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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sikh_temples"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>Sikh temples</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sikh_temples-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mesopotamian_temples" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mesopotamian_temples"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Mesopotamian temples</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mesopotamian_temples-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Egyptian_temples" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Egyptian_temples"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Egyptian temples</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Egyptian_temples-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Greco-Roman_temples" 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id="toc-Chinese_temples" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chinese_temples"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Chinese temples</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chinese_temples-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Indonesian_temples" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Indonesian_temples"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Indonesian temples</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Indonesian_temples-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mesoamerican_temples" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mesoamerican_temples"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Mesoamerican temples</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mesoamerican_temples-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Jewish_synagogues_and_temples" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Jewish_synagogues_and_temples"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Jewish synagogues and temples</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Jewish_synagogues_and_temples-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Christian_temples" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Christian_temples"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Christian temples</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Christian_temples-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Christian temples subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Christian_temples-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Orthodox_Christianity" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Orthodox_Christianity"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1</span> <span>Orthodox Christianity</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Orthodox_Christianity-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Catholicism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Catholicism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2</span> <span>Catholicism</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Catholicism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Protestantism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Protestantism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3</span> <span>Protestantism</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Protestantism-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Latter_Day_Saint_movement" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Latter_Day_Saint_movement"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.4</span> <span>Latter Day Saint movement</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Latter_Day_Saint_movement-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.4.1</span> <span>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_Latter_Day_Saint_denominations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_Latter_Day_Saint_denominations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.4.2</span> <span>Other Latter Day Saint denominations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_Latter_Day_Saint_denominations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Esoteric_Christianity" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Esoteric_Christianity"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.5</span> <span>Esoteric Christianity</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Esoteric_Christianity-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Masonic_temples" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Masonic_temples"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Masonic temples</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Masonic_temples-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Others" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Others"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Others</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Others-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</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"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</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"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" 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title="Tempel – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Tempel" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%89%A4%E1%89%B0_%E1%88%98%E1%89%85%E1%8B%B0%E1%88%B5" title="ቤተ መቅደስ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ቤተ መቅደስ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF" title="معبد – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="معبد" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templu" title="Templu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Templu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opy" title="Opy – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Opy" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C9%99b%C9%99d" title="Məbəd – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Məbəd" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF" title="معبد – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="معبد" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0" title="মন্দির – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মন্দির" 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%A5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC" title="Храм – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Храм" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC" title="Храм – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Храм" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B2" title="टेम्पल – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="टेम्पल" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC" title="Храм – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Храм" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hram" title="Hram – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Hram" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple" title="Temple – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Temple" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chr%C3%A1m" title="Chrám – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Chrám" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teml" title="Teml – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Teml" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempel" title="Tempel – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Tempel" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempel" title="Tempel – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Tempel" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempel" title="Tempel – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Tempel" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CE%B1%CF%8C%CF%82" title="Ναός – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ναός" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE" title="Озномакудо – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="Озномакудо" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templo" title="Templo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Templo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templo" title="Templo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Templo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenplu" title="Tenplu – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Tenplu" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87" title="پرستشگاه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پرستشگاه" 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/Temple" title="Temple – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Temple" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godsh%C3%BBs_(gebou_foar_earetsjinst)" title="Godshûs (gebou foar earetsjinst) – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Godshûs (gebou foar earetsjinst)" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teampall" title="Teampall – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Teampall" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templo" title="Templo – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Templo" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%A6%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%B0" title="મંદિર – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="મંદિર" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-got mw-list-item"><a href="https://got.wikipedia.org/wiki/%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8C%BB%F0%90%8C%B7%F0%90%8D%83" title="𐌰𐌻𐌷𐍃 – Gothic" lang="got" hreflang="got" data-title="𐌰𐌻𐌷𐍃" data-language-autonym="𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺" data-language-local-name="Gothic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%AC%EC%9B%90" title="사원 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="사원" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8F%D5%A1%D5%B3%D5%A1%D6%80" title="Տաճար – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Տաճար" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hram" title="Hram – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Hram" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templo" title="Templo – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Templo" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuil" title="Kuil – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kuil" 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-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templo" title="Templo – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Templo" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempio" title="Tempio – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Tempio" 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%9E%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%A9" title="מקדש – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מקדש" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A5%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A8" title="ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%AB%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="ტაძარი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ტაძარი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%92%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Ғибадатхана – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Ғибадатхана" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hekalu" title="Hekalu – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Hekalu" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templum" title="Templum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Templum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templis" title="Templis – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Templis" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0ventykla" title="Šventykla – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Šventykla" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C9%9Bmp%C9%9Bl%C9%94%CC%81" title="Tɛmpɛlɔ́ – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="Tɛmpɛlɔ́" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templo" title="Templo – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Templo" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templom" title="Templom – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Templom" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC" title="Храм – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Храм" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempoly" title="Tempoly – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Tempoly" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9D%E1%83%AE%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%90" title="ოხიდა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ოხიდა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF" title="معبد – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="معبد" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuil" title="Kuil – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Kuil" 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-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%82%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%A2%EA%AF%81%EA%AF%AA" title="ꯂꯥꯢꯁꯪ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯂꯥꯢꯁꯪ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempel" title="Tempel – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Tempel" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0" title="मन्दिर – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="मन्दिर" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%83" title="देगः – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="देगः" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A5%9E%E6%AE%BF" title="神殿 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="神殿" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4" title="Йерд – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Йерд" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempel" title="Tempel – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Tempel" 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-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempel" title="Tempel – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Tempel" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templle" title="Templle – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="Templle" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple" title="Temple – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Temple" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibodatxona" title="Ibodatxona – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Ibodatxona" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%B0" title="ਮੰਦਰ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਮੰਦਰ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Awi%C4%85tynia" title="Świątynia – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Świątynia" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templo" title="Templo – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Templo" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templu" title="Templu – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Templu" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manqus_wasi" title="Manqus wasi – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Manqus wasi" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC" title="Храм – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Храм" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempulli" title="Tempulli – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Tempulli" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempiu" title="Tempiu – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Tempiu" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%9A%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%BD" title="දේවාල – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="දේවාල" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple" title="Temple – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Temple" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chr%C3%A1m" title="Chrám – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Chrám" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempelj" title="Tempelj – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Tempelj" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xawaad" title="Xawaad – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Xawaad" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC" title="Храм – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Храм" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hram" title="Hram – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Hram" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temppeli" title="Temppeli – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Temppeli" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempel" title="Tempel – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Tempel" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templo" title="Templo – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Templo" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_(%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D)" title="கோயில் (வழிபாட்டிடம்) – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="கோயில் (வழிபாட்டிடம்)" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%8B%D0%B9%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B4%D3%99%D1%82%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D3%99" title="Гыйбадәтханә – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Гыйбадәтханә" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" 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For the region of the forehead, see <a href="/wiki/Temple_(anatomy)" title="Temple (anatomy)">Temple (anatomy)</a>. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Temple_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Temple (disambiguation)">Temple (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ankor_Wat_temple.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Ankor_Wat_temple.jpg/330px-Ankor_Wat_temple.jpg" decoding="async" width="299" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Ankor_Wat_temple.jpg/500px-Ankor_Wat_temple.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Ankor_Wat_temple.jpg/960px-Ankor_Wat_temple.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>The 12th-century <a href="/wiki/Angkor_Wat" title="Angkor Wat">Angkor Wat</a> temple complex in <a href="/wiki/Cambodia" title="Cambodia">Cambodia</a> is the largest<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> religious structure in the world and is dedicated to the <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu deity</a> <a href="/wiki/Maha_Vishnu" class="mw-redirect" title="Maha Vishnu">Vishnu</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Panoramic_views_of_Borobudur.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Panoramic_views_of_Borobudur.jpg/330px-Panoramic_views_of_Borobudur.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Panoramic_views_of_Borobudur.jpg/500px-Panoramic_views_of_Borobudur.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Panoramic_views_of_Borobudur.jpg/960px-Panoramic_views_of_Borobudur.