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| x Kuopio Cathedral |
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Cathedral | Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland |
The Kuopio Cathedral (Finnish: Kuopion tuomiokirkko, Swedish: Kuopio domkyrka) is a stone Neoclassical style church in Kuopio, Finland and the seat of the Diocese of Kuopio. The cathedral was built between 1806 and 1815.
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| x Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church | Christian Church | African Methodist Episcopal Church | |||
| x Westminster Abbey |
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Christian Church | Anglicanism | Roman Catholicism |
The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, popularly known as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the...
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| x Hagia Sophia |
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Basilica | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Hagia Sophia (from the Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, "Holy Wisdom"; Latin: Sancta Sophia or Sancta Sapientia; Turkish: Ayasofya) is a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. From the date of its dedication in...
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| x Sinheungsa |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Sinheungsa, sometimes spelled Shinheungsa, is a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. It is situated on the slopes of Seoraksan in Sokcho, Gangwon Province, South Korea.
Sinheungsa is located in Seoraksan National Park, and many...
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| x Htilominlo Temple |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Htilominlo Temple (Burmese: ထီးလိုမင်းလိုဘုရား, pronounced [tʰílòmɪ́ɴlò pʰəjá]) is a Buddhist temple located in Bagan (formerly Pagan), in Burma/Myanmar, built during the reign of King Htilominlo (also known as Nandaungmya) in 1211. The temple is...
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| x Muktinath |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Muktinath is a sacred place both for Hindus and Buddhists located in Muktinath Valley at an altitude of 3,710 meters at the foot of the Thorong La mountain pass (part of the Himalayas), Mustang district, Nepal. The site is close to the village of...
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| x Byodo-In Temple |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Byodo-In (平等院) Temple is a non-denominational Buddhist temple located on the island of O'ahu in Hawai'i at the Valley of the Temples. At 47-200 Kahekili Highway, the Byodo-In Temple is a replica of a 900-year-old Buddhist place of worship at Uji...
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| x Putuo Zongcheng Temple |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Putuo Zongcheng Temple (Chinese: 普陀宗乘之庙; pinyin: Pǔtuó Zōngchéng zhī miào) of Chengde, Hebei province, China is a Qing Dynasty era Buddhist temple complex built between 1767 and 1771, during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (1735–1796). It is...
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| x Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen | Temple | Buddhism |
Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen (also written Pak Nam Phasi Charoen, Thai: วัดปากน้ำภาษีเจริญ) in Phasi Charoen district, Bangkok is a very large wat with a sizeable population of monks and nuns. Many foreigners have stayed at this temple over the years....
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| x Prasat Preah Vihear |
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Temple | Hinduism |
Preah Vihear Temple (Khmer: ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ) is a Hindu temple built during the reign of Khmer Empire, that is situated atop a 525-metre (1,722 ft) cliff in the Dângrêk Mountains, in the Preah Vihear province, Cambodia. In 1962, following a lengthy...
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| x Jingci Temple | Temple | Buddhism |
Jingci Temple (Chinese: 净慈寺) is located at the foot of Huiri Peak of Nanping Hill. It is the second prominent Buddhist temple around West Lake. Together with Lingyin Temple, it is called the jewel of the southern and northern hills. The temple was...
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| x Longxing Monastery |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Longxing Monastery or Longxing Temple (Chinese: 隆興寺; pinyin: Lóngxīng Sì) is an ancient Buddhist monastery located near the town of Zhengding in Hebei Province, China, approximately 15 kilometers north of the provincial capital of Shijiazhuang....
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| x Ruwanwelisaya |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Ruwanwelisaya is a stupa in Sri Lanka, considered a marvel for its architectural qualities and sacred to many Buddhists all over the world. It was built by King Dutugemunu, who became lord of all Sri Lanka after a war in which the Chola King...
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| x Three Pagodas |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Three Pagodas (崇圣寺三塔) are an ensemble of three independent pagodas arranged on the corners of a equilateral triangle, near the town of Dali, Yunnan province, China, dating from the time of the Nanzhao kingdom and Kingdom of Dali.
The Three...
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| x Wat Ratchaburana | Temple | Buddhism |
Wat Ratchaburana(Thai: วัดราชบุรณะ) is a Buddhist temple in Phitsanulok, Thailand.
Wat Ratchaburana lies in the center of Phitsanulok, on the west bank of the Nan River, and to the south of the main temple of the province, Wat Phra Sri Rattana...
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| x Tassajara Zen Mountain Center |
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Monastery | Buddhism |
The Tassajara Zen Mountain Center in the Ventana Wilderness area of the Los Padres National Forest, southeast of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, is the oldest Japanese Buddhist Sōtō Zen monastery in the United States. The Center is very isolated,...
