Friday, 15 June 2012

The World Top Most Amazing Taktsang Dzong Temple



Taktsang Dzong temple

The top most amazing temple in Asia and  than a quarter of all people in the world belong to Eastern religions, which include great Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism. The all people worship in temples, which are architecturally diverse as the religions are compare different from each other.Tiger’s Nest Monastery, (Paro Taktsang, Taktsang Palphug Monastery) is a prominent the great Himalayan Buddhist Sacred Site and temple complex, located in the cliff side of the upper Paro valley, Bhutan.

A Taktsang Dzong temple complex was first built in 1692, around the Taktsang Senge Samdup cave where Guru Padmasambhava is said to have lifestyle of  meditated for three months in the 8th centurey. Padmasambhava is credited with introducing life of Buddhism to Bhutan and is the tutelary deity of the country. Today Paro Taktsang is the best known of the 13th taktsang or “tiger lair” caves in which he meditated.

The Taktsang Dzong  temple monastery building consist of four main temples and residential shelters ideally designed by adapting to the huge rock ledges, the caves and the rocky terrain. Our of the eight caves, four are comparatively easy to access.All the building are interconnected through steps and stairways made in strong rocks. There are a few rickety mass wooden bridges along the paths and stairways also to cross over.The temple at the very highest level has a frieze of Buddha. Each building has wonderful balcony, which provides lovely view of the scenic Paro valley down below.

Thursday, 7 June 2012

The World's Largest Gilded Bronze Buddha Todaiji Temple

Todaiji Temple


The great amazing Todaiji, a temple complex in the city of Nara in Nara Prefecture, was built in the year 743. At that time Buddhism was at its huge height, and served as a state world religion. The best-known relic at Todaiji Temple is its Daibutsu, a colossal statue that, with 15 meters (49 feet) in height, is the world's largest gilded wonderful bronze Buddha

Bronze BuddhaIt is housed in an all wood building, the Daibutsu-den, 48 meters (157 feet) in height, the largest wooden building in the world. Within the precincts of the Buddhism  temple, aligned along one-kilometer north-south and east-west axes centered on the Daibutsu-den, are group of an array of other buildings, including halls and storehouses, seven of which are world National Treasures.

By virtue of being one of the major historical temples in Japan country, Todaiji Temple also possesses many most valuable cultural artifacts. More than 20 of these Buddhist temple statues and other works of art are National Treasures. The repository for them, Shosoin, lives up its name of the temple Treasure House of the World.  

Since Todaiji Temple it was built in 749, the Daibutsu has been repaired and renovated after damage incurred by heavy earthquakes even its head has fallen off once ground. The base of the statue that remains today dates from the 8th century, while the top portion, including the head, was largely recast in the second half of the 12th century.

The Lord Shiva Kashi Vishwanath Temple At India

Kashi Vishwanath Temple

The most main famous temple of in India Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Varanasi Kashi Vishwanath temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva. It is popularly known as the 'Golden Temple' due the gold plating done on its huge 15.5 meter high spire. One tonne of gold donated by great king Maharaja Ranjit Singh has been used in the gold plating of the spire. The temple was destroyed by different invaders and was rebuilt in 1776 by Rani Ahilyabai of Indore. Varanasi, which was a pious place of pilgrimage for the hindus, soon became an eyesore and source of jealousy for the Muslims. From 1033 to 1669 AD Kashi came under several destructive attacks.

 Due to poper security reasons, metal detectors are placed throughout the temple. The great Vishwanath temple was destroyed by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb who built the Gaynvapi Mosque in its place of India. Even now days the western wall of the mosque show the remnants of a temple which had very intricate and wonderful  artwork on it.

Where the Varana and Asi huge rivers join the Ganges, a beautiful city was built there in the ancient life times. It was named Varanasi. Varanasi, a prime place of pilgrimage, a tribe called kasha used to live. Therefore, Varanasi was also known as Kashi temple.

The Jokhang Temple Of Chinese Emperor



Jokhang Temple

The great popular Jokhang Temple is a very important pilgrimage luxury destination for Tibetan Buddhists. Pilgrims come from all side corners of Tibet, usually on foot and often performing austerities for penance along the path. The most devout pilgrims cover the last several miles prostrate on the temple ground. More prostrations are undertaken in the plaza in front of the Chinese Jokhang temple.

Jokhang Temple was founded in 647 by great King Songtsen Gampo (r.617-49), the first ruler of a unified Tibet. The temple was constructed to house a sacred wonderful image of the great Buddha, the Jowo Rinpoche, which wonderful Queen Wengcheng brought with her from China as a dowry.