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1689" data-file-height="1116" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Borobudur" title="Borobudur">Borobudur</a> temple, the largest <a href="/wiki/Buddhist_temple" title="Buddhist temple">Buddhist temple</a> in the world, located in <a href="/wiki/Central_Java" title="Central Java">Central Java</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Athen_Erechtheion_BW_2017-10-09_13-58-34.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Athen_Erechtheion_BW_2017-10-09_13-58-34.jpg/300px-Athen_Erechtheion_BW_2017-10-09_13-58-34.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Athen_Erechtheion_BW_2017-10-09_13-58-34.jpg/450px-Athen_Erechtheion_BW_2017-10-09_13-58-34.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Athen_Erechtheion_BW_2017-10-09_13-58-34.jpg/600px-Athen_Erechtheion_BW_2017-10-09_13-58-34.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5824" data-file-height="3956" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Erechtheion" title="Erechtheion">Erechtheion</a> in <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>, is associated with some of the most ancient and holy relics of the Athenians, such as the <a href="/wiki/Palladion" class="mw-redirect" title="Palladion">Palladion</a>, a <i><a href="/wiki/Xoanon" title="Xoanon">xoanon</a></i> of <a href="/wiki/Athena_Polias" class="mw-redirect" title="Athena Polias">Athena Polias</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ram_Janmbhoomi_Mandir,_Ayodhya_Dham.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Ram_Janmbhoomi_Mandir%2C_Ayodhya_Dham.jpg/300px-Ram_Janmbhoomi_Mandir%2C_Ayodhya_Dham.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Ram_Janmbhoomi_Mandir%2C_Ayodhya_Dham.jpg/450px-Ram_Janmbhoomi_Mandir%2C_Ayodhya_Dham.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Ram_Janmbhoomi_Mandir%2C_Ayodhya_Dham.jpg/600px-Ram_Janmbhoomi_Mandir%2C_Ayodhya_Dham.jpg 2x" data-file-width="922" data-file-height="549" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ram_Mandir" title="Ram Mandir">Ram Mandir</a> at <a href="/wiki/Ayodhya" title="Ayodhya">Ayodhya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, dedicated to Hindu deity <a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a>. The temple was <a href="/wiki/Prana_pratishtha" title="Prana pratishtha">inaugurated by</a> <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister of India</a> <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> on 22 January 2024. </figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>temple</b> (from the <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Templum" class="mw-redirect" title="Templum">templum</a></i></span>) is a <a href="/wiki/Place_of_worship" title="Place of worship">place of worship</a>, a building used for spiritual rituals and activities such as <a href="/wiki/Prayer" title="Prayer">prayer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sacrifice" title="Sacrifice">sacrifice</a>. By convention, the specially built places of worship of some religions are commonly called "temples" in English, while those of other religions are not, even though they fulfill very similar functions. </p><p>The religions for which the terms are used include the great majority of ancient religions that are now extinct, such as the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion" title="Ancient Egyptian religion">Ancient Egyptian religion</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_religion" title="Ancient Greek religion">Ancient Greek religion</a>. Among religions still active: <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> (whose temples are called <a href="/wiki/Mandir" class="mw-redirect" title="Mandir">Mandir</a> or <a href="/wiki/Kovil" title="Kovil">Kovil</a>), <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> (whose temples are called <a href="/wiki/Vih%C4%81ra" title="Vihāra">Vihar</a>), <a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a> (whose temples are called <a href="/wiki/Gurdwara" title="Gurdwara">gurudwara</a>), <a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a> (whose temples are sometimes called <a href="/wiki/Derasar" class="mw-redirect" title="Derasar">derasar</a>), <a href="/wiki/Zoroastrianism" title="Zoroastrianism">Zoroastrianism</a> (whose temples are sometimes called <a href="/wiki/Agiary" class="mw-redirect" title="Agiary">Agiary</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼí Faith</a> (which are often simply referred to as <a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_House_of_Worship" title="Baháʼí House of Worship">Baháʼí House of Worship</a>), <a href="/wiki/Taoism" title="Taoism">Taoism</a> (which are sometimes called <a href="/wiki/Daoguan" class="mw-redirect" title="Daoguan">Daoguan</a>), <a href="/wiki/Shinto" title="Shinto">Shinto</a> (which are often called <a href="/wiki/Shinto_shrine" title="Shinto shrine">Jinja</a>), <a href="/wiki/Confucianism" title="Confucianism">Confucianism</a> (which are sometimes called the <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Confucius" title="Temple of Confucius">Temple of Confucius</a>). </p><p>Religions whose places of worship are generally not called "temples" in English include <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>, which has <a href="/wiki/Church_(building)" title="Church (building)">churches</a>, <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> with <a href="/wiki/Mosques" class="mw-redirect" title="Mosques">mosques</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a> with <a href="/wiki/Synagogues" class="mw-redirect" title="Synagogues">synagogues</a> (although some of these use "temple" as a name). </p><p>The form and function of temples are thus very variable, though they are often considered by believers to be, in some sense, the "house" of one or more <a href="/wiki/Deity" title="Deity">deities</a>. Typically, offerings of some sort are made to the deity, and other rituals are enacted, and a special group of <a href="/wiki/Clergy" title="Clergy">clergy</a> maintain and operate the temple. The degree to which the whole population of believers can access the building varies significantly; often parts, or even the whole main building, can only be accessed by the clergy. Temples typically have a main building and a larger <a href="/wiki/Religious_precinct" title="Religious precinct">precinct</a>, which may contain many other buildings or may be a dome-shaped structure, much like an igloo. </p><p>The word comes from <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Ancient Rome</a>, where a <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">templum</i></span> constituted a sacred precinct as defined by a priest, or <a href="/wiki/Augur" title="Augur">augur</a>.<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> It has the same root as the word "template", a plan in preparation for the building that was marked out on the ground by the augur. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Indian_temples">Indian temples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Temple&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Indian temples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hindu_temple">Hindu temple</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Temple&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Hindu temple"><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/Hindu_temple" title="Hindu temple">Hindu 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_Hindu_temples" title="List of Hindu temples">List of Hindu temples</a></div> <p>Hindu temples are known by many different names, varying on region and language, including Alayam,<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> <i>Mandir</i>, <i>Mandira</i>, <i>Ambalam</i>, <i>Gudi</i>, <i>Kavu</i>, <i>Koil</i>, <i>Kovil</i>, <i>Déul</i>, <i>Raul</i>, <i>Devasthana</i>, <i>Devalaya</i>, <i>Devayatan</i>, <i>Devakula</i>, <i>Devagiriha</i>, <i>Degul</i>, <i>Deva Mandiraya</i>, and <i>Devalayam</i>. Hindu temple architecture is mainly divided into the <a href="/wiki/Dravidian_architecture" title="Dravidian architecture">Dravidian style</a> of the south and the <a href="/wiki/Nagara_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagara architecture">Nagara</a> style of the north, with other regional styles. </p><p>The basic elements of the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple" title="Hindu temple">Hindu temple</a> remain the same across all periods and styles. The most essential feature is the inner sanctuary, the <i><a href="/wiki/Garbhagriha" title="Garbhagriha">garbhagriha</a></i> or womb-chamber, where the primary <i><a href="/wiki/Murti" title="Murti">murti</a></i> or <a href="/wiki/Cult_image" title="Cult image">cult image</a> of a deity is housed in a simple bare cell. Around this chamber there are often other structures and buildings, in the largest cases covering several acres. On the exterior, the garbhagriha is crowned by a tower-like <i><a href="/wiki/Shikhara" title="Shikhara">shikhara</a></i>, also called the <i><a href="/wiki/Vimana_(architectural_feature)" title="Vimana (architectural feature)">vimana</a></i> in the south. The shrine building may include an <a href="/wiki/Ambulatory" title="Ambulatory">ambulatory</a> for <i>parikrama</i> (<a href="/wiki/Circumambulation" title="Circumambulation">circumambulation</a>), one or more <a href="/wiki/Mandapa" title="Mandapa">mandapas</a> or congregation halls, and sometimes an <a href="/wiki/Antarala" title="Antarala">antarala</a> antechamber and porch between garbhagriha and mandapa. </p><p>A Hindu temple is a symbolic house, the seat and dwelling