" There were also temples to Hera in Olympia, Corinth, Tiryns, Perachora and the sacred island of Delos.

In Magna Graecia, two Doric temples to Hera were constructed at Paestum, about 550 BC and about 450 BC.

Hera hated Pelias because he had killed Sidero, his step-grandmother, in one of the goddess's temples.

Of the five temples, only the Temple of Hera, also known as " Temple E ", has been re-erected.

The southernmost of the three temples, the Temple of Hera, also known as " Temple E ," was reconstructed in the 20th century, as may be seen in the photographs below.

The first of the great Ionic temples was the Temple of Hera on Samos, built about 570 BC – 560 BC by the architect Rhoikos.

These were dedicated to Hera and Athena, although they have traditionally been identified as a basilica and temples of Neptune and Ceres, owing to 18th-century mis-attribution.

They owe their origin to the vertical posts of timber employed in the early, more primitive palaces or temples of Greece, as at Tiryns and in the Temple of Hera at Olympia.

The three temples thought the most important were the temple to Artemis in Ephesus, and temple of Hera within Samos and within Delphi, the temple to Apollo.

A sacred precinct was set apart for his worship at Miletus in the province of Asia and two temples were erected for worship of him in Rome.

The main part of the Giza complex is a setting of buildings that included two mortuary temples in honor of Khufu ( one close to the pyramid and one near the Nile ), three smaller pyramids for Khufu's wives, an even smaller " satellite " pyramid, a raised causeway connecting the two temples, and small mastaba tombs surrounding the pyramid for nobles.

Compared to this mighty goddess, who also possessed the earliest temple at Olympia and two of the great fifth and sixth century temples of Paestum, the termagant of Homer and the myths is an " almost ... comic figure " according to Burkert.

By the beginning of the First World War in 1914, Mathers had established two to three American temples.

Most temples of the Alpha et Omega and Stella Matutina closed or went into abeyance by the end of the 1930s, with the exceptions of two Stella Matutina temples: Hermes Temple in Bristol, which operated sporadically until 1970, and the Whare Ra in Havelock North, New Zealand, which operated regularly until its closure in 1978.

Among the exhibits are two Egyptian temples of Buhen and Semna which were originally built by Queen Hatshepsut and Pharaoh Tuthmosis III respectively but relocated to Khartoum upon the flooding of Lake Nasser.

Black membership has continued to grow substantially, especially in West Africa, where two temples have been built.

The Khitan had their holiest Tengriist shrine on Mount Muye where portraits of their earliest ancestor Qishou Khagan, his wife Kedun and eight sons were kept in two temples.

Mindanao has been the seat of two sultanates namely the Sultanate of Sulu and the Sultanate of Maguindanao along with the most hispanized city in Asia, a considerable number of Buddhist and Taoist temples and the indigenous tribes known as Lumad people which makes it more diverse.

They were approximately contemporary with the mastabas of the archaic period of Egypt ( first and second dynasties ), the brick temples of Sumeria, and the first cities of the Harappa culture in India, and a century or two earlier than the Golden Age of China.

Different interpretations of Nichiren's teachings had led to the establishment of various temples and schools, however having in common reverence to the two basic doctrines of the chanting and the object of devotion.

They sought to surpass two famous contemporary temples, the Heraion of Samos and the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, which was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

" During the times of the two Jewish Temples in Jerusalem, the Aaronic priests were responsible for the daily and special Jewish holiday offerings and sacrifices within the temples, these offerings are known as the korbanot.

Formerly little more than a gap in the customs wall, it was replaced by a much grander affair consisting of two matching Doric-style stone gate-houses, like little temples ( a nod to Friedrich Gilly perhaps ), facing each other across Leipziger Straße.

As many as two thousand were selected accordingly, who crowned themselves and went round the temples, rejoicing in their new freedom.

The Hoysalas usually dedicated their temples to Lord Shiva or to Lord Vishnu ( two of the major Hindu gods ), but they occasionally chose a different deity.

The temple complex comprises two Hindu temples, the Hoysaleshawara and Kedareshwara temples and two Jain basadi.

Grouped around the main sanctuary, there arose temples and chapels to the gods and goddesses who formed his court, so that Ekur became the name for an entire sacred precinct in the city of Nippur.

Buddhist ( and Hindu ) temples were Mandala shaped, they are oriented according to the four cardinal points, the main gate being towards the east. Since building space and materials were scarce, Maldivians constructed their places of worship on the foundations of previous buildings.

( 1964 ) The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan .</ REF > Sake production was a government monopoly for a long time, but in the 10th century, temples and shrines began to brew sake, and they became the main centers of production for the next 500 years.

The form is present in most Shiva temples in South India, and is the main deity in the famous temple at Chidambaram.

The complex includes six temples, many of the Bogd Khan's and his wife's possessions are on display in the main building.

The temples of nearby Nippur, the religious capital of the Neo Sumerian culture, were the main destinations of the livestock.

Aker had no temples of his own like the main gods in the Egyptian religion, since he was more connected to the primeval concepts of the very old earth powers.

There also are a few smaller temples and sanctuaries located outside the enclosing walls of the four main parts, as well as several avenues of goddesses and ram-headed sphinxes connecting the Precinct of Mut, the Precinct of Amun-Re, and the Luxor Temple.

On the occasion of the festival, metal idols of the deities of the main temples of Kumbakonam is carried on palanquins or chariots and taken around the different streets of the town.

The two main areas where puja is performed is in the home and at public temples.

His principal duties were to conquer in the god ’ s name and to ensure that the perpetual fires of the main temples were supplied with wood.

The gu temples come in two basic styles: " one-face " design and " four-face " design — essentially one main entrance and four main entrances.

The temples, whose main features were the pointed arches and the vaulted chamber, became larger and grander in the Bagan period.

Also, many ancient temples, including pagan temples and the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, were built with their main entrances facing the East.

The main functional spaces are usually arranged in two separate areas: the administrative offices ; and the religious functions-including temples and monks ' accommodation.

He never had high titles but was later worshipped as god and main architect of some of the king's temples.

In 1920, the Temple Ordinance was revised to reorganize temple administration and allow the Japanese government to directly oversee the 31 main temples in the country, with new headquarters at Kakwangsa ( now Jogyesa ).

When Korea was liberated from Japanese occupation in 1945, the celibate monastics of what has become the main sect of Korean Buddhism, Jogye Order, began to take over for the married priests who ran the temples during the occupation.

The Vedamata Gayathri devi, and Veda pitha sri. Virat Vishwakarma Temple is located at Virat nagar, in main road of Nellore. This temple is considered to be one among the biggest Gayathri devi temples of Andhra pradesh. The temple is attracting huge number of devotees and is said by devotees that, five times circumbenation of the temple sanctorium fulfills their wishes.