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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Taoism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Taoism</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Taoism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Zoroastrianism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Zoroastrianism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Zoroastrianism</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Zoroastrianism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Vietnamese_ancestral_worship" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Vietnamese_ancestral_worship"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>Vietnamese ancestral worship</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Vietnamese_ancestral_worship-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div 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href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC" title="উপাসনালয় – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উপাসনালয়" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D0%B7%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%96" title="Культавыя збудаванні – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Культавыя збудаванні" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloc_de_culte" title="Lloc de culte – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Lloc de culte" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kultst%C3%A4tte" title="Kultstätte – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kultstätte" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre%C4%9Dejo" title="Preĝejo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Preĝejo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87" title="نیایشگاه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="نیایشگاه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieu_de_culte" title="Lieu de culte – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Lieu de culte" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%A1%D5%B7%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B5%D6%81%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Պաշտամունքային կառույցներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Պաշտամունքային կառույցներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%B2" title="उपासनास्थल – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="उपासनास्थल" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempat_ibadah" title="Tempat ibadah – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Tempat ibadah" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edificio_di_culto" title="Edificio di culto – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Edificio di culto" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%AA%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%94" title="בית תפילה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="בית תפילה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omah_ngibadah" title="Omah ngibadah – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Omah ngibadah" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maabadi" title="Maabadi – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Maabadi" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0ventviet%C4%97" title="Šventvietė – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Šventvietė" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%86%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%82" title="ആരാധനാലയം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ആരാധനാലയം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%B3" title="प्रार्थनास्थळ – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="प्रार्थनास्थळ" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempat_ibadat" title="Tempat ibadat – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Tempat ibadat" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampek_ibadah" title="Tampek ibadah – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Tampek ibadah" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gebedshuis" title="Gebedshuis – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Gebedshuis" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kultsted" title="Kultsted – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Kultsted" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C4%83ca%C8%99_de_cult" title="Lăcaș de cult – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Lăcaș de cult" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%8B" title="Сакралны объекты – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Сакралны объекты" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5" title="Культовое сооружение – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Культовое сооружение" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveti%C5%A1%C4%8De" title="Svetišče – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Svetišče" 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The <a href="/wiki/Masjid_al-Qiblatayn" title="Masjid al-Qiblatayn">Masjid al-Qiblatayn</a> in <a href="/wiki/Medina" title="Medina">Medina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sikh_pilgrim_at_the_Golden_Temple_(Harmandir_Sahib)_in_Amritsar,_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Sikh_pilgrim_at_the_Golden_Temple_%28Harmandir_Sahib%29_in_Amritsar%2C_India.jpg/220px-Sikh_pilgrim_at_the_Golden_Temple_%28Harmandir_Sahib%29_in_Amritsar%2C_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Sikh_pilgrim_at_the_Golden_Temple_%28Harmandir_Sahib%29_in_Amritsar%2C_India.jpg/330px-Sikh_pilgrim_at_the_Golden_Temple_%28Harmandir_Sahib%29_in_Amritsar%2C_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Sikh_pilgrim_at_the_Golden_Temple_%28Harmandir_Sahib%29_in_Amritsar%2C_India.jpg/440px-Sikh_pilgrim_at_the_Golden_Temple_%28Harmandir_Sahib%29_in_Amritsar%2C_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Harmandir_Sahib" class="mw-redirect" title="Harmandir Sahib">Golden Temple</a> is the holiest <a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikh</a> <a href="/wiki/Gurdwara" title="Gurdwara">Gurdwara</a>, located in <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab, India</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mandaean-Mandi-Nasiriya-Iraq.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Mandaean-Mandi-Nasiriya-Iraq.jpg/220px-Mandaean-Mandi-Nasiriya-Iraq.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Mandaean-Mandi-Nasiriya-Iraq.jpg/330px-Mandaean-Mandi-Nasiriya-Iraq.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Mandaean-Mandi-Nasiriya-Iraq.jpg/440px-Mandaean-Mandi-Nasiriya-Iraq.