of <a href="/wiki/Hindu_gods" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu gods">Hindu gods</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> It is a structure designed to bring human beings and gods together according to <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hindu faith</a>. Inside its <i>garbhagriha</i> innermost sanctum, a Hindu temple contains a <i><a href="/wiki/Murti" title="Murti">murti</a></i> or Hindu god's image. Hindu temples are large and magnificent with a rich history. There is evidence of the use of sacred ground as far back as the <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a> and later during the <a href="/wiki/Indus_Valley_civilization" class="mw-redirect" title="Indus Valley civilization">Indus Valley civilization</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> </p><p>Outside of the Indian subcontinent (<a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>), Hindu temples have been built in <a href="/wiki/List_of_Hindu_temples_outside_India" title="List of Hindu temples outside India">various countries around the world</a>. Either following the <a href="/wiki/Indianized_kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Indianized kingdom">historic diffusion of Hinduism across Asia</a> (e.g. ancient stone temples of <a href="/wiki/Cambodia" title="Cambodia">Cambodia</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Hindu_temples_in_Indonesia" title="List of Hindu temples in Indonesia">Indonesia</a>), or following the migration of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_diaspora" title="Indian diaspora">Indian Hindus' diaspora</a>, to Western Europe (esp. <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a>), North America (the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>), as well as Australia, <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a> and Singapore, Mauritius and <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sripuram_Temple_Full_View.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Golden temple of Mahalakshmi, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India"><img alt="The Golden temple of Mahalakshmi, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Sripuram_Temple_Full_View.jpg/250px-Sripuram_Temple_Full_View.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Sripuram_Temple_Full_View.jpg/330px-Sripuram_Temple_Full_View.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Sripuram_Temple_Full_View.jpg/500px-Sripuram_Temple_Full_View.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="335" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Golden temple of Mahalakshmi, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Guruvayoor_Temple_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Famous Guruvayur Temple, a Traditional Hindu Temple in Kerala, India."><img alt="Famous Guruvayur Temple, a Traditional Hindu Temple in Kerala, India." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Guruvayoor_Temple_1.jpg/200px-Guruvayoor_Temple_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Guruvayoor_Temple_1.jpg/300px-Guruvayoor_Temple_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Guruvayoor_Temple_1.jpg/400px-Guruvayoor_Temple_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="897" data-file-height="604" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Famous <a href="/wiki/Guruvayur_Temple" title="Guruvayur Temple">Guruvayur Temple</a>, a Traditional Hindu Temple in Kerala, India.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maa_Naina_Devi_Temple,_Mallital,_Nainital,_Uttarakhand,_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A view of the Maa Naina Devi Temple, Mallital, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India"><img alt="A view of the Maa Naina Devi Temple, Mallital, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Maa_Naina_Devi_Temple%2C_Mallital%2C_Nainital%2C_Uttarakhand%2C_India.jpg/200px-Maa_Naina_Devi_Temple%2C_Mallital%2C_Nainital%2C_Uttarakhand%2C_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Maa_Naina_Devi_Temple%2C_Mallital%2C_Nainital%2C_Uttarakhand%2C_India.jpg/300px-Maa_Naina_Devi_Temple%2C_Mallital%2C_Nainital%2C_Uttarakhand%2C_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Maa_Naina_Devi_Temple%2C_Mallital%2C_Nainital%2C_Uttarakhand%2C_India.jpg/400px-Maa_Naina_Devi_Temple%2C_Mallital%2C_Nainital%2C_Uttarakhand%2C_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A view of the Maa Naina Devi Temple, Mallital, <a href="/wiki/Nainital" title="Nainital">Nainital</a>, Uttarakhand, India</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:New_Delhi_Temple.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Akshardham Temple, a Hindu temple in New Delhi, India built in 2005."><img alt="Akshardham Temple, a Hindu temple in New Delhi, India built in 2005." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/New_Delhi_Temple.jpg/250px-New_Delhi_Temple.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/New_Delhi_Temple.jpg/330px-New_Delhi_Temple.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/New_Delhi_Temple.jpg/500px-New_Delhi_Temple.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Akshardham_(Delhi)" class="mw-redirect" title="Akshardham (Delhi)">Akshardham Temple</a>, a Hindu temple in <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> built in 2005.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dakshineswar_Temple1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dakshineswar Kali Temple, a Hindu temple in Greater Kolkata, West Bengal, India"><img alt="Dakshineswar Kali Temple, a Hindu temple in Greater Kolkata, West Bengal, India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Dakshineswar_Temple1.jpg/200px-Dakshineswar_Temple1.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Dakshineswar_Temple1.jpg/300px-Dakshineswar_Temple1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Dakshineswar_Temple1.jpg/400px-Dakshineswar_Temple1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2693" data-file-height="1795" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Dakshineswar_Kali_Temple" title="Dakshineswar Kali Temple">Dakshineswar Kali Temple</a>, a Hindu temple in <a href="/wiki/Kolkata_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Kolkata metropolitan area">Greater Kolkata</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>, India</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Buddhist_temples">Buddhist temples</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Temple&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Buddhist temples"><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> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mahabodhitemple.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Mahabodhitemple.jpg/170px-Mahabodhitemple.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Mahabodhitemple.jpg/255px-Mahabodhitemple.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Mahabodhitemple.jpg/340px-Mahabodhitemple.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1944" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mahabodhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahabodhi">Mahabodhi</a> temple, <a href="/wiki/Bihar,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Bihar, India">Bihar, India</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Buddhist temples include the structures called <a href="/wiki/Stupa" title="Stupa">stupa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wat" title="Wat">wat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pagoda" title="Pagoda">pagoda</a> in different regions and languages. A Buddhist temple might contain a <a href="/wiki/Meditation" title="Meditation">meditation</a> hall hosting <i><a href="/wiki/Buddharupa" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddharupa">Buddharupa</a></i>, or the image of <a href="/wiki/Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddha">Buddha</a>, as the object of concentration and veneration during a meditation. The stupa domed structures are also used in a circumambulation ritual called <i><a href="/wiki/Pradakshina" class="mw-redirect" title="Pradakshina">Pradakshina</a></i>. </p><p>Temples in <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> represent the pure land or pure environment of a <a href="/wiki/Buddha_(general)" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddha (general)">Buddha</a>. Traditional Buddhist temples are designed to inspire inner and outer peace.