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unusual facts about shrines



Ahmad Hussain Gilani

His sons and grandson Muhammad Afzaal Ahamd Hussain Gilani and Iftikhar Ahmad Hussain Gilani and Shah Hussnain Gialni are buried in their shrines at Mundair Kalan.

Arita, Saga

Tozan Shrine has a porcelain archway and other items of porcelain which, at other shrines, are usually made of stone.

Ba 'Alawiyya

The masters or early predecessors of the Ba'Alawi Tariqa are also mainly buried in the grounds of Tarim and thus up to this day, their shrines form part of the necessary destinations for visitors to Hadramaut.

Bathtub Madonna

A drive down country roads in Nelson, Marion, and Washington counties will provide ample sightings of these small shrines.

Benzaiten

She is enshrined on numerous locations throughout Japan; for example, the Enoshima Island in Sagami Bay, the Chikubu Island in Lake Biwa and the Itsukushima Island in Seto Inland Sea (Japan's Three Great Benzaiten Shrines); and she and a five-headed dragon are the central figures of the Enoshima Engi, a history of the shrines on Enoshima written by the Japanese Buddhist monk Kōkei (皇慶) in AD 1047.

Brian Dewan

The cabinetry he built for his recent series of electronic instruments, created in collaboration with his cousin, Leon Dewan, often continue some of the visual ideas behind the shrines.

Bruno Schweizer

On March 10, 1938, Schweizer organized an Ahnenerbe-sponsored expedition to Iceland, hoping to discover shrines to the Norse gods Odin or Thor.

Calgary True Buddha Pai Yuin Temple

The main shrine is flanked by subsidiary shrines that include the protectors of the Chinese animal horoscopes, the local earth god (Tu-Di Gong), as well as popular Hindu deities, including Ganesh, Prithvi, and Brahma.

Circus Maximus

The track width may have been determined by the distance between Murcia's and Consus' shrines at the southeastern end, and its length by the distance between these two shrines and Hercules' Ara Maxima, supposedly older than Rome itself and sited behind the Circus' starting place.

Dera Gopipur

Other notable towns in the close by areas are Jawalamukhi (A very famous temple and one of most respected and visited religious shrines of Hindus); Hamirpur (the commercial hub of Himachal Pradesh); Kangra (Famous for its forts, temples and rich cultural heritage); and Nadaun (a place still remembered for having a Sikh's Gurdwara which was built to commemorate Guru Gobind Singh's victory in the Battle of Nadaun.

Emperor Sanjō

1013 (Chōwa 2, 12th month): Sanjō visited the Shrines of Kamo, and successive emperors would emulate his example visiting this shrine annually.

Franciscan Monastery in Kadaň

The church dedication to Fourteen Holy Helpers shows the contacts to then popular German shrines of the same cult.

Glossary of Shinto

Some shrines, for example Meiji Shrine in Harajuku, Tokyo, see millions of visitors in just a few days.

Gotanda

Higashi-Gotanda is home to Seisen University, NTT Medical Center Tokyo, several temples and shrines and many office buildings.

Grishneshwar

Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga is one of the 12 Jyotirlinga shrines mentioned in the Shiva Purana (kotirudra sahinta,Ch.32-33 referred as "Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga").

Helen Flanders Dunbar

In pursuit of more knowledge in relation to the psychic aspects of healing and disease she visited Lourdes and a number of other healing shrines in Germany and Austria.

History of the Joseon Dynasty

Village Seowon, which combined the function of Confucian shrines with educational institutions, often reflected the factional alignment of the local elites.

Kamo no Chōmei

At the time, the Upper and Lower Kamo Shrines owned large amounts of property around the Kamo River, northeast of the Heian capital (Kyoto), holding great power and pretige among the aristocracy.

Kannazuki

In Shinto tradition it was said that the eight million gods of Japan left their shrines and congregated annually at Izumo Taisha.

Karli

Karla Caves, a complex of ancient Buddhist Indian rock-cut architecture cave shrines

Kasama Inari Shrine

Kasama Inari Shrine or `Kasama Jinja` is one of the three largest Inari Okami shrines in Japan, having been awarded the ancient court rank of Senior First Grade.

Khatam

These works include; doors and windows, mirror frames, Quran boxes, inlaid boxes, pen and penholders, lanterns and inlaid ornamented shrines.

