Monday, April 6, 2009

10 Most wonderful Temples of the world …

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Chino-in Temple was built in 1234 CE to honor the founder of Judo (pure Land) Buddhism, a priest named Honen, who fasted to death in the very spot.


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In the 19th century, Dutch occupiers of Indonesia found a massive ancient ruin deep in the jungles of Java. What they discovered was the complex of Borobudur, a gigantic structure built with nearly 2million cubic feet (55,000m3) of stones. The temples have nearly 2,700 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues.


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The Harmandir sabib (meaning The Abode of God) of simply the Golden Temple (wiki) in Punjab, India is the most sacred shrine of Sikhism.


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The temple of srirangam (Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, in the Indian city o Tiruchirapalli (or Tricky), is the largest functioning hindu temple in the world (Anchor watt is the largest of all temple, but it is currently non-functioning as a temple-see below)


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Last but definitely not least is the largest temple in history and the inspiration to countless novels and action movies of Hollywood: ankor wat.



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