The shrine welcomes visitors daily.

Is the first Marian shrine of the Canary Islands, the principal catholic center of peregrination of the Canary Islands and one of the principal ones of Spain, the basilica hosts more than 2, 5 million visitors annually.

The shrine of Nikkō Tōshō-gū was completed in 1617 and became a major draw of visitors to the area during the Edo period.

" This shrine sees many visitors from around Japan on a daily basis ; there is a sharp increase during the New Year's season.

The inner sanctum of the main shrine area within the Inner Shrine is off-limits to visitors, thus only the rooftop of the structure that houses the kami can be seen.

Visitors are welcome most days, and visitors can make donations for good health and the upkeep of the shrine.

" In fact, the hospital is so poorly thought of that its shrine to St. Eligius is commonly defiled by hospital staff and visitors, and is referred to by Dr. Wayne Fiscus as " the patron saint of longshoremen and bowlers.

This festival marks the annual opening of the shrine in which members of the community and visitors may enter and pray for good business.

Only the first 108 visitors who visit the shrine on that day can hit the drum.

On special occasions, the shrine is decorated with lights, dinner is prepared for hundreds of people and visitors dance while musicians play Sufi music for hours.

According to the agreement, Ayatollah Sistani would also take over responsibility for the Imam Ali shrine ; fighters would leave the shrine, and visitors will be allowed in ; additionally, the Iraqi interim government would agree to repair damage to buildings caused by the fighting.

Only the shrine at Walsingham attracted more visitors.

The district was built to accommodate the needs of travelers and visitors to the shrine.

( Pamphlet available to visitors at the shrine )

Some visitors may dislike the commercialism of parts of Lourdes, with neon-emblazoned gift shops overflowing with what Malcolm Muggeridge, a supporter of the shrine, called " tawdry relics, the bric-a-brac of piety ".

The 200, 000 m² shrine complex draws over 9 million visitors annually.

At the crash site, which is accessible to national park visitors, a shrine was later erected to commemorate the victims.

During the rest of the year, devotees visit Maximón in his chosen residence ( currently Melbourne, Australia ), where his shrine is usually attended by two people from the representing Cofradia who keep the shrine in order and pass offerings from visitors to the effigy.

Besides these, Khorasan encompasses numerous religious buildings and places of pilgrimage, including the shrine of Imam Reza, Goharshad mosque and many other mausoleums and Imamzadehs which attract visitors to this province.

With its recent recognition by Vatican as an international pilgrim centre, this famous shrine at Malayattoor dedicated to St. Thomas would be extending its healing touch and spiritual bliss to more visitors and for those who come to enjoy its serenity.

The shrine and its immediate surroundings are closed to visitors.

If a shrine or temple visitors cannot find an omamori that meets their need they can request from a priest to have one made special for their area of particular concern.

Charity food called Langar is distributed all day by visitors and the Auqaf Department, which administrates the shrine.

Those famous lines of the Greek Anthology with which a fading beauty dedicates her mirror at the shrine of a goddess reveal a wise attitude: `` Venus, take my votive glass, Since I am not what I was, What from this day I shall be, Venus, let me never see ''.

The elephant ’ s head, trunk, and tusks are characteristic of baku portrayed in classical era ( pre-Meiji ) Japanese wood-block prints ( see illustration ) and in shrine, temple, and netsuke carvings.

Also the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus who flourished between 60 BCE and 30 BCE writes about the isolated region of Arabia in his work Bibliotheca historica describing a holy shrine that Muslims see as referring to the Kaaba at Mecca " And a temple has been set-up there, which is very holy and exceedingly revered by all Arabians ".

In 1275 a new shrine was constructed, the ruined base of which remains to this day ( see photo ), which was originally surmounted by an ornamental wooden canopy with murals of St David, St Patrick and St Denis of France.

The seven stories of the ziggurat reached a height of 91 meters, according to a tablet from Uruk ( see below ), and contained a temple shrine at the top.

She went to the shrine to pray but was severely disappointed when she did not see Krishna there.

A is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the profane to the sacred ( see Sacred-profane dichotomy ).

* At the center of the nuki there may be a supporting strut called, sometimes covered by a tablet carrying the name of the shrine ( see photo in the gallery ).

Those who approach see its gleam from afar off because the shrine, which is located on a plain, is encircled by mountains so situated as to give the effect of a theatre.

His metropolitan see was probably in Cranganore, or ( perhaps nominally ) in Mylapore, where the shrine of Thomas was located.

* A temple or shrine of a particular form, see Vimanam ( tower )

The central Shiva shrine ( see 16 in plan below ) is a free-standing square cell with four entrances, located in the right section of the main hall.

The " three wise monkeys ", which warn people to " see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil ", are carved in relief over the door of the famous Tōshō-gū shrine in Nikkō.

* a nook or frame intended for such a shrine ( see Aedicula )

Unfortunately, priests at the shrine will not allow anyone to see or inspect the sword.

Her shrine excavated at Sarepta in southern Phoenicia revealed an inscription that identified her for the first time in her homeland and related her securely to the Phoenician goddess Astarte ( Ishtar ).< ref > James B. Pritchard, Recovering Sarepta, a Phoenician City ( Princeton: Princeton University Press ) 1978 .; see Sarepta.

We have appointed you, with all convenient diligence to repair unto the said cathedral church, and to take away the shrine and bones of that bishop called Saint Richard, with all ornaments to the said shrine belonging, and all other the reliques and reliquaries, the silver, the gold, and all the jewels belonging to said shrine, and that not only shall you see them to be safely and surely conveyed unto our Tower of London there to be bestowed and placed at your arrival, but also ye shall see both the place where the shrine was kept, destroyed even to the ground and all such other images of the said church, where about any notable superstition is used, to be carried and conveyed away, so that our subjects shall by them in no ways be deceived hereafter, but that they, pay to Almighty God and to no earthly creature such honour as is due unto him the Creator.

( For details, see the section Interpreting shrine names.