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Three types of structures are associated with the <a href="/wiki/Sacred_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacred architecture">religious architecture</a> of <a href="/wiki/Pre-sectarian_Buddhism" title="Pre-sectarian Buddhism">early Buddhism</a>: monasteries (<a href="/wiki/Vihara" class="mw-redirect" title="Vihara">viharas</a>), places to venerate relics (<a href="/wiki/Stupa" title="Stupa">stupas</a>), and shrines or prayer halls (<a href="/wiki/Chaitya" title="Chaitya">chaityas</a>, also called <i>chaitya grihas</i>), which later came to be called temples in some places. The pagoda is an evolution of the Indian stupas. </p><p>The initial function of a stupa was the veneration and safe-guarding of the relics of <a href="/wiki/Gautama_Buddha" class="mw-redirect" title="Gautama Buddha">Gautama Buddha</a>. The earliest archaeologically known example of a stupa is the relic stupa located in <a href="/wiki/Vaishali_(ancient_city)" title="Vaishali (ancient city)">Vaishali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> in India. </p><p>In accordance with changes in religious practice, stupas were gradually incorporated into chaitya-grihas (prayer halls). These are exemplified by the complexes of the <a href="/wiki/Ajanta_Caves" title="Ajanta Caves">Ajanta Caves</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Ellora_Caves" title="Ellora Caves">Ellora Caves</a> (<a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>). The <a href="/wiki/Mahabodhi_Temple" title="Mahabodhi Temple">Mahabodhi Temple</a> at <a href="/wiki/Bodh_Gaya" title="Bodh Gaya">Bodh Gaya</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> is another well-known example. </p><p>As Buddhism spread, Buddhist architecture diverged in style, reflecting the similar trends in Buddhist art. Building form was also influenced to some extent by the different forms of Buddhism in the northern countries, practising <a href="/wiki/Mahayana" title="Mahayana">Mahayana</a> Buddhism in the main and in the south where <a href="/wiki/Theravada" title="Theravada">Theravada</a> Buddhism prevailed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jain_temples">Jain temples</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Temple&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Jain temples"><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/Jain_temple" title="Jain temple">Jain 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_Jain_temples" title="List of Jain temples">List of Jain temples</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jain_Temple_Ranakpur.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Jain_Temple_Ranakpur.jpg/220px-Jain_Temple_Ranakpur.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Jain_Temple_Ranakpur.jpg/330px-Jain_Temple_Ranakpur.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Jain_Temple_Ranakpur.jpg/440px-Jain_Temple_Ranakpur.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4179" data-file-height="2030" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ranakpur_Jain_temple" title="Ranakpur Jain temple">Ranakpur Jain temple</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>A Jain temple, called a <a href="/wiki/Derasar" class="mw-redirect" title="Derasar">Derasar</a>, is the <a href="/wiki/Place_of_worship" title="Place of worship">place of worship</a> for <a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jains</a>, the followers of <a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some famous Jain temples are <a href="/wiki/Shikharji" title="Shikharji">Shikharji</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palitana_temples" title="Palitana temples">Palitana temples</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ranakpur_Jain_temple" title="Ranakpur Jain temple">Ranakpur Jain temple</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shravan_Belgola" class="mw-redirect" title="Shravan Belgola">Shravan Belgola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dilwara_Temples" title="Dilwara Temples">Dilwara Temples</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lal_Mandir" class="mw-redirect" title="Lal Mandir">Lal Mandir</a>. Jain temples are built with various architectural designs. Jain temples in North India are completely different from the Jain temples in South India, which in turn are quite different from Jain temples in West India. Additionally, a <i><a href="/wiki/Manastambha" title="Manastambha">manastambha</a></i> (literally 'column of honor') is a pillar that is often constructed in front of Jain temples. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sikh_temples">Sikh temples</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Temple&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Sikh temples"><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/Gurdwara" title="Gurdwara">Gurdwara</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Darbar_Sahib_27_September_2018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Darbar_Sahib_27_September_2018.jpg/250px-Darbar_Sahib_27_September_2018.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Darbar_Sahib_27_September_2018.jpg/330px-Darbar_Sahib_27_September_2018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Darbar_Sahib_27_September_2018.jpg/500px-Darbar_Sahib_27_September_2018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5506" data-file-height="3671" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Harmandir_Sahib" class="mw-redirect" title="Harmandir Sahib">Harmandir Sahib</a> in <a href="/wiki/Amritsar" title="Amritsar">Amritsar</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></figcaption></figure> <p>A Sikh temple is called a gurdwara, literally the "doorway to the Guru". Its most essential element is the presence of the Guru, <a href="/wiki/Guru_Granth_Sahib" title="Guru Granth Sahib">Guru Granth Sahib</a>. The gurdwara has an entrance from all sides, signifying that they are open to all without any distinction whatsoever. The gurdwara has a <a href="/wiki/Darbar_Sahib_Hall" title="Darbar Sahib Hall">Darbar Sahib</a> where the Guru Granth Sahib is seen and a <a href="/wiki/Langar_(Sikhism)" title="Langar (Sikhism)">Langar</a> where people can eat free food.<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> A gurdwara may also have a library, nursery, and classroom.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mesopotamian_temples">Mesopotamian temples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Temple&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Mesopotamian temples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ziggarat_of_Ur_001.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Ziggarat_of_Ur_001.jpg/220px-Ziggarat_of_Ur_001.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Ziggarat_of_Ur_001.jpg/330px-Ziggarat_of_Ur_001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Ziggarat_of_Ur_001.jpg/440px-Ziggarat_of_Ur_001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3366" data-file-height="1468" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ziggurat_of_Ur" title="Ziggurat of Ur">Ziggurat of Ur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The temple-building tradition of <a href="/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia">Mesopotamia</a> derived from the cults of gods and deities in the <a href="/wiki/Mesopotamian_religion" class="mw-redirect" title="Mesopotamian religion">Mesopotamian religion</a>. It spanned several civilizations; from <a href="/wiki/Sumer" title="Sumer">Sumerian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Akkadian_Empire" title="Akkadian Empire">Akkadian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Assyria" title="Assyria">Assyrian</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Babylonia" title="Babylonia">Babylonian</a>. The most common temple architecture of Mesopotamia is the structure of sun-baked bricks called a <a href="/wiki/Ziggurat" title="Ziggurat">ziggurat</a>, having the form of a terraced <a href="/wiki/Step_pyramid" title="Step pyramid">step pyramid</a> with a flat upper terrace where the shrine or temple stood. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Egyptian_temples">Egyptian temples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Temple&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Egyptian temples"><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/Egyptian_temple" title="Egyptian temple">Egyptian temple</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Philae_temple_at_night.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Philae_temple_at_night.jpg/220px-Philae_temple_at_night.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Philae_temple_at_night.jpg/330px-Philae_temple_at_night.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Philae_temple_at_night.jpg/440px-Philae_temple_at_night.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2458" data-file-height="1517" /></a><figcaption>Temple of <a href="/wiki/Philae" class="mw-redirect" title="Philae">Philae</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" title="Ancient Egypt">Ancient Egyptian</a> temples were meant as places for the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_deities" title="Ancient Egyptian deities">deities</a> to reside on earth. Indeed, the term the Egyptians most commonly used to describe the temple building, <span title="Ancient Egyptian-language text"><i lang="egy-Latn">ḥwt-nṯr</i></span>, means 'mansion (or enclosure) of a god'.<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><p>A god's <a href="/wiki/Divine_presence" title="Divine presence">presence</a> in the temple linked the human and divine realms and allowed humans to interact with the god through ritual. These rituals, it was believed, sustained the god and allowed it to continue to play its proper role in nature. They were, therefore, a key part of the maintenance of <i><a href="/wiki/Maat" title="Maat">maat</a></i>, the ideal order of nature and of human society in Egyptian belief.<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> Maintaining <span title="Ancient Egyptian-language text"><i lang="egy-Latn">maat</i></span> was the entire purpose of <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion" title="Ancient Egyptian religion">Egyptian religion</a>,<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> and thus it was the purpose of a temple as well.<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><p><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Egypt" title="Ancient Egypt">Ancient Egyptian</a> temples were also of economic significance to Egyptian society. The temples stored and redistributed grain and came to own large portions of the nation's arable land (some estimate as much as 33% by the <a href="/wiki/New_Kingdom_of_Egypt" title="New Kingdom of Egypt">New Kingdom</a> period).