The temple has been regularly expanded over the years, including extensive reconstruction under the fifth Dalai Lama in the 17th century.Since the great Chinese occupation in 1951, Jokhang Temple has taken on a political role as the focus of Tibetan cultural identity and resistance.Now days the Chinese government carefully controlling Jokhang Temple. There temple standing four stories tall and covering an area of about 25,000 square meters in the heart of Lhasa, great Jokhang Temple combines local Tibetan elements with influences from Nepal, China and India.

The Golden Temple At City Of Amritsar

Golden Temple

The Harmandir Sahib (meaning The Abode of God) or simply say as the Golden Temple located in the city of Amritsar, Punjab, India is the most great sacred shrine of Sikhism. For the Sikhs, the great Golden Temple symbolizes infinite freedom and spiritual independence.

The wonder site of the Temple began with  a small wonderful lake that was so peaceful that even great lord Buddha came there to meditate. Thousands of years later, Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism also lived and life meditate by the lake.

Construction of the Golden Temple began in the 1500s periods, when the 4th Guru of Sikhism enlarged the lake that became Amritsar or else Pool of the Nectar of Immortality, around which the Golden Temple and the city grew. The Golden Temple itself is decorated with good shining huge marble sculptures, gilded in gold, and covered in strong precious stones.

Wednesday, 6 June 2012

The Hot Arulmigu Suriyanar Temple (SUN Temple)

Suriyanar Temple



 The great lord Suriyanar Kovil is located at Thirumangalakkudi(near Aduthurai, Kumbakonam )in India. The nearest railway station is Aduthurai which is in between gap of Kumbakonam and Mayiladuthurai railway line. The Suriyanar temple actually situated at a distance of 2 km from Aduthurai and 15km from Kumbakonam.

Devotees set to Suriyanar Temple to worship the  Sun God should visit this place for relief of adverse effects of the great nine planets (Navagrahas). Women are blessed with full marital prosperity (Deerga Sumangali Bagyam), getting the Mangal Sutra from the blessing hands of Mother Goddess are the glories of the temple.

The one most important sun temple sannadhi is facing west. The temple is under the administration of Thiruvaduthurai Adhinam. The sun god vechicle of the lord is horse. This white horse is named Sabtha Sabtham. It indicates the wonderful seven horses of the sun'x Chariot. Other eight  grahas are also found in this temple and it is an unique feature.

The Historical Akshardham Temple At India



Akshardham Temple

Most of the wonderful largest temples in the world but this is disputed by at least three other temples in India which are all claimed to be the largest temple. These temples are often old part of a larger complex which makes it even less clear. In this blog we can focus the  so many main famous temple  to determine which is the most wonderful largest temple in the world.

The great Akshardham temple completed in 2005 year period by the spiritual organization BAPS, no most expense has been spared in decorating the huge Akshardham temple. The building design was inspired and moderated by Pramukh Swami Maharaj, the current head of Swaminarayan Hinduism. The central monument is 43 meters (141 feet) high, 96 meters (316 feet) wide, and 110 meters (370 feet) long, and is temple covered top to bottom with carved full and full details of flora, fauna, dancers, musicians, and deities. It is constructed entirely from great Rajasthani pink sandstone and Italian Carrara marble, and has never support from steel or concrete. Akshardham temple in one of most popular trouts  historical luxury place in India.

Tikal Pyramid Of The Mask At Mayan City

Tikal (Temple IV)

On January 31, 378 a lord from great Teotihuacán named Siyah K’ak’ (Fire is Born), arrived at Tikal. It is probably no coincidence that the power of 14th king of Tikal, Chak Tok Ich’aak I, known as Jaguar Paw, died the same days. After this defeat, the next new rulers of Tikal were foreign, vassals of Teotihuacán, although their the descendants were rapidly Mayanised.

Tikal Guatemala was the most largest south Mayan city between ca. 200 to 900 AD with an estimated population between 100,000 and 200,000 inhabitants. Tikal contains six very large steps of pyramids. The largest, Temple-pyramid IV, is some 72 meters (230 feet) very high and was finished around 720 AD.

 Temple IV is the largest temple built anywhere in the world Maya region, and as it currently stands is the tallest wonderful per-Columbian structure in the Americas although the Pyramid of the golden Sun at Teotihuacan may originally have been taller, as may have been one of the jungle covered huge pyramids at El Mirador.

