during Ming's reign. Important Buddhist canons were translat ... |
| Dodona | ... t contained in its prow a magical piece of timber from the sacred forest of | , which could speak and render prophecies. After the successful journey, t ... |
| Temple of Olympian Zeus | ... rthquakes long ago and quarried for their stones. The largest by far is the | , built to commemorate the Battle of Himera in 480 BC: it is believed to h ... |
| Parthenon | ... s lost gold and ivory statue of her, 36 m tall, the Athena Parthenos in the | . Athena also often is depicted with an owl sitting on one of her shoulder ... |
| Temple to the Deified Caesar | ... 's body occurred on a site directly across from the Rostra around which the | was subsequently built by his great-nephew Octavius (Augustus). Almost two ... |
| Temple of Concord | ... denouncing the companions of the conspirator Catiline at the Forum (in the | , whose spacious hall was sometimes used as a meeting place by the Senator ... |
| Girnar | ... nd the full moon day of Kartik. This takes place at the sacred mountains of | and Palitana, in south Gujarat |
| Ishiyama Hongan-ji | ... do Shinshū Buddhist sect set up their headquarters in the heavily fortified | on the site of the old Naniwa imperial palace. Oda Nobunaga started a sieg ... |
| Chennakesava Temple | ... surviving temples are scattered across Karnataka, including the well known | at Belur, the Hoysaleswara Temple at Halebidu, and the Kesava Temple at So ... |
| Akshardham | ... ry) and the Purana Qila (a 16th century fortress). The Laxminarayan Temple, | , the Bahá'í Lotus Temple and the ISKCON Temple are examples of modern arc ... |
| Nandi Temple | ... of the Vijayanagara Empire, Kempe Gowda I, who built a mud-brick fort and a | in the proximity of modern Bangalore in 1537. Yelahanka is one of the olde ... |
| Hindu temple | Oil lamps are commonly used in | s as well as in home shrines. Generally the lamps used in temples are circ ... |
| Temple of Hathor | ... tip is pointed at the wolf Sirius. A similar association is depicted at the | in Dendera, where the goddess Satet has drawn her arrow at Hathor (Sirius) ... |
| Yamunotri | ... lar region. Some of the other more famous glaciers include the Gangotri and | (Uttarakhand), Nubra, Biafo and Baltoro (Karakoram region), Zemu (Sikkim) ... |
| Palitana | ... moon day of Kartik. This takes place at the sacred mountains of Girnar and | , in south Gujarat |
| Temple of Bacchus | ... ink granite brought from Aswan in Egypt. Antoninus Pius (138-161) built the | , the best preserved of the sanctuary's structures, for it was protected b ... |
| Thiruvambadi Sri Krishna Temple | ... iful murals delineating graphically, various episodes from the Mahabharata. | , one of the largest Sree Krishna temples in Kerala and Paramekkavu Bagava ... |
| Argive Heraeum | ... s, were found at Spata and Aphidna in Attica, in Aegina and Salamis, at the | and Nauplia in the Argolid, near Thebes and Delphi, and not far from the T ... |
| Parthenon | ... es, renaissance, and neo-classical architecture. A prominent example is the | , where it served as a palette for intricate sculptural detail. This was d ... |
| Chinese pagoda | ... ial apartments existed in previous periods, during this period the distinct | tower (for storing Buddhist scriptures) evolved from the stupa, the latter ... |
| Delos | ... far away as al-'Ula in northwestern Saudi Arabia and even on the island of | and in Egypt. It was the first of the South Arabian kingdoms to end, and t ... |
| temple | ... 15-673 BC), is said to have begun the cult of Vesta, building its house and | as well as the Regia as the city's first royal palace. Later Tullus Hostil ... |
| Temple of Portunus | ... from the Temple of Romulus. The portico of this temple is derived from the | which William Kent illustrates in the ceiling of the Red Velvet Room withi ... |
| Tirumala | ... at many hilltop Hindu temples such as the Palani Murugan Temple located in | , used during pilgrimage & Machu Picchu |
| Vadakkunnathan Temple | ... eding of elephants), is the world largest elephant feeding ceremony held in | in the city annually. The ceremony is conducted on the first day of the Ma ... |
| Greek temple | The pediment is found in classical | s, renaissance, and neo-classical architecture. A prominent example is the ... |
| Pantheon | ... rawn parallels between both Pandemonium and Saint Peter's Basilica, and the | . The majority of these similarities revolve around a structural likeness, ... |
| Pantheon | ... t major dome built in Europe since the two great domes of Roman times – the | in Rome, and Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. The dome of Santa Maria del F ... |
| Temple of Concord | ... Temple of Saturn (497 BC) and the Temple of Castor and Pollux (484 BC). The | was added in the following century, possibly by the soldier and statesman ... |
| Pantheon | ... San Remo. Two years later, he moved to Rome in Piazza Campo Marzio near the | and began editing the work of Tommaso Landolfi for Rizzoli. Awarded the Fr ... |
| Mount Tai | ... f Shandong. After Kung Te-cheng fled, the Japanese blew up his residence on | . TIME magazine addressed Kung Te-cheng by the title "Duke Kung", and refe ... |
