Tag Temples

Kiyomizu Dera ,Japan

Kiyomizudera is a temple located in Kiyomizu, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. At Kiyomizu-dera Temple, from November 12th to December 4th, when autumn leaves…

Batu Caves, Malaysia

About an hour from Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, there is a sacred place for Hindus, the Batu Caves. It is also famous as a…

White Temple, Chiang Rai, Thailand

Wat Rong Khun (Thai: วัดร่องขุ่น), more well-known among foreigners as the White Temple, is a contemporary unconventional Buddhist temple in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. It…

Balloon over Bagan, Myanmar

Bagan is an ancient city located in the Mandalay Region of Burma (Myanmar). From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of…

Sphinx, Egypt

A sphinx (Arabic: أبو الهول, Greek: Σφίγξ /sphinx/, Bœotian: Φίξ /Phix) is a mythical creature with, as a minimum, the body of a lion and…

Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain

The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família ( Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family), is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Spain,…

The Golden Temple, Amritsar, India

The Harmandir Sahib (Punjabi: ਹਰਿਮੰਦਰ ਸਾਹਿਬ), also Darbar Sahib (Punjabi: ਦਰਬਾਰ ਸਾਹਿਬ, Punjabi pronunciation: dəɾbɑɾ sɑhɪb) and informally referred to as the “Golden Temple“, is…

Chinese Temple, Huashan Mountain, China

Mount Hua, or Hua Shan (simplified Chinese: 华山; traditional Chinese: 華山; pinyin: Huà Shān), or Xiyue (Chinese: 西岳; pinyin: Xīyuè; literally “western great mountain“) is…