Saturday, 2 June 2012

The Famous Tourist Place Of Khajuraho Jain Temples

Khajuraho Jain Temples

A Jain temple is called Derasar or else Mandir depending on where  it is located in great India . They are usually built from best shining marble stone as demonstrated by this list of amazing Jain temples in India. Jainism is a religion that prescribes pacifism and a way of non-violence towards all living beings. The purpose of life according to Jainism is to undo the -ve effects of karma through mental and physical purification.

The village of Khajuraho is one of the most famous tourist luxury destinations in India. It’s numerous amazing Hindu and Jain temples are famous for their great erotic sculpture. The wonderful temples were built over a span of 200 years, from 950 to 1150 period. During the great Chandella rule, Khajuraho was home to a large and flourishing Jain temple community. The Jains apparently lived on the east side of town and a number of great Jain temples have survived in this part of Khajuraho. Two of the large temples still stand in a good state of preservation.

Friday, 1 June 2012

The Great Three Part Of Prambanan Hindu temple

Prambanan temple

The great oldest best historical Prambanan temple  is the largest and most famous beautiful Hindu temple complex in Indonesia. Its located about 18 km east of Yogyakarta, it is somewhat more over shadowed by the even more awe-inspiring Borobudur situated just next door. The two sites are quite different in style though, with Prambanan temple being a collection of tall and pointed great Hindu Temples, instead of the single large wonderful Buddhist stupa of Borobudur.

Prambanan temple has 3 main temples dedicated to lord Vishnu, Brahma, and Shiva and was built around 850AD by the great Mataram Kingdom, rulers of central Java.

The World Tallest Brihadishwara Temple As India

Brihadishwara Temple

The great Brihadishwara Temple, located in Thanjavur District, India, was built by the great Chola king Rajaraja I in the period of 11th century. The proper name of this temple call as Peruvudaiyaar Temple. The world’s first complete wonderful granite temple, Brihadishwara is a brilliant best example of the Dravidian style of temple architecture. The total temple tower is 66 meters (216 feet) high making it one of the best tallest temples in the world.

The entire Brihadishwara Temple structure is made out of huge hard granite stones, powerful a material sparsely available in great Thanjavur area where the temple is. Built in 1010 AD by king Raja Raja Chola in Thanjavur, Brihadishwara Temple, also most popularly known as the ‘Big Temple', turned 1000 years old in world 2010.

Tuesday, 29 May 2012

The Hindu Temple Banteay Srei Of India

Banteay Srei


Although officially part of the Angkor Wat complex, Banteay Srei lies 25 km (15 miles) north-east of the main group of great temples, enough to list it separately here. The great Hindu temple was completed in 967 AD and is built largely of India red sandstone, a medium that lends itself to the elaborate decorative wall carvings which are still most clearly visible today. Banteay Srei is the only major temple at Angkor never built for a king, instead it was constructed by one of great king Rajendravarman’s counselors, Yajnyavahara.

The Hinduism is one of the world’s oldest religions, and has over 900 million followers worldwide. Though most of the Hindus peoples live in India there are substantial numbers present in Nepal, Bangladesh and Indonesia.The architecture of Hindu temples has evolved ever since resulting in a great variety of different lovely styles. Hindu temple regularly, they play a vital role in Hindu society and good culture.

The wonderful Temple of Heaven In Asia

Temple


The wonderful Temple of Heaven in Beijing is most regarded as a Taoist Temple although Chinese Heaven worship pre-dates Taoism. The temple was constructed from 1406 to 1420 during the reign of the Yongle Emperor, who was also responsible for the construction of the Forbidden City in Beijing. Not only a beautiful sight, the temple is also surrounded by a vast public park popular with local residents practicing tai chi in the mornings and on weekends.
The planet contains so many beautiful temples as Asia. This is perhaps not surprising as Asia was the nice birthplace of most of the world’s mainstream religions life as well as many other beliefs. A number of these, including great Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism and Taoism, were the inspiration for some of the most famous temples in the wonderful world.

Temple Of The Emerald Buddha In Grand Palace



Temple Of The Emerald Buddha

The best Bangkok’s Buddhist temples is Wat Phra Kaew, the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, located within the grounds of the wonderful Grand Palace. The huge main building is the central ubosoth, which luxury houses The Emerald Buddha, one of the most oldest gold and most famous Buddha statues in the world.

A jade statue adorned in gold shining clothing, the Emerald Buddha was, according to legend, created in great India in 43 BC in the city of Pataliputra, where it remained for 300 years. In the period 4th century AD it was taken away to Sri Lanka by Buddhist monks to save it from destruction by world war. Eventually the statue made its path to Thailand and was moved to Wat Phra Kaew in 1779. The statue has 3 different sets of gold clothing, which are changed by the great King of Thailand in a ceremony at the changing of the seasons festival.