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Mandaean <a href="/wiki/Beth_Manda" class="mw-redirect" title="Beth Manda">Beth Manda</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tabernacle#Mandaeism" title="Tabernacle">Mashkhanna</a>) in <a href="/wiki/Nasiriyah" title="Nasiriyah">Nasiriyah, southern Iraq</a> in 2016. Place of worship for the only surviving <a href="/wiki/Gnostic" class="mw-redirect" title="Gnostic">Gnostic</a> religion from antiquity</div></div></div></div></div> <p>A <b>place of worship</b> is a specially designed structure or space where individuals or a group of people such as a <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/congregation" class="extiw" title="wikt:congregation">congregation</a> come to perform acts of devotion, veneration, or religious study. A building constructed or used for this purpose is sometimes called a <b>house of worship</b>. <a href="/wiki/Temple" title="Temple">Temples</a>, <a href="/wiki/Church_building" class="mw-redirect" title="Church building">churches</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mosque" title="Mosque">mosques</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Synagogue" title="Synagogue">synagogues</a> are examples of structures created for worship. A <a href="/wiki/Monastery" title="Monastery">monastery</a> may serve both to house those belonging to religious orders and as a place of worship for visitors. <a href="/wiki/Sacred_natural_site" title="Sacred natural site">Natural or topographical features</a> may also serve as places of worship, and are considered <a href="/wiki/Sacred_space" title="Sacred space">holy or sacrosanct</a> in some religions; the rituals associated with the <a href="/wiki/Ganges" title="Ganges">Ganges</a> river are an example in <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>. </p><p>Under <a href="/wiki/International_humanitarian_law" title="International humanitarian law">international humanitarian law</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Geneva_Conventions" title="Geneva Conventions">Geneva Conventions</a>, religious buildings are offered special protection, similar to the protection guaranteed hospitals displaying the <a href="/wiki/International_Red_Cross_and_Red_Crescent_Movement" title="International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement">Red Cross or Red Crescent</a>. These international laws of war bar firing upon or from a religious building. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Religious_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious architecture">Religious architecture</a> expresses the religious beliefs, aesthetic choices, and economic and technological capacity of those who create or adapt it, and thus places of worship show great variety depending on time and place. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Buddhism">Buddhism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Place_of_worship&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Buddhism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Buddhist_temple" title="Buddhist temple">Buddhist temple</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Buddhist_temples" title="List of Buddhist temples">List of Buddhist temples</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Candi_of_Indonesia" title="Candi of Indonesia">Candi</a>, Buddhist sanctuaries mostly built during the 1st to 21st centuries in the <a href="/wiki/Indonesian_Archipelago" class="mw-redirect" title="Indonesian Archipelago">Indonesian Archipelago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaitya" title="Chaitya">Chaitya</a>, a Buddhist shrine that includes a <a href="/wiki/Stupa" title="Stupa">stupa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jing%C5%AB-ji" title="Jingū-ji">Jingū-ji</a>, a religious complex in pre-<a href="/wiki/Meiji_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Meiji period">Meiji</a> Japan comprising a <a href="/wiki/Buddhist_temples_in_Japan" title="Buddhist temples in Japan">Buddhist temple</a> and a local <i><a href="/wiki/Kami" title="Kami">kami</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Shinto" title="Shinto">Shinto</a> shrine</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pagoda" title="Pagoda">Pagoda</a>, a towerlike, multistory structure usually associated with Buddhist temple complexes of East and Southeast Asia.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vihara" class="mw-redirect" title="Vihara">Vihara</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhist</a> monastery found abundantly in <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wat" title="Wat">Wat</a>, the name for a monastery temple in <a href="/wiki/Cambodia" title="Cambodia">Cambodia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Christianity">Christianity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Place_of_worship&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Christianity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Church_(building)" title="Church (building)">Church (building)</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_churches" class="mw-redirect" title="List of churches">List of churches</a></div> <p>The word <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/church" class="extiw" title="wikt:church">church</a></i> derives from the Greek <i>ekklesia</i>, meaning <i>the called-out ones</i>. Its original meaning is to refer to the body of believers, or the body of Christ.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The word <i>church</i> is used to refer to a Christian place of worship by some <a href="/wiki/Christian_denomination" title="Christian denomination">Christian denominations</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Anglicans" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglicans">Anglicans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Catholics" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholics">Catholics</a>. Other <a href="/wiki/Christian_denomination" title="Christian denomination">Christian denominations</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/Religious_Society_of_Friends" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious Society of Friends">Religious Society of Friends</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mennonites" title="Mennonites">Mennonites</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christadelphians" title="Christadelphians">Christadelphians</a>, and some <a href="/wiki/Unitarianism" title="Unitarianism">unitarians</a>, object to the use of the word "church" to refer to a building, as they argue that this word should be reserved for the body of believers who worship there.