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| x Dhammayangyi Temple |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Dhammayangyi Temple (Burmese: ဓမ္မရံကြီးပုထိုး, IPA: [dəma̰jàɴdʑí pətʰó]) is a Buddhist temple located in Bagan, Myanmar. Largest of all the temples in Bagan, the Dhammayan as it is popularly known was built during the reign of King Narathu (1167...
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| x Deer Park Monastery |
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Monastery | Buddhism |
Deer Park Monastery (Vietnamese: Tu Viện Lộc Uyển) is a 400-acre (1.6 km) Buddhist sanctuary in Escondido, California. It was founded in July 2000 by monastic and lay practitioners from Plum Village, France.
The monastery is under the direction of...
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| x Tam Kung |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Tam Kung (譚公, literally "Lord Tam") or Tam Tai Sin (譚大仙) is a sea deity worshiped in Hong Kong and Macau.
In Chinese folk legends, Tam Kung was one of gods who could forecast the weather. He was born in Huizhou Prefecture. It was said that he could...
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| x Myoshin-ji |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Myōshin-ji (妙心寺, Myōshin-ji) is a temple complex in Kyoto, Japan. The Myōshin-ji school of Rinzai Zen Buddhism is the largest school in Rinzai Zen. This particular school contains within it more than three thousand temples throughout Japan, along...
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| x Isurumuniya |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Isurumuniya is a Buddhist temple situated near to the Tisawewa (Tisa tank).
The temple was built by King Devanampiya Tissa who ruled in the ancient Sri Lankan capital of Anuradhapura. After 500 children of high-caste were ordained, Isurumuniya was...
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| x Guiyuan Temple |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Guiyuan Temple (simplified Chinese: 归元寺; traditional Chinese: 歸元寺; pinyin: Guīyuán Sì) is a Buddhist temple located on Cuiwei Rd., Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China. This part of Wuhan is the former Hanyang city.
It was built in Shunzhi 15th year ...
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| x Jōchi-ji |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Kinpōzan Jōchi-ji (金宝山浄智寺) is a Buddhist Zen temple in Kita-Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Engaku-ji school of the Rinzai sect and is ranked fourth among Kamakura's Five Mountains. The main objects of worship are the three...
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| x Mampuku-ji |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Ōbaku-san Manpuku-ji (黄檗山萬福寺, Manpuku Temple on Mt. Ōbaku) is a temple located in Uji, Kyoto. It is the head temple of the Japanese Ōbaku Zen sect, named after Wanfu Temple in Fujian, China. The mountain is likewise named after Mount Huangbo, where...
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| x Sule Pagoda |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Sule Pagoda (Burmese: ဆူးလေဘုရား, pronounced [sʰúlè pʰəjá]) is a Burmese stupa located in the heart of downtown Yangon, occupying the centre of the city and an important space in contemporary Burmese politics, ideology and geography. According...
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| x Pohyonsa |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Pohyon-sa is a Korean Buddhist temple located in Hyangsan county in North Pyong'an Province, North Korea. It is located within the famous Myohyang Mountains. Founded under the Koryo dynasty at the start of the 11th century, the temple flourished as...
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| x Jetavanaramaya |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Jetavanaramaya is a stupa, located in the ruins of Jetavana Monastery in the sacred world heritage city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. King Mahasena (273-301 AD) initiated the construction of the stupa following the destruction of Mahavihara, his...
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| x Nashville Mindfulness Center | Temple | Buddhism |
The Nashville Mindfulness Center] (NMC) is a Buddhist meditation center located in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in March 2006 by ordained Tiếp Hiện (Order of Interbeing) member Skip Ewing, the NMC is dedicated to the practice of mindful meditation...
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| x Ananda Temple |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Ananda Temple (Burmese: အာနန္ဒာဘုရား, pronounced: [ànàɴdà pʰəjá]), located in Bagan, Myanmar is a Buddhist temple built in 1105 AD during the reign (1084–1113) of King Kyanzittha of the Pagan Dynasty. It is one of four surviving temples in Bagan...
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| x Chua Bo De | Temple | Buddhism |
Chua Bo De is a Vietnamese Buddhist Temple in New Orleans, United States.
The Chua Bo De Buddhist Temple was built in 1983 by the monk Thich Thong Duc. The temple name "Bồ Đề" is a Vietnamese transcription of the Bodhi Tree's name, the tree that...