<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, many of these Egyptian temples utilized the Tripartite Floor Plan in order to draw visitors to the center room. </p><p>In <b>The Temple in Man</b>, a work by <a href="/wiki/R._A._Schwaller_de_Lubicz" title="R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz">R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz</a>, the author explores the idea that Egyptian temples, particularly the <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Luxor" class="mw-redirect" title="Temple of Luxor">Temple of Luxor</a>, are metaphysical representations of the human body. Schwaller de Lubicz suggests that these temples reflect the cosmic and spiritual order through their proportions and design. The author argues that the ancient Egyptians embedded knowledge of <a href="/wiki/Sacred_geometry" title="Sacred geometry">sacred geometry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spiritual_awakening" class="mw-redirect" title="Spiritual awakening">spiritual awakening</a> into their architecture, and that the human body itself is a temple that mirrors the harmony of the universe. The work connects the metaphysical symbolism of the temples to esoteric concepts, showing how the architecture reflects human anatomy and cosmic laws. <sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Greco-Roman_temples">Greco-Roman temples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Temple&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Greco-Roman temples"><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 articles: <a href="/wiki/Greek_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek temple">Greek temple</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roman_temple" title="Roman temple">Roman temple</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Parthenon_(30276156187).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Parthenon_%2830276156187%29.jpg/220px-Parthenon_%2830276156187%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Parthenon_%2830276156187%29.jpg/330px-Parthenon_%2830276156187%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Parthenon_%2830276156187%29.jpg/440px-Parthenon_%2830276156187%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8256" data-file-height="5504" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Parthenon" title="Parthenon">Parthenon</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Acropolis_of_Athens" title="Acropolis of Athens">Acropolis of Athens</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Greek and Roman temples were originally built out of wood and mud bricks, but as the empires expanded, the temples grew to monumental size, made out of materials such as stone and marble on raised platforms. While the color has long since faded, The columns would have been painted in white, blue, red, and black. Above the columns would have been a sculpted or painted depiction of a myth or battle, with freestanding sculptures in the <a href="/wiki/Pediment" title="Pediment">pediment</a> triangles. The roofs were tiled and had sculptures of mythical animals or deities on the tops or corners. Greek temples also had several standard floor plans with very distinct column placement.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Located in the front of the temple were altars intended for sacrifices or offerings. <a href="/wiki/Olympic_gods" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympic gods">Ouranic</a> altars were usually square, lined with a metal pan for burnt offerings, and a flat top which was necessary for the ouranic gods to receive offerings. <a href="/wiki/Chthonic" class="mw-redirect" title="Chthonic">Chthonic</a> altars, called <a href="/wiki/Bothros" title="Bothros">bothros</a>, were pits dug into the earth for liquid libations of animal sacrifices, milk, honey, and wine. The building which housed the cult statue or <i><a href="/wiki/Cult_statue" class="mw-redirect" title="Cult statue">agalma</a></i> in its <i><a href="/wiki/Cella" title="Cella">cella</a></i> was located in the center of the temple in Greek architecture, while in Rome, the cella was in the back.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Greek temple architecture had a profound influence on ancient architectural traditions. </p><p>Greco-Roman temples were built facing eastward, utilizing the rising sun in morning rituals. The location each temple was built also depended on many factors such as environment, myth, function, and divine experience. Most were built on sites associated with myths or a place a god had been believed to have performed a feat, or founded a town or city. Many Roman temples had close associations with important events in Roman history, such as military victories. Temples in cities were often dedicated to the founding deity of the city, but also served as civic and social centers. The <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Saturn" title="Temple of Saturn">Temple of Saturn</a> even held the state treasury and treasury offices in its basement.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="European_polytheistic_temples">European polytheistic temples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Temple&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: European polytheistic temples"><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">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_modern_pagan_temples" title="List of modern pagan temples">List of modern pagan temples</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Templo_de_Garni,_Armenia,_2016-10-02,_DD_94.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Templo_de_Garni%2C_Armenia%2C_2016-10-02%2C_DD_94.jpg/220px-Templo_de_Garni%2C_Armenia%2C_2016-10-02%2C_DD_94.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Templo_de_Garni%2C_Armenia%2C_2016-10-02%2C_DD_94.jpg/330px-Templo_de_Garni%2C_Armenia%2C_2016-10-02%2C_DD_94.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Templo_de_Garni%2C_Armenia%2C_2016-10-02%2C_DD_94.jpg/440px-Templo_de_Garni%2C_Armenia%2C_2016-10-02%2C_DD_94.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7533" data-file-height="4355" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Garni" class="mw-redirect" title="Temple of Garni">Temple of Garni</a>, <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Romans usually referred to a holy place of a <a href="/wiki/Pagan" class="mw-redirect" title="Pagan">pagan</a> religion as <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">fanum</i></span>; in some cases this referred to a sacred grove, in others to a temple. Medieval Latin writers also sometimes used the word <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">templum</i></span></i>, previously reserved for temples of the ancient Roman religion. In some cases it is hard to determine whether a temple was a building or an outdoor shrine. For temple buildings of the <a href="/wiki/Germanic_peoples" title="Germanic peoples">Germanic peoples</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Old_Norse" title="Old Norse">Old Norse</a> term <i><a href="/wiki/Heathen_hofs" class="mw-redirect" title="Heathen hofs">hof</a></i> is often used. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Zoroastrian_temples">Zoroastrian temples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Temple&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Zoroastrian temples"><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/Fire_temple" title="Fire temple">Fire temple</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Templo_zoroastrista,_Yazd,_Ir%C3%A1n,_2016-09-21,_DD_45.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Templo_zoroastrista%2C_Yazd%2C_Ir%C3%A1n%2C_2016-09-21%2C_DD_45.jpg/220px-Templo_zoroastrista%2C_Yazd%2C_Ir%C3%A1n%2C_2016-09-21%2C_DD_45.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Templo_zoroastrista%2C_Yazd%2C_Ir%C3%A1n%2C_2016-09-21%2C_DD_45.jpg/330px-Templo_zoroastrista%2C_Yazd%2C_Ir%C3%A1n%2C_2016-09-21%2C_DD_45.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Templo_zoroastrista%2C_Yazd%2C_Ir%C3%A1n%2C_2016-09-21%2C_DD_45.jpg/440px-Templo_zoroastrista%2C_Yazd%2C_Ir%C3%A1n%2C_2016-09-21%2C_DD_45.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5970" data-file-height="4160" /></a><figcaption>The Yazd Atash Behram</figcaption></figure> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Zoroastrian" class="mw-redirect" title="Zoroastrian">Zoroastrian</a> temple may also be called a <i>Dar-e-mehr</i> and an <i><a href="/wiki/Fire_temple" title="Fire temple">Atashkadeh</a></i>. A fire temple in Zoroastrianism is the place of worship for Zoroastrians. Zoroastrians revere <a href="/wiki/Fire" title="Fire">fire</a> in any form, and their temples contains an <a href="/wiki/Eternal_flame" title="Eternal flame">eternal flame</a>, with <i><a href="/wiki/Atash_Behram" title="Atash Behram">Atash Behram</a></i> (Fire of Victory) as the highest grade of all, as it combines 16 different types of fire gathered in elaborate rituals. </p><p>In the Zoroastrian religion, fire (<i>Atar</i>), together with clean water (<i>Aban</i>), are agents of ritual purity. Clean, white "ash for the purification ceremonies is regarded as the basis of ritual life," which, "are essentially the rites proper to the tending of a domestic fire, for the temple fire is that of the hearth fire raised to a new solemnity".