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead, these groups use words such as "Hall" to identify their places of worship or any building in use by them for the purpose of assembly. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basilica" title="Basilica">Basilica</a> (<a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathedral" title="Cathedral">Cathedral</a> or <a href="/wiki/Minster_(cathedral)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minster (cathedral)">minster</a> (seat of a diocesan bishop within the <a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Orthodox</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anglican" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican">Anglican</a> churches)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chapel" title="Chapel">Chapel</a> <i>("Capel" in <a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>)</i> – <a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_of_Wales" title="Presbyterian Church of Wales">Presbyterian Church of Wales</a> (Calvinistic Methodism), and some other denominations, especially <a href="/wiki/Nonconformist_(Protestantism)" title="Nonconformist (Protestantism)">non-conformist</a> denominations. English law once reserved the term "church" to the Church of England. In <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Catholicism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anglicans" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglicans">Anglicanism</a>, some smaller and "private" places of worship are called <a href="/wiki/Chapel" title="Chapel">chapels</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_architecture" title="Church architecture">Church</a> – <a href="/wiki/Iglesia_ni_Cristo" title="Iglesia ni Cristo">Iglesia ni Cristo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orthodoxy#Christianity" title="Orthodoxy">Orthodox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a> denominations</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirk" title="Kirk">Kirk</a> (Scottish–cognate with church)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friends_meeting_house" title="Friends meeting house">Meeting House</a> – <a href="/wiki/Religious_Society_of_Friends" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious Society of Friends">Religious Society of Friends</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meeting_House&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Meeting House (page does not exist)">Meeting House</a> – <a href="/wiki/Christadelphians" title="Christadelphians">Christadelphians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meeting_house" title="Meeting house">Meeting House</a> and <a href="/wiki/Temple_(LDS_Church)" title="Temple (LDS Church)">Temple</a> – <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Mormons</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Latter-day_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="Latter-day Saints">Latter-day Saints</a> use <i><a href="/wiki/Meeting_house" title="Meeting house">meeting house</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Temple_(LDS_Church)" title="Temple (LDS Church)">temple</a></i> to denote two different types of buildings. Normal <a href="/wiki/Worship_services_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="Worship services of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">worship services</a> are held in <a href="/wiki/Ward_(LDS_Church)" title="Ward (LDS Church)">ward</a> meeting houses (or chapels) while Mormon temples are reserved for <a href="/wiki/Temple_Work_by_Proxy" class="mw-redirect" title="Temple Work by Proxy">special ordinances</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple" title="Temple">Temple</a> – French Protestants <br />Protestant denominations installed in France in the early modern era use the word <i>temple</i> (as opposed to <i>church</i>, supposed to be Roman Catholic); some more recently built temples are called <i>church</i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_church_architecture#Terminology" title="Eastern Orthodox church architecture">Orthodox temple</a> – Orthodox Christianity (both <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oriental_Orthodox_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriental Orthodox Church">Oriental</a>) <br />an Orthodox temple is a place of worship with base shaped like <a href="/wiki/Greek_cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek cross">Greek cross</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_Hall" title="Kingdom Hall">Kingdom Hall</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses" title="Jehovah's Witnesses">Jehovah's Witnesses</a> may apply the term in a general way to any meeting place used for their <a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses_practices#Worship" title="Jehovah's Witnesses practices">formal meetings for worship</a>, but apply the term formally to those places established by and for local congregations of up to 200 adherents. <a href="/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses_practices#Assemblies_and_conventions" title="Jehovah's Witnesses practices">Their multi-congregation events</a> are typically held at a meeting place termed <i>Assembly Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses</i> (or <i>Christian Convention Center of Jehovah's Witnesses</i>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Classical_antiquity">Classical antiquity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Place_of_worship&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Classical antiquity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ancient_Greece">Ancient Greece</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Place_of_worship&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ancient Greece"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greek_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek temple">Greek temple</a> (ναός) , for the <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_ancient_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Religion in ancient Greece">religions in ancient Greece</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ancient_Rome">Ancient Rome</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Place_of_worship&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ancient Rome"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roman_temple" title="Roman temple">Roman temple</a>, for