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| x Donghwasa |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Donghwasa, also Donghwa Temple, is a Buddhist temple of the Jogye Order in northern Daegu, South Korea. The temple is located on the slopes of Palgongsan, within the boundaries of Dohak-dong, Dong-gu, near Daegu's northern border. It is the seat of...
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| x Sensō-ji |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Sensō-ji (金龍山浅草寺, Kinryū-zan Sensō-ji) is an ancient Buddhist temple located in Asakusa, Taitō, Tokyo, Japan. It is Tokyo's oldest temple, and one of its most significant. Formerly associated with the Tendai sect, it became independent after World...
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| x Swayambhu | Temple | Buddhism |
Swayambhu (also spelled Svayambhu) means "self-manifested" or "that which is created by its own accord".
Based on details in Bhagavata Purana and Matsya Purana, Narayana or Krishna is said to be the self-manifested Swayambhu form of Brahman as the...
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| x Buddhist Maha Vihara, Brickfields | Temple | Buddhism |
Buddhist Maha Vihara, Brickfields is a Buddhist site founded by the Sinhalese community based in the areas surrounding Kuala Lumpur to provide a place of worship in the Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhist tradition. It is also commonly known as the...
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| x Ganden Monastery |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Ganden Monastery (also Gaden or Gandain) or Ganden Namgyeling is one of the 'great three' Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet, located at the top of Wangbur Mountain, Tagtse County, 36 kilometers ENE from the Potala Palace in Lhasa, at an...
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| x Tōdai-ji |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Tōdai-ji (東大寺, Tōdai-ji, Eastern Great Temple), is a Buddhist temple complex located in the city of Nara, Japan. Its Great Buddha Hall (大仏殿 Daibutsuden), the largest wooden building in the world, houses the world's largest bronze statue of the...
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| x Hazy Moon Zen Center | Temple | Buddhism |
The Hazy Moon Zen Center is a Soto Zen center in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1996 by William Nyogen Yeo Roshi through the honorary founder Taizan Maezumi Roshi. Nyogen Roshi practiced 27 years with Maezumi Roshi and was the last of...
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| x Four-gates pagoda |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Four Gates Pagoda (Chinese: 四门塔; pinyin: Sì Mén Tǎ) is a Sui Dynasty (581-618 AD) stone Chinese pagoda located in central Shandong Province, China. It is thought to be the oldest remaining pavilion-style stone pagoda in China. The oldest extant...
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| x Mahamuni Buddha |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Mahamuni Buddha Temple (Burmese: မဟာမုနိဘုရားကြီး, Burmese pronunciation: [məhà mṵnḭ pʰəjádʑí]; also called the Mahamuni Pagoda) is a Buddhist temple and major pilgrimage site, located southwest of Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar). The Mahamuni Buddha...
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| x Mihwangsa |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Mihwangsa is a Buddhist temple in located at the southern-most point on the Korean peninsula, Haenam County, South Jeolla Province, South Korea.Mihwangsa is a branch temple of Daeheungsa, the head temple of the 22nd district of the Jogye Order of...
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| x Seattle Buddhist Church |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Seattle Buddhist Church (built 1940–41) is a Japanese Jodo Shinshu Buddhist temple in Seattle, Washington, USA. Although it was designed by Japanese American K.A. Arai, the architect of record was Pierce A. Horrocks, because Arai lacked an...
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| x Candi Surawana | Temple | Buddhism |
Surawana (Indonesian: Candi Surawana, sometimes called Candi Surowono) is a Hindu temple, of the Majapahit Kingdom, located in the Canggu village of the Kediri near Pare district in East Java, Indonesia. It was believed to have been built in 1390 AD...
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| x Oseam | Temple | Buddhism |
Oseam or Oseam Temple is a small Korean Buddhist temple located in the area of Mangyeongdae Pavilion, Mount Seorak, Gangwon Province, South Korea. It is an annex of Baekdamsa Temple which is the head temple of the third district in the Jogye Order....
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| x Giant Wild Goose Pagoda |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Giant Wild Goose Pagoda or Big Wild Goose Pagoda (Chinese: 大雁塔; pinyin: Dàyàn Tǎ), is a Buddhist pagoda located in southern Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China. It was built in 652 during the Tang Dynasty and originally had five stories, although the...
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| x Gawdawpalin Temple |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Gawdawpalin Temple (Burmese: ကောတော့ပလ္လင်ဘုရား, IPA: [ɡɔ́dɔ̰pəlɪ̀ɴ pʰəjá]) is a Buddhist temple located in Bagan, Burma. Construction of the pagoda began during the reign of Narapatisithu (1174–1211) and completed on 26 March 1227 during the reign...
