Showing posts with label temple. Show all posts
Showing posts with label temple. Show all posts

Thursday, October 16, 2014

A Temple That Lives With Nature

Image result for Bronze Goat Taoist Temple (Chengdu)
                   
      Bronze Goat Daoist Temple is one of the most famous Doist temples in China. It is located in the northwest part of Chengdu, in Sichuan Province. It was built in Dynasty Tang which was a time period that Daoism was flourishing over China. In this temple many important exhibits of Daoist culture are on display such as scriptures,sculptures,artwork. It's believed that temples are the places to observe Dao, the way. Ultimately this temple was built in the middle of nature to represent the beliefs and habits of Daoist people. They live in the middle of nature, isolated and try to harmonize with the environment around them.


The Holy Temple

                                                  
                  
        
This is the Meenakshi Amman Temple in  the temple city of Madurai, Tamil NaduIndiaThe temple receives an annual revenue of sixty million with 15,000 visitors a day and  25,000 on Fridays. The temple is 51.9 meters (170ft) high and at least 600 years old. There are an estimated 33,000 sculptures in it and amazes a person every single time with thousands upon thousands of stone figures at it's exterior, you can check out more images from this site: lhttp://www.kuriositas.com/2013/03/meenakshi-amman-temple-indias-dazzling.html.  Meenakshi is an avatar of Hindu goddess Pravati which is Shiva's wife(Shiva is on of the main god and he's the destroyer). She is on of the few female deities to have major temple devoted to. This temple reminds Hindu people about their gods and they come here to worship.