the <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_ancient_Rome" title="Religion in ancient Rome">religions of ancient Rome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mithraeum" title="Mithraeum">Mithraeum</a>, for the <a href="/wiki/Mithraic_mysteries" class="mw-redirect" title="Mithraic mysteries">Mithraic mysteries</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hinduism">Hinduism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Place_of_worship&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Hinduism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple" title="Hindu temple">Hindu temple</a> (Mandir), <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>A <b>Hindu temple</b> is a symbolic house, seat and body of god. It is a structure designed to bring human beings and gods together, using symbolism to express the ideas and beliefs of <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Michell1977p61_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Michell1977p61-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The symbolism and structure of a Hindu temple are rooted in Vedic traditions, deploying circles and squares.<sup id="cite_ref-stellakvol1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stellakvol1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A temple incorporates all elements of Hindu cosmos—presenting the good, the evil and the human, as well as the elements of Hindu sense of cyclic time and the essence of life—symbolically presenting <a href="/wiki/Dharma" title="Dharma">dharma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kama" title="Kama">kama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Artha" title="Artha">artha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moksa" class="mw-redirect" title="Moksa">moksa</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Karma" title="Karma">karma</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Islam">Islam</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Place_of_worship&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Islam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Mosque" title="Mosque">mosque</a> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">مسجد</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">masjid</i></span>), literally meaning "place of prostration", is a place of worship for followers of <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a>. There are strict and detailed requirements in Sunni jurisprudence (fiqh) for a place of worship to be considered a masjid, with places that do not meet these requirements regarded as musallas. There are stringent restrictions on the uses of the area formally demarcated as the mosque (which is often a small portion of the larger complex), and, in the Islamic Sharia law, after an area is formally designated as a mosque, it remains so until the Last Day. </p><p>Many mosques have elaborate domes, minarets, and prayer halls, in varying styles of architecture. Mosques originated on the Arabian Peninsula, but are now found in all inhabited continents. The mosque serves as a place where Muslims can come together for salat (صلاة ṣalāt, meaning "prayer") as well as a center for information, education, social welfare, and dispute settlement. The imam leads the congregation in prayer. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Jainism">Jainism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Place_of_worship&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Jainism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jain_temple" title="Jain temple">Jain temple</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a></li></ul> <p><b>Derasar</b> is a word used for a Jain temple in Gujarat and southern Rajasthan. <b><a href="/wiki/Basadi" class="mw-redirect" title="Basadi">Basadi</a></b> is a <a href="/wiki/Jain" class="mw-redirect" title="Jain">Jain</a> shrine or temple in Karnataka<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are some guidelines to follow when one is visiting a Jain temple:<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Before entering the temple, one should bathe and wear freshly-washed clothes</li> <li>One should not be chewing any edibles</li> <li>One should try to keep as silent as possible inside the temple.</li> <li>Mobile phones should not be used in the temple.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Judaism">Judaism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Place_of_worship&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Judaism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Synagogue" title="Synagogue">Synagogue</a> – <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a> <ul><li>Some synagogues, especially Reform synagogues, are called temples, but Orthodox and Conservative Judaism considers this inappropriate as it does not consider synagogues a replacement for the <a href="/wiki/Temple_in_Jerusalem" title="Temple in Jerusalem">Temple in Jerusalem</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <p>Some Jewish congregations use the <a href="/wiki/Yiddish" title="Yiddish">Yiddish</a> term 'shul' (from the same <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek">ancient Greek</a> source as the English word "school") to describe their place of worship, or the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew" class="mw-redirect" title="Hebrew">Hebrew</a> <i>Beyt ha-Knesset</i> (Hebrew בית הכנסת) meaning house of assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mandaeism">Mandaeism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Place_of_worship&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Mandaeism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mandi_(Mandaeism)" title="Mandi (Mandaeism)">Mandi</a> / <a href="/wiki/Tabernacle#Mandaeism" title="Tabernacle">Mashkhanna</a> / <a href="/wiki/Beth_Manda" class="mw-redirect" title="Beth Manda">Beth Manda</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mandaeism" title="Mandaeism">Mandaeism</a> <ul><li>A mandi or Beth Manda (<i>Beit Manda</i> or <i>Bit Manda</i>, 'house of knowledge') is a cultic hut and place of worship for followers of Mandaeism.