The Best Shwedagon Pagoda Buddhist Temple

3Shwedagon Pagoda

The amazing temple Shwedagon Pagoda (or Golden Pagoda) in Yangon, is the holiest Buddhist shrine in Burma. The origins of Shwedagon are lost in antiquity but it is estimated that the Pagoda was first built the temple by the Mon during the Bagan period, sometime between the period 6th and 10th century AD. The golden temple complex is full of glittering, colorful stupas but the center of attention is the 99 meter high (326 feet) high main stupa that is completely covered in gold.

The Famous Angkor Wat Temple City


Angkor Wat Temple

The great Angkor Wat (”City Temple”) is a vast temple complex featuring the magnificent remains of several capitals of the Khmer Empire, from the 9th to the 15th century AD. These include the wonderful famous Angkor Wat temple, the best largest temple in the world. The luxury Angkor temple stands on a raised terrace above the rest of the city. It is made of 3 rectangular galleries rising to a central tower, most each level higher than the last. 

The outer temple gallery of the Angkor Wat temple measures 187 x 215 meters (614 x 705 feet). After this, the next 2 galleries are connected to each other. On the second level, it measures 100 x 115 meters (328 x 377 feet). The inner gallery is a 60 x 60 meter (197 x 197 feet) square area. The temple tower above the central shrine rises 65 meters (213 feet) above the ground floor.

The Borobudur Buddhist Temple In Indonesian Island

Borobudur Buddhist temple


The Borobudur Buddhist temple located on the Indonesian island of Java, 40 km (25 miles) northwest of Yogyakarta, the Borobudur is the most largest Buddhist temple in the world. The Borobudur temple was built over a period of some 75 years in the 8th and 9th centuries by the great kingdom of Sailendra, out of an estimated 2 million blocks of huge strong stone. 

The Borobodur temple can be separated  into three groups: base, body, and top, which resembles the 3 major division of like a human body. The temple base is a 123×123 meters (403.5×403.5 feet) square in size and 4 meters (13 feet) high of huge walls. The total temple surface area is approximately 2,500 m2. The temple body is composed of 5 square platforms each with diminishing heights. The top of temple  is a monumental stupa with a main dome at the center . The dome has a height of 35 meters (115 feet) from the temple ground level.

The Great Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple Of India


Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple

The famous God  Lord Vishnu Ranganatha. The Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam at Trichy is an important shrine that receives millions of world visitors and pilgrims every year. With an surface area of 156 acres (6,31,000 m²), the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple is one of the best largest temples in the world. In fact, the temple can be easily termed as the largest functioning  culture of Hindu temple complex in the world. The oldest golden structure of the temple dates back to the 10th century. There are 21 huge gopurams (tower), among which the Rajagopuram is the world biggest temple in South India. It is 73 meters (240 feet) in height, and dates from the 17th century, although it was successfully only completed in 1987.

The Golden Temple Of Saint Sava


Temple of Saint Sava

The great Temple of Saint Sava in Belgrade is the largest Orthodox church huge building in the world. It is dedicated to the founder of the great Serbian Orthodox Church. The building construction of the church began in 1985 and was mostly completed by 2004. The internal task decorations are still not finished. In English, it is usually called a cathedral because of its size and emphasis but it is not the seat of a bishop & therefore technically not a cathedral. In great Serbian it is called a hram (temple). The church distance  is 91 meters (299 feet) long from and 81 meters (266 feet) wide. It is 70 meters (230 feet) so tall, with the main shining gold-plated cross on top of the dome extends the church for 12 more meters (39 feet). It temple has a surface area of 3,500 m2 on the  ground floor.

The World Largest Hindu Temple

Akshardham Temple

According to the Guinness large World Record the great Akshardham Temple is the largest Indian Hindu temple in the world but this is disputed by at least three other temples in great India which are all claimed to be the largest temple in the world. These great temples are often part of a larger complex which makes it even less best clear. In this list we will focus on the main temple  to determine which is the best largest temple in the word.

 A spectacular archaeological site in place of northeastern Lebanon. From the first century BC and over a period of 2 centuries, the great old Romans built three temples they are  Jupiter, Bacchus and Venus. Created to be the best largest temple in the Roman empire, the temple of Jupiter was lined by 54 best massive granite columns. Only six of these titanic columns remain standing but even they are incredibly most impressive. The wonderful preserved temples at the site is the great Temple of Bacchus built in 150 AD. The temple distance is 69 meters long and 36 meters wide. Its huge walls are adorned by 42 Corinthian columns, 19 of which remain upright in proper position standing 19 meters (62 feet) high.