Ma Bufang also crushed Mongol separatist movements, abducting the Genghis Khan Shrine and attacking Tibetan Buddhist Temples like Labrang, and keeping a tight control over them through the Kokonur God ceremony.

Temples were erected for him and he is worshipped like a god by the prophets and priests of Upper-and Lower-Egypt, as well as by the Egyptians inhabitants.

A rabbinical teaching ( Rashi Torat Kohanim, Leviticus ) that when Jews are suffering, God looks to the " ashes " of Isaac on the altar, as if he had been burned like a korban olah, a complete " burned offering ", ( since Isaac accepted his fate, it is considered to be the equivalent of him having actually " gone through with it " on a metaphysical level ), and it then serves the same purposes of gaining atonement as the sacrifices would have done in the ancient Temples.

The Thousand Temples are the ecclesiastical body that represents Inrithism, which is headed by the Shriah, a figure like the Catholic Church's Pope.

India has around 1-2 million NGOs, including number of religious organizations, religious trust, like Temples, Mosque and Gurudwara associations etc., who are not deemed as social enterprises.

In former times, it was customary to have a portrait in Confucius Temples ; however, during the reign of Hongwu Emperor ( Taizu ) of the Ming dynasty it was decided that the only proper portrait of Confucius should be in the temple in his hometown, Qufu.

The museum's main hall is devoted to temple carvings, in particular the giant statue and altar blocks from the Neolithic Tarxien Temples.

When the First and Second Temples were built, the Kohanim assumed these roles in the permanent temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

Temples of the Uruk Period divided the temple rectangle into tripartite, T-shaped, or combined plans The tripartite plan inherited from the Ubaid had a large central hall with two smaller flanking halls on either side.

Temples included barque shrines, sometimes more than one in a temple, in which the sacred barques rested when a procession was not in progress.

A half-size replica of the temple was completed on June 7, 1968 in the Valley of the Temples ( O ' ahu, Hawaii ).

In 1983 the temple became one of the Chinese Buddhism Regional Temples ( 汉族地区全国重点寺院 ) whilst 36-year-old Master Yiran ( 毅然法師 ) became abbot.

This is one of the Three Great Temples in the Kantō region along with Kawasaki Daishi and Sano Yakuyoke Daishi, and a large number of people annually visit the temple at New Year.

Temples were built at the summit, including a Gallo-Roman temple dedicated to the God Mercury, the ruins of which were discovered in 1873.

The mountain is also home to several Hindu temples, including the Adhar Devi Temple ( also known as Arbuda Devi Temple ), carved out of solid rock ; the Shri Raghunathji Temple ; and a shrine and temple to Dattatreya built atop the Guru Shikhar peak and a number of Jain temples including Dilwara Temples, a complex of temples carved of white marble that was built between the 11th and 13th centuries AD.

The Vaishnavite Temples such as Jagannath Temple and Konark Sun Temple abound with an array of dancing sculptures carved into the temple walls, giving testimony that a particular school of dancing had continued from the Shaivite art tradition to the Vaishnavite art form.

Record of temple lands in Echizen Province in 757 ( Important Cultural Properties of Japan | ICP ); as head of the national network of Provincial temple | Provincial Temples, Tōdai-ji's privileges included a large network of Shōen | tax-exempt estates

The temple at Grass Island is one of the two Tin Hau Temples in Hong Kong that have such a marine parade: the other one is the Tin Hau Temple on Leung Shuen Wan ( High Island ).

* Jewish temple or The Jewish Temple, may refer to the original two ancient Jewish Temples in Jerusalem.

The Temple is a non-denominational Buddhist temple located on the island of O ' ahu in Hawai ' i at the Valley of the Temples.

Beside it is well known as the City of Thousands Temples, as there are many small and large temple from any corner of Singkawang region, Singkawang is also known as one of the Indonesian Chinatowns since the majority population is Chinese descendant, consisting of mostly Hakka and some other sub-ethnic of Chinese.

The image of Nandi Lord Shiva's vahanam is installed as is the case with all the Siva Temples, just at the entrance of the temple.

Temples were built in accordance to the rule of ancient Khmer architecture that dictated that a basic temple layout include a central shrine, a courtyard, an enclosing wall, and a moat.

They gained fame in 1992 through the disclosure of their secret excavation of an extensive underground temple, the Temples of Humankind, which was begun in 1978 under complete secrecy.

Mii-dera is the fourteenth temple in a Pilgrimage of 33 Temples devoted to Kannon in the Kansai area.

Temples Akhenaten had built, including the temple at Thebes, were disassembled, reused as a source of building materials and decorations for their own temples, and inscriptions to Aten defaced.