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| x Senanayake Aramaya |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Senanayake Aramaya is a temple situated on the Main Chilaw Road, at Madampe, Sri Lanka which houses The Sacred Hair Relics of Buddha.
This temple at Madampe was built by two philanthropists Gate Mudliyar L. M. W. Senanayake and D. M. W....
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| x Yokoji Zen Mountain Center |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Yokoji Zen Mountain Center is a year-round Zen Buddhist training and retreat center located in the San Jacinto Mountains of Southern California. It is a 160 acres (65 hectares) of sacred Native American land and wilderness.
Founded 1981 by Taizan...
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| x Great Vow Zen Monastery |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Great Vow Zen Monastery was founded in 2002 and is operated by Zen Community of Oregon (ZCO) under the leadership of abbots Chozen Bays, Roshi, and Hogen Bays. The monastery offers weekend workshops, weeklong meditation retreats, and special events...
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| x Wat Pho |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Wat Pho (Thai: วัดโพธิ์, IPA: [wát pʰoː]), is a Buddhist temple in Phra Nakhon district, Bangkok, Thailand. It is located in the Rattanakosin district directly adjacent to the Grand Palace. Known also as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, its...
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| x Mahabodhi Temple |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Mahabodhi Temple (महाबोधि मंदिर) (Literally: "Great Awakening Temple") is a Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, the location where Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, is said to have attained enlightenment. Bodh Gaya (located in Gaya district) is located...
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| x Kōfuku-ji |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Kōfuku-ji (興福寺, Kōfuku-ji) is a Buddhist temple in the city of Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The temple is the national headquarters of the Hossō school and is one of the eight Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara inscribed on the UNESCO World...
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| x Sulamani Temple |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Sulamani Temple (Burmese: စူဠာမဏိ, pronounced [sùlàmənḭ pʰəjá]) is a Buddhist temple located in the village of Minnanthu (southwest of Bagan) in Burma. The temple is one of the most-frequently visited in Bagan. It was built in 1183 by King...
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| x Ryōan-ji |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Ryōan-ji (Shinjitai: 竜安寺, Kyūjitai: 龍安寺, The Temple of the Dragon at Peace) is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Myōshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism. The temple garden is considered to be one of the...
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| x Wat Chaiya Mangkalaram | Temple | Buddhism |
Wat Chaiya Mangkalaram (Thai: วัดไชยมังคลาราม) is a Thai Buddhist temple in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, most notable for its Reclining Buddha statue. The statue is the 3rd largest of its kind, being 33 meters in length. In the main shrine in...
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| x Jokhang |
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Temple | Buddhism |
The Jokhang, (Tibetan: ཇོ་ཁང།, Wylie: Jo-khang, ZYPY: Qokang; Chinese: 大昭寺; pinyin: Dàzhāosì), also called the Qokang Monastery, Jokang, Jokhang Temple, Jokhang Monastery or Zuglagkang (Tibetan: གཙུག་ལག་ཁང༌།, Wylie: gtsug-lag-khang, ZYPY: Zuglagkang...
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| x Dorje Drak | Temple | Buddhism |
Dorje Drak (Tibetan = རྡོ་རྗེ་བྲག་དགོན་པ།; Wylie = rdo rje brag dgon pa. English: 'Indestructible Rock'), Thupten Dorje Drak Ewam Chogar (Tib. ཐུབ་བསྟན་རྡོ་རྗེ་བྲག་རྡོ་རྗེ་བྲག་ཨེ་ཝཾ་ལྕོག་སྒར་, Wyl. thub bstan rdo rje brag rdo rje brag e waM lcog...
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| x Plum Village |
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Temple | Buddhism |
Plum Village (Làng Mai) is a Buddhist meditation center in the Dordogne, in southern France. It was founded by Vietnamese monk Thích Nhất Hạnh, and his colleague Bhikkhuni Chân Không, in 1982.
After being refused the right to return to Vietnam,...
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| x Thatbyinnyu Temple | Temple | Buddhism |
Thatbyinnyu Temple (Burmese: သဗ္ဗညုဘုရား) is a famous temple located in Bagan (formerly Pagan), built in the mid-12th century during the reign of King Alaungsithu. It is adjacent to Ananda Temple. Thatbyinnyu Temple is shaped like a cross, but is...
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| x Dhammayazika Pagoda | Temple | Buddhism |
The Dhammayazika Pagoda (Burmese: ဓမ္မရာဇိကဘုရား, IPA: [dəma̰jàzḭka̰ pʰəjá]) is a Buddhist temple located in the village of Pwasaw (located east of Bagan) in Burma. It was built in 1196 during the reign of King Narapatisithu. The pagoda is circular...
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