Temple

Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, Rome, Italy.

A temple is a building where people go to practice their religion. In a temple people may perform religious rituals, ceremonies, and pray. Thus, a temple is a general term for a house of worship. Christians usually call their religious buildings churches.

Some examples of temples from different religions:

• Hinduism (Mandir)
• Buddhism (Shaolin)
• Temples at Uppsala
• Greek temple
• Temple in Jerusalem
• Mormon temple
• Roman temple
• Reform Judaism's synagogues.
• Baha'i (Mashriqu'l-Adhkar)
• Temples in Bangkok

Temple Media

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  The 12th-century Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia is the largest Religious complex in the world dedicated to Hindu Deity Vishnu.

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  Borobudur temple, the largest Buddhist temple in the world, located in Central Java, Indonesia.

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  The Erechtheion in Athens, Greece, is associated with some of the most ancient and holy relics of the Athenians, such as the Palladion, a xoanon of Athena Polias

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  Mahabodhi temple, Bihar, India

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  Ranakpur Jain temple, Rajasthan, India.

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  Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar, India

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  Ziggurat of Ur, Iraq

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  Temple of Philae, Egypt

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  The Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens

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  Temple of Garni, Armenia

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