The temple is administered by the Chinese Temples Committee since 1936.

Best originally promised to create one more temple in 2010 or 2011, however the 2010 Temple of Flux and the proposed 2011 Temples have been or will be designed and built by other artists.

The song is about a dystopian futuristic society in which the arts, particularly music, have been suppressed by the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx.

* Chiga Yoshimi Gallery — The Scenery of Nara's Shrines and Temples which were drawn by Chiga Yoshimi.

Architecturally notable Shriners Temples include the New York City Center, now used as a concert hall, Newark Symphony Hall, The Landmark Theater ( formerly The Mosque ) in Richmond, Virginia, the Tripoli Shrine Temple in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the Helena Civic Center ( Montana ) ( formerly the Algeria Shrine Temple ), and the Fox Theatre ( Atlanta, Georgia ) which was jointly built between the Atlanta Shriners and William Fox.

Palmer published what became " the bible of American deism ", The Principles of Nature, established deistic societies from Maine to Georgia, built Temples of Reason throughout the nation, and founded two deistic newspapers for which Paine eventually wrote seventeen essays.

Ancient Akragas covers a huge area — much of which is still unexcavated today — but is exemplified by the famous Valle dei Templi (" Valley of the Temples ", a misnomer, as it is a ridge, rather than a valley ).

Temples dedicated to Hephaestus, Heracles and Asclepius were also constructed in the sacred area, which includes a sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone ( formerly known as the Temple of Castor and Pollux ); the marks of the fires set by the Carthaginians in 406 BC can still be seen on the sanctuary's stones.

Samprati built thousands of Jain Temples in India, many of which are still in use, such as the Jain temples at Viramgam and Palitana ( Gujarat ), Agar Malwa ( Ujjain ).

The poll was conducted by channel 99, the government owned Knesset channel, in advance of the 9th day of the Hebrew month of Av on which Jews commemorate the destruction of both the first and second Temples that both stood at this site.

; July 2010: Knesset Member Danny Danon visited the Temple Mount in accordance with rabbinical views of Jewish Law on the 9th of the Hebrew Month of Av, which commemorates the destruction of both the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem.

Herod expanded the small quasi-natural plateau on which the First and Second Temples stood into the wide expanse of the Temple Mount visible today.

: The Rabbis, interpreting " Azazel " as Azaz (" rugged "), and el (" strong "), refer it to the rugged and rough mountain cliff from which the scapegoat was cast down on Yom Kippur when the Jewish Temples in Jerusalem stood.

The modern name, Angkor Wat, means " Temple City " or " City of Temples " in Khmer ; Angkor, meaning " city " or " capital city ", is a vernacular form of the word nokor (), which comes from the Sanskrit word nagar ().

The Royal Charter granted by James I that guaranteed the independence of the Inner and Middle Temples did so on the condition that the Temples maintain the church, a requirement which has been followed to this day.

Today it has over 1100 centers in 40 countries and maintains the International Temples Project which aims to build a Kadampa Buddhist Temple in every major city in the world.

While the day recalls general tragedies which have befallen the Jewish people over the ages, the day focuses on commemoration of five events: the destruction of the two ancient Temples in Jerusalem, the sin of ten of the twelve scouts sent by Moses who spoke disparagingly about the Promised Land, the razing of Jerusalem following the siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE, and the failure of the Bar Kokhba revolt against the Roman Empire.

This defeat forced Tipu Sultan to enter talks with Maratha Emperors, at last it was decided that Tipu Sultan will repair all the Temples demolished or damaged in his region and further he was forced to pay a tribute of 48 Lacs to Maratha Empire out of which 32 lacs was paid immediately and rest 16 lacs later on. Further he will be obliged to pay 12lacs as annual tribute to the Maratha Empire.

Jews were forbidden to enter the city but for a single day of the year, Tisha B ' Av, ( the Ninth of Av ), the fast day on which Jews mourn the destruction of both Temples.

In The Temples of Malplaquet, for example, Jamie Thompson ( their human protector, aged 13 ) has a dream-like vision of the episode in which Gulliver is first captured by the Lilliputians.

He is also known for his fanatic view of Islam, due to which he razed many Hindu Temples.

The site of the Babri Mosque which was surrounded on all sides by Mata Sita Rasoi ( Lord Rama's wife Sita Devi's Kitchen-actually a Temple and other Temples of Hanuman ) and the disputed structure sharing walls with Sita and Hanuman Mandir was destroyed when a political rally developed into a riot involving 150, 000 people.

Some of his essays on special points in archaeology, such as the treatise on The Mode in which Light was introduced into Greek Temples, included theories on Greek Temples which have not received general acceptance.