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Norse_paganism">Norse paganism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Place_of_worship&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Norse paganism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heathen_hof" title="Heathen hof">Hof</a> – <a href="/wiki/Norse_paganism" class="mw-redirect" title="Norse paganism">Norse paganism</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Shinto">Shinto</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Place_of_worship&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Shinto"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jinja_(Shinto)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jinja (Shinto)">Jinja</a> – <a href="/wiki/Shinto" title="Shinto">Shinto</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sikhism">Sikhism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Place_of_worship&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Sikhism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gurdwara" title="Gurdwara">Gurdwara</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Taoism">Taoism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Place_of_worship&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Taoism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Daoguan" class="mw-redirect" title="Daoguan">Daoguan</a> – <a href="/wiki/Taoism" title="Taoism">Taoism</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Zoroastrianism">Zoroastrianism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Place_of_worship&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Zoroastrianism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fire_temple" title="Fire temple">Fire temple</a> - All Zoroastrian temples fall into the Fire temple category. <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atash_Bahram" class="mw-redirect" title="Atash Bahram">Atash Behram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agyari" class="mw-redirect" title="Agyari">Agyari</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atash_Dadgah" class="mw-redirect" title="Atash Dadgah">Dadgah</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Vietnamese_ancestral_worship">Vietnamese ancestral worship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Place_of_worship&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Vietnamese ancestral worship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nh%C3%A0_th%E1%BB%9D_h%E1%BB%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Nhà thờ họ">Nhà thờ họ</a>. Historically speaking Vietnamese people tumi tum</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Place_of_worship&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Altar" title="Altar">Altar</a></li> <li>Arming places of worship</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_House_of_Worship" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahá'í House of Worship">Bahá'í House of Worship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibadat_Khana" title="Ibadat Khana">Ibadat Khana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacred_space" title="Sacred space">Sacred space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrine" title="Shrine">Shrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religious_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious architecture">Religious architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reliquary" title="Reliquary">Reliquary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_church_buildings_in_the_world" class="mw-redirect" title="List of largest church buildings in the world">List of largest church buildings in the world</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_mosques_in_the_world" class="mw-redirect" title="List of largest mosques in the world">List of largest mosques in the world</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple" title="Temple">Temple</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Place_of_worship&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.xenos.org/classes/um1-1a.htm">"The New Testament Definition of the Church"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 June</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+New+Testament+Definition+of+the+Church&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xenos.org%2Fclasses%2Fum1-1a.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APlace+of+worship" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGee2009" class="citation journal cs1">Gee, Matthew (8 May 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thefriend.org/articledisplay.asp?articleid=3897">"Meeting for Church Affairs"</a>. <i>The Friend</i>. <b>167</b> (19). London, UK: 8. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0016-1268">0016-1268</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Friend&rft.atitle=Meeting+for+Church+Affairs&rft.volume=167&rft.issue=19&rft.pages=8&rft.date=2009-05-08&rft.issn=0016-1268&rft.aulast=Gee&rft.aufirst=Matthew&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thefriend.org%2Farticledisplay.asp%3Farticleid%3D3897&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APlace+of+worship" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">^ Robinson, James. Religions of the World: Hinduism.1st. Chelsea House Publishers, 2004. Page 72. ^ Werner, Karel (1994). A Popular Dictionary of Hinduism. Curzon Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7007-1049-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-7007-1049-3">0-7007-1049-3</a>. ^ a b c Narayanan, Vasudha. "The Hindu Tradition". In A Concise Introduction to World Religions, ed. Willard G. Oxtoby and Alan F. Segal. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007 ^ Bain, Keith, Pippa Bryun, and David Allardice. Frommer's India. 1st. New Jersey: Wiley Publishing, 2010. Page 75 ^ Harley, Gail M (2003). Hindu and Sikh Faiths in America. Facts on File, Inc. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8160-4987-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-8160-4987-4">0-8160-4987-4</a>. ^ <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.mandir.org/awards&opinions/Buildings%20and%20structures.htm">http://www.mandir.org/awards&opinions/Buildings%20and%20structures.htm</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090210194504/http://mandir.org/awards%26opinions/Buildings%20and%20structures.htm">Archived</a> 10 February 2009 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStella_Kramrisch1946" class="citation book cs1">Stella Kramrisch (1946). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=NNcXrBlI9S0C"><i>The Hindu Temple</i></a>. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 135, context: 40–43, 110–114, 129–139 with footnotes. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-208-0223-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-208-0223-0"><bdi>978-81-208-0223-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Hindu+Temple&rft.pages=135%2C+context%3A+40-43%2C+110-114%2C+129-139+with+footnotes&rft.pub=Motilal+Banarsidass&rft.date=1946&rft.isbn=978-81-208-0223-0&rft.au=Stella+Kramrisch&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DNNcXrBlI9S0C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APlace+of+worship" class="Z3988"></span>, Quote: "The [Hindu] temple is the seat and dwelling of God, according to the majority of the [Indian] names" (p. 135); "The temple as Vimana, proportionately measured throughout, is the house and body of God" (p. 133).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Michell1977p61-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Michell1977p61_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGeorge_Michell1977" class="citation book cs1">George Michell (1977). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ajgImLs62gwC&pg=PA61"><i>The Hindu Temple: An Introduction to Its Meaning and Forms</i></a>. University of Chicago Press. pp. 61–62. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-226-53230-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-226-53230-1"><bdi>978-0-226-53230-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Hindu+Temple%3A+An+Introduction+to+Its+Meaning+and+Forms&rft.pages=61-62&rft.pub=University+of+Chicago+Press&rft.date=1977&rft.isbn=978-0-226-53230-1&rft.au=George+Michell&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DajgImLs62gwC%26pg%3DPA61&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APlace+of+worship" class="Z3988"></span>; Quote: "The Hindu temple is designed to bring about contact between man and the gods" (...) "The architecture of the Hindu temple symbolically represents this quest by setting out to dissolve the boundaries between man and the divine".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-stellakvol1-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-stellakvol1_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStella_Kramrisch1946" class="citation book cs1">Stella Kramrisch (1946). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=NNcXrBlI9S0C"><i>The Hindu Temple</i></a>. Motilal Banarsidass. pp. 19–43, 135–137, context: 129–144 with footnotes. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-208-0223-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-208-0223-0"><bdi>978-81-208-0223-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Hindu+Temple&rft.pages=19-43%2C+135-137%2C+context%3A+129-144+with+footnotes&rft.pub=Motilal+Banarsidass&rft.date=1946&rft.isbn=978-81-208-0223-0&rft.au=Stella+Kramrisch&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DNNcXrBlI9S0C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APlace+of+worship" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Stella_Kramrisch" title="Stella Kramrisch">Stella Kramrisch</a>, <i>The Hindu Temple</i>, Vol 2, Motilal Banarsidass, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-208-0222-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-208-0222-3">978-81-208-0222-3</a>, pp. 346–357 and 423-424</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Klaus_Klostermaier" title="Klaus Klostermaier">Klaus Klostermaier</a>, The Divine Presence in Space and Time – Murti, Tirtha, Kala; in A Survey of Hinduism, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7914-7082-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7914-7082-4">978-0-7914-7082-4</a>, State University of New York Press, pp. 268–277.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGeorge_Michell1977" class="citation book cs1">George Michell (1977). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ajgImLs62gwC&pg=PA61"><i>The Hindu Temple: An Introduction to Its Meaning and Forms</i></a>. University of Chicago Press. pp. 61–76. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-226-53230-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-226-53230-1"><bdi>978-0-226-53230-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Hindu+Temple%3A+An+Introduction+to+Its+Meaning+and+Forms&rft.pages=61-76&rft.pub=University+of+Chicago+Press&rft.date=1977&rft.isbn=978-0-226-53230-1&rft.au=George+Michell&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DajgImLs62gwC%26pg%3DPA61&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APlace+of+worship" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kamat.com/glossary/?whoID=234">"Basadi"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Basadi&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kamat.com%2Fglossary%2F%3FwhoID%3D234&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APlace+of+worship" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">CultureShock! India: A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette, Gitanjali Kolanad, Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd, 2008 p. 45</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Leo_Rosten" title="Leo Rosten">Leo Rosten</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Joys_of_Yiddish" title="The Joys of Yiddish">The Joys of Yiddish</a></i>, © 1968; <a href="/wiki/Pocket_Books" title="Pocket Books">Pocket Books</a> edition, 1970, p. 379</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Place_of_worship&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/12px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/18px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/24px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span> Media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Places_of_worship" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Places of worship">Places of worship</a> at Wikimedia Commons</li> <li>James P. Wind, <i>Places of worship: exploring their history</i>, Rowman Altamira, 1997</li> <li>Vaughan Hart, <i>Places of worship</i>, Phaidon, 1999</li> <li>Eric Kang, <i>The Place of Worship</i>, Essence Publishing, 2003</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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title="Pagoda">Pagoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaolin_Monastery" title="Shaolin Monastery">Shaolin Monastery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stupa" title="Stupa">Stupa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wat" title="Wat">Wat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Christian_cross.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/12px-Christian_cross.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/18px-Christian_cross.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/24px-Christian_cross.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="404" data-file-height="564" /></a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" 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