King Khan and the Shrines

The original lineup of the (Sensational) Shrines consisted of King Khan on vocals and guitars, Mr. Speedfinger on guitar, Boom Boom Jennes on bass, John Boy Adonis on "big beat," Sam Cook on trumpet, percussionist Ron (a.k.a. Rahn) Streeter (who formerly played for Ike and Tina Turner, Bo Diddley, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, and Al Jarreau), Ben Ra on saxophone and Mr. Tom Bone on trombone.

Kodandarama Temple

In the prakara (enclosure) of the temple, there are small shrines containing the figures of Yoganarasimha, Sugriva, Kalinga, Mardhana, Ramanujacharya, Madhvacharya, Vedanta Desika, and some alwars.

Lakshminarasimha Temple, Haranhalli

The sanctum of the three shrines contain an image of the Hindu god Vishnu; Venugopala, Keshava and Lakshminarasimha.

Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga

Shakti Peethas are shrines that are believes to have enshrined with the presence of Shakti due to the falling of body parts of the corpse of Sati Devi, when Lord Shiva carried it.

Nachikatsuura, Wakayama

These shrines form part of the "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range" UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Nasiruddin Sailani Badesha

Many people of all castes and creeds still visit his qannqahs (shrines) in Koppal, Hospet, Bijapur, and Tenahalli.

Parade of the Lost Souls

Participants often dress in costume, bring lanterns, and build shrines in Grandview Park.

Paul Rehak

In 1980 he obtained his M.A. from Bryn Mawr College, writing on Mycenaean shrines under Machteld Mellink, and Ph.D. in 1985, writing on Roman sculpture under Brunilde Ridgway.

Precinct of Mut

In addition there are a number of smaller buildings and shrines, as well as the temple of Nectanebo II, the bark station of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, and the Sanctuary of Amun-Kamutef, which is located just outside the enclosing wall.

Regraga

During these weeks, pilgrims visit a series of local shrines, from the mouth of the Tensift river south of Safi to the northern outskirts of the High Atlas, including the city of Essaouira itself.

River Leck

The River Leck rises from a spring next to silverstone circuit near Whittlebury park golf course near Silverstone and flows through Shrines wood and Shirehill Wood and past Lovel wood it then flows past St Nicholas Church at lillingstone Dayrell.

Rua Kenana Hepetipa

Rua thought it was modelled on the Jerusalem Temple (even though his chamber was not to be a place of worship), but the actual model was the present day Dome of the Rock on Jerusalem's Temple Mount, a Muslim holy site and one of the most sacred of Islamic shrines.

Serapeum

Auxiliary shrines dedicated to other, less universal, Egyptian deities could be found here as well, including those dedicated to Anubis (Hermanubis), Hermes Trismegistus, the syncretism of Thoth and Hermes, Harpocrates, and others.

Shimosuwa, Nagano

The Harumiya (春宮) and Akimiya (秋宮) shrines are symbolically renewed every six years during the Onbashira festival.

Shinto shrine

During the late Heian period goddess Amaterasu, worshiped initially only at Ise Shrine, started to be re-enshrined in branch shrines in Ise's own possessions through the usual kanjō mechanism.

St. Barnabas, Apostle and Martyr Anglican Church

Highlights include the roof beam, the tryptich above the high altar, the Lady Chapel, the shrines of Our Lady and of St. Barnabas, the baptistry, the Nativity painting by Norbert Chapdelaine, the Stations of the Cross, the 1897 Casavant Frères organ, and the stained glass windows.

Sufi saints of Aurangabad

The town of Khuldabad contains the shrines of the most famous saints of the Dakhan.

Sumiyoshi-jinja

Sumiyoshi was one of the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) of the old Chikuzen Province.

Swaddling

In shrines dedicated to Amphiaraus, models representing babies wrapped in swaddling clothes have been excavated.

Tamil Buddhism

Tamil inscriptions excavated from this site point to the attention the Cholas paid to the development of Trincomalee District as a strong Saiva Tamil principality and for their contributions to the upkeep of several shrines including the monumental Shiva Koneswaram temple of Trincomalee.

Tochigi, Tochigi

Envoys using the Reiheishi Way sent from the Imperial Court going to the shrines and temples of Nikko stayed at the lodging area in the city.

Tourism in Jammu and Kashmir

Every year, thousands of Hindu pilgrims visit holy shrines of Vaishno Devi and Amarnath which has had significant impact on the state's economy.

Vajreshwari Temple

Smaller shrines in temple premises are dedicated to Kapileshwar Mahadeva (Shiva), Datta, Hanuman and saints of Giri Gosavi sect.

Zenaida and Philonella

This was a region renowned for its healing springs and shrines to Asclepius.


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