| Palani Murugan Temple | ... t - San Francisco, and the stairs at many hilltop Hindu temples such as the | located in Tirumala, used during pilgrimage & Machu Picchu |
| Yogmaya Temple | ... he shrine of 13th century Sufi saint, Khwaja Bakhtiyar Kaki, along with the | also situated in Mehrauli |
| Parthenon | ... the return to Athens of the Parthenon Marbles, which were removed from the | , and are now displayed in the British Museum |
| Thiruvambadi Sri Krishna Temple | ... ril or May. Thrissur has a large number of well-known temples including the | , Vadakkumnathan temple and Paramekkavu temple, as well as two famous chur ... |
| Delos | ... Syrian merchants; thus we find traces of it in the great seaport towns; at | especially numerous inscriptions have been found bearing witness to her im ... |
| Balligavi | ... only places of Buddhist worship during the Hoysala time were at Dambal and | . Shantala Devi, queen of Vishnuvardhana, was a Jain but nevertheless comm ... |
| Delos | ... eath than the Iliad: Eos, the Dawn, fell in love with Orion and took him to | where Artemis killed him |
| Parthenon | ... lis reports that when Christians removed the statue of the Goddess from the | , a beautiful woman appeared in a dream to Proclus, a devotee of Athena, a ... |
| Philae | ... a, including Karnak, Luxor temple, Colossi of Memnon, Esna, Edfu, Kom Ombo, | , and others |
| Delos | ... have been based ultimately in Samos, but visited other shrines, at Clarus. | and and sang there, but that at the same time, Delphi had its own sibyl |
| Jordan River Utah Temple | ... world with two Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) temples ( | and Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple). The city will has two TRAX light rail s ... |
| Borobudur | ... much to the dismay of Calcutta, led an expedition to rediscover and restore | and other ancient monuments, and replaced the Dutch forced agriculture sys ... |
| Chinese pagoda | ... lso of interest to note is on one side of the world, there is seen towering | s, while on the opposite side (upside-down) there were European cathedrals ... |
| temples | ... hree administrators") were the jisha, kanjō, and machi-bugyō, which oversaw | and shrines, accounting, and the cities, respectively. The jisha bugyō had ... |
| Lykosoura | ... ne, Akragas, Iasos, Pergamon, Selinus, Tegea, Thoricus, Dion (in Macedonia) | , Mesembria, Enna, and |
| Luxor Temple | ... the walls of the Cachette Court, the start of the processional route to the | |
| Parthenon | ... rom 1799 to 1803 removed the large collection of marble sculptures from the | , on the Acropolis in Athens and transferred them to the UK. In 1816 these ... |
| temple | The | to Ares in the agora of Athens that Pausanias saw in the second century AD ... |
| Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir Movement | The BJP became the political voice of the | , which was led by activists of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and the RS ... |
| sanctuaries | Only two | to Protesilaus are attested. There was a shrine of Protesilaus at Phylace, ... |
| Roman temple | ... mple of the Sun" by Neoclassical visitors, who saw it as the best-preserved | in the world – it is surrounded by forty-two columns nearly 20 meters in h ... |
| Paestum | ... ancient Greece, but few of these works have survived. In southern Italy, at | , which was a Greek colony of the Magna Graecia, a tomb containing frescoe ... |
| Angkor Wat | ... ssociation Award. His novel The King's Last Song (2006) was set both in the | era and the time after Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge |
| Parthenon | ... 87. Some objects in the collection, most notably the Elgin Marbles from the | , are the objects of intense controversy and of calls for restitution to t ... |
| Lady of Ephesus | ... another was found at Byblos in Phoenicia. A comparable iconic image is the | |
| Ellora Caves | ... valuable preserved ancient and early medieval frescoes include Bagh Caves, | , Sittanavasal, Armamalai Cave, Badami Cave Temples and other locations. F ... |
| Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple | ... sus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) temples (Jordan River Utah Temple and | ). The city will has two TRAX light rail stops and will have one commuter ... |
| Pantheon | ... plains, they play a greater role. By linking Saint Peter’s Basilica and the | to Pandemonium—an ideally false structure, the two famous buildings take o ... |
| Vaikunta | ... as Kolhapur. After the departure of Mahalakshmi, a forlorn Lord Vishnu left | , came down to Earth, and took abode in an ant-hill under a tamarind tree, ... |
| Vaikunta | ... hrigu found Lord Shiva with Parvati and not noticing his presence. left for | , the abode of Lord Vishnu |
| Parthenon | ... e. It was from tribute paid to the league that Pericles set to building the | on the Acropolis, replacing an older temple, as well as many other non-def ... |
| Temple of Portunus | ... anner. His attribute was a key and his main temple in the city of Rome, the | , was to be found in the Forum Boarium |
| Mōtsū-ji | ... ractions include the Buddhist temples of Hiraizumi, including Chūson-ji and | with their treasures, Fujiwara no Sato, a movie lot and theme park in Esas ... |