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Inline_citation#When_you_must_use_inline_citations" title="Wikipedia:Inline citation"><span title="The text near this tag needs a citation. (September 2022)">This quote needs a citation</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chinese_temples">Chinese temples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Temple&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Chinese temples"><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/Chinese_temple_architecture" title="Chinese temple architecture">Chinese temple architecture</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/Joss_paper" title="Joss paper">Joss paper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Air_pollution" title="Air pollution">Air pollution</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Particulates" title="Particulates">Particulates</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hall_of_Prayer_for_Good_Harvest.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Hall_of_Prayer_for_Good_Harvest.JPG/220px-Hall_of_Prayer_for_Good_Harvest.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Hall_of_Prayer_for_Good_Harvest.JPG/330px-Hall_of_Prayer_for_Good_Harvest.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Hall_of_Prayer_for_Good_Harvest.JPG/440px-Hall_of_Prayer_for_Good_Harvest.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Heaven" title="Temple of Heaven">Temple of Heaven</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Chinese temples refer to temples in accordance with <a href="/wiki/Chinese_culture" title="Chinese culture">Chinese culture</a>, which serve as a house of worship for Chinese faiths, namely <a href="/wiki/Confucian_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Confucian Temple">Confucianism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taoist_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Taoist Temple">Taoism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Buddhism" title="Chinese Buddhism">Buddhism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chinese_folk_religion" title="Chinese folk religion">Chinese folk religion</a>. Chinese temples were born from the age-old religion and tradition of <a href="/wiki/Chinese_people" title="Chinese people">Chinese people</a> since the ancient era of imperial <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>, thus they are usually built in typical classical <a href="/wiki/Chinese_architecture" title="Chinese architecture">Chinese architecture</a>. </p><p>Other than the base constructed from an elevated platform of earth and stones, most parts of Chinese temples are made of timber carpentry, with parts of brick masonry and glazed ceramics for roofs and tile decorations. Typical Chinese temples have curved overhanging eaves and complicated carpentry of stacked roof construction. Chinese temples are known for their vivid colour and rich decorations. Their roofs are often decorated with mythical beasts, such as <a href="/wiki/Chinese_dragon" title="Chinese dragon">Chinese dragons</a> and <a href="/wiki/Qilin" title="Qilin">qilins</a>, and sometimes also Chinese deities. Chinese temples can be found throughout <a href="/wiki/Mainland_China" title="Mainland China">Mainland China</a> and <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>, and also where <a href="/wiki/Chinese_emigration" title="Chinese emigration">Chinese expatriate</a> communities have settled abroad; thus Chinese temples can be found in <a href="/wiki/Chinatown" title="Chinatown">Chinatowns</a> worldwide. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Indonesian_temples">Indonesian temples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Temple&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Indonesian temples"><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 articles: <a href="/wiki/Candi_of_Indonesia" title="Candi of Indonesia">Candi of Indonesia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Balinese_temple" title="Balinese temple">Balinese temple</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sojiwan_temple_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Sojiwan_temple_2.jpg/220px-Sojiwan_temple_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Sojiwan_temple_2.jpg/330px-Sojiwan_temple_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Sojiwan_temple_2.jpg/440px-Sojiwan_temple_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sojiwan" title="Sojiwan">Sojiwan</a> temple, an example of typical 9th-century Javanese temple architecture.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Candi_of_Indonesia" title="Candi of Indonesia"><i>Candi</i></a> is an <a href="/wiki/Indonesian_language" title="Indonesian language">Indonesian</a> term to refer to ancient temples. Before the rise of Islam, between the 5th to 15th centuries, Dharmic faiths (Hinduism and Buddhism) were the majority in the Indonesian archipelago, especially in <a href="/wiki/Java" title="Java">Java</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sumatra" title="Sumatra">Sumatra</a>. As a result, numerous Hindu temples, locally known as <span title="Indonesian-language text"><i lang="id">candi</i></span>, were constructed and dominated the landscape of Java. The <span title="Indonesian-language text"><i lang="id">candi</i></span> architecture follows the typical <a href="/wiki/Indonesian_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Indonesian architecture">Indonesian architectural</a> traditions based on <a href="/wiki/Vastu_Shastra" class="mw-redirect" title="Vastu Shastra">Vastu Shastra</a>. The temple layout, especially in the <a href="/wiki/Central_Java" title="Central Java">Central Java</a> period, incorporated <a href="/wiki/Mandala" title="Mandala">mandala</a> temple plan arrangements and also the typical high towering spires of <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> temples. The <i><span title="Indonesian-language text"><i lang="id">candi</i></span></i> was designed to mimic <a href="/wiki/Mount_Meru_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Meru (mythology)">Meru</a>, the holy mountain and the abode of the gods. In contemporary <a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Indonesia" title="Buddhism in Indonesia">Indonesian Buddhist</a> perspective, <i><span title="Indonesian-language text"><i lang="id">candi</i></span></i> refers to a shrine, either ancient or new. Several contemporary <i><a href="/wiki/Vihara" class="mw-redirect" title="Vihara">viharas</a></i> in Indonesia, for example, contain an actual-size replica or reconstruction of famous Buddhist temples, such as the replica of <a href="/wiki/Pawon" title="Pawon">Pawon</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Plaosan" title="Plaosan">Plaosan</a>'s <span title="Indonesian-language text"><i lang="id">perwara</i></span> (small) temples. </p><p>According to local beliefs, the Java valley had thousands of Hindu temples that co-existed with Buddhist temples, most of which were buried in the massive eruption of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Merapi" title="Mount Merapi">Mount Merapi</a> in 1006 CE. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mesoamerican_temples">Mesoamerican temples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Temple&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Mesoamerican temples"><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/Mesoamerican_pyramids" title="Mesoamerican pyramids">Mesoamerican pyramids</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chichen_Itza_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Chichen_Itza_2.jpg/250px-Chichen_Itza_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Chichen_Itza_2.jpg/330px-Chichen_Itza_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Chichen_Itza_2.jpg/500px-Chichen_Itza_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="11309" data-file-height="3767" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/El_Castillo,_Chichen_Itza" title="El Castillo, Chichen Itza">Temple of Kukulcan</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chichen_Itza" title="Chichen Itza">Chichen Itza</a> located on top of Kukulcan pyramid.</figcaption></figure> <p>Temples of the <a href="/wiki/Mesoamerican" class="mw-redirect" title="Mesoamerican">Mesoamerican</a> civilization usually took the shape of <a href="/wiki/Mesoamerican_pyramids" title="Mesoamerican pyramids">stepped pyramids</a> with temples or shrines on top of the massive structure. They are more akin to the ziggurats of Mesopotamia than to Egyptian ones. A single or several flight(s) of steep steps from the base lead to the temple that stood on the plateau on top of the pyramid. The stone temple might be a square or a rounded structure with a door opening leading to a cella or inner sanctum. The plateau on top of the pyramid in front of the temple is where the ritualistic sacrifice took place. </p><p>Some classic Mesoamerican pyramids are adorned with stories about the feathered serpent <a href="/wiki/Quetzalcoatl" class="mw-redirect" title="Quetzalcoatl">Quetzalcoatl</a> or <a href="/wiki/Mesoamerican_creation_myths" title="Mesoamerican creation myths">Mesoamerican creation myths</a>, written in the form of hieroglyphs on the rises of the steps of the pyramids, on the walls, and on the sculptures contained within.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Notable example include <a href="/wiki/Aztec" class="mw-redirect" title="Aztec">Aztec</a> <a href="/wiki/Santa_Cecilia_Acatitlan" title="Santa Cecilia Acatitlan">Acatitlan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maya_civilization" title="Maya civilization">Mayan</a> <a href="/wiki/Chichen_Itza" title="Chichen Itza">Chichen Itza</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uxmal" title="Uxmal">Uxmal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tikal" title="Tikal">Tikal</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Jewish_synagogues_and_temples">Jewish synagogues and temples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Temple&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Jewish synagogues and temples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a>, the ancient Hebrew texts refer to a "sanctuary", "palace" or "hall" for each of the two ancient temples in <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>, called in the <a href="/wiki/Tanakh" class="mw-redirect" title="Tanakh">Tanakh</a> <span title="Hebrew-language text"><i lang="he-Latn">Beit YHWH</i></span>, which translates literally as '<a href="/wiki/YHWH" class="mw-redirect" title="YHWH">YHWH</a>'s House'. In English "temple" is the normal term for them. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Temple_Mount" title="Temple Mount">Temple Mount</a> in <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a> is the site where the <a href="/wiki/First_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="First Temple">First Temple</a> of Solomon and the <a href="/wiki/Second_Temple" title="Second Temple">Second Temple</a> were built. At the center of the structure was the <a href="/wiki/Holy_of_Holies" title="Holy of Holies">Holy of Holies</a> where only the <a href="/wiki/High_Priest_of_Israel" title="High Priest of Israel">High Priest</a> could enter. The Temple Mount is now the site of the <a href="/wiki/Islamic" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic">Islamic</a> edifice, the <a href="/wiki/Dome_of_the_Rock" title="Dome of the Rock">Dome of the Rock</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 690 CE</span>). </p><p>The Greek word <i><a href="/wiki/Synagogue" title="Synagogue">synagogue</a></i> came into use to describe Jewish (and <a href="/wiki/Samaritanism" title="Samaritanism">Samaritan</a>) places of worship during <a href="/wiki/Hellenistic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hellenistic">Hellenistic</a> times and it, along with the Yiddish term <i><a href="/wiki/Shul" class="mw-redirect" title="Shul">shul</a></i>, and the original Hebrew term <i><a href="/wiki/Synagogue" title="Synagogue">Beit Knesset</a></i> ('House of meeting') are the terms in most universal usage. </p><p>Since the 18th century, Jews in Western and Central Europe began to apply the name <i>temple</i>, borrowed from the French where it was used to denote all non-Catholic prayer houses, to synagogues. The term became strongly associated with <a href="/wiki/Reform_Judaism" title="Reform Judaism">Reform</a> institutions, in some of which both congregants and outsiders associated it with the elimination of the prayers for the restoration of the Jerusalem Temple, though this was not the original meaning—traditional synagogues named themselves "temple" over a century before the advent of Reform, and many continued to do so after.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In American parlance, <i>temple</i> is often synonymous with <i>synagogue</i>, but especially non-Orthodox ones. </p><p>The term <i><a href="/wiki/Kenesa" title="Kenesa">kenesa</a></i>, from the Aramaic for 'assembly', is used to describe the places of worship of <a href="/wiki/Karaite_Judaism" title="Karaite Judaism">Karaite Jews</a>. </p><p>Example of such temple is the <a href="/wiki/Sofia_Synagogue" title="Sofia Synagogue">Sofia Synagogue</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a> the largest <a href="/wiki/Synagogue" title="Synagogue">synagogue</a> in <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Southeastern Europe">Southeastern Europe</a> and third-largest in <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 175px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jerus-n4i.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A model of Herod's Temple adjacent to the Shrine of the Book exhibit at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem."><img alt="A model of Herod's Temple adjacent to the Shrine of the Book exhibit at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Jerus-n4i.jpg/200px-Jerus-n4i.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Jerus-n4i.jpg/300px-Jerus-n4i.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Jerus-n4i.jpg/400px-Jerus-n4i.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1761" data-file-height="1161" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A model of <a href="/wiki/Herod%27s_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Herod's Temple">Herod's Temple</a> adjacent to the <a href="/wiki/Shrine_of_the_Book" title="Shrine of the Book">Shrine of the Book</a> exhibit at the <a href="/wiki/Israel_Museum" title="Israel Museum">Israel Museum</a>, Jerusalem.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 175px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kenessa_Vilnius_(5970197134).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Kenesa in Vilnius, Lithuania."><img alt="The Kenesa in Vilnius, Lithuania." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Kenessa_Vilnius_%285970197134%29.jpg/200px-Kenessa_Vilnius_%285970197134%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Kenessa_Vilnius_%285970197134%29.jpg/300px-Kenessa_Vilnius_%285970197134%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Kenessa_Vilnius_%285970197134%29.jpg/400px-Kenessa_Vilnius_%285970197134%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="701" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Kenesa in <a href="/wiki/Vilnius" title="Vilnius">Vilnius</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a>.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Christian_temples">Christian temples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Temple&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Christian temples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Orthodox_Christianity">Orthodox Christianity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Temple&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Orthodox Christianity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Russia-Moscow-Cathedral_of_Christ_the_Saviour-8.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Russia-Moscow-Cathedral_of_Christ_the_Saviour-8.jpg/170px-Russia-Moscow-Cathedral_of_Christ_the_Saviour-8.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Russia-Moscow-Cathedral_of_Christ_the_Saviour-8.jpg/255px-Russia-Moscow-Cathedral_of_Christ_the_Saviour-8.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Russia-Moscow-Cathedral_of_Christ_the_Saviour-8.jpg/340px-Russia-Moscow-Cathedral_of_Christ_the_Saviour-8.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_Christ_the_Saviour" title="Cathedral of Christ the Saviour">Cathedral of Christ the Saviour</a> in <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The word <i>temple</i> is used frequently in the tradition of <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Christianity" title="Eastern Christianity">Eastern Christianity</a>; particularly the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox Church</a>, where the principal words used for houses of worship are <i>temple</i> and <i>church</i>. The use of the word <i>temple</i> comes from the need to distinguish a building of the church vs. the church seen as the Body of Christ. In the <a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian language</a> (similar to other <a href="/wiki/Slavic_languages" title="Slavic languages">Slavic languages</a>), while the general-purpose word for 'church' is <i><a href="/wiki/Russian_church_architecture" title="Russian church architecture">tserkov</a></i>, the term <span title="Russian-language text"><i lang="ru-Latn">khram</i></span> (<span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Храм</span></span>), 'temple', is used to refer to the church building as a temple of <a href="/wiki/God" title="God">God</a> (<span title="Russian-language text"><i lang="ru-Latn">Khram Bozhy</i></span>). The words <i>church</i> and <i>temple</i>, in this case are interchangeable; however, the term <i>church</i> (<a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">ἐκκλησία</span>) is far more common. The term <i>temple</i> (<a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">ναός</span>) is also commonly applied to larger churches. Some famous churches which are referred to as temples include the <a href="/wiki/Hagia_Sophia" title="Hagia Sophia">Hagia Sophia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Basil%27s_Cathedral" title="Saint Basil's Cathedral">Saint Basil's Cathedral</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Nevsky_Cathedral,_Sofia" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia">Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Cathedral_of_Christ_the_Saviour_(Moscow)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (Moscow)">Cathedral of Christ the Saviour</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Saint_Sava" class="mw-redirect" title="Temple of Saint Sava">Temple of Saint Sava</a> in <a href="/wiki/Belgrade" title="Belgrade">Belgrade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Catholicism">Catholicism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Temple&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Catholicism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Basilique_du_Sacr%C3%A9-C%C5%93ur_IMG_1271.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Basilique_du_Sacr%C3%A9-C%C5%93ur_IMG_1271.jpg/220px-Basilique_du_Sacr%C3%A9-C%C5%93ur_IMG_1271.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Basilique_du_Sacr%C3%A9-C%C5%93ur_IMG_1271.jpg/330px-Basilique_du_Sacr%C3%A9-C%C5%93ur_IMG_1271.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Basilique_du_Sacr%C3%A9-C%C5%93ur_IMG_1271.jpg/440px-Basilique_du_Sacr%C3%A9-C%C5%93ur_IMG_1271.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Basilique_du_Sacr%C3%A9-Coeur" class="mw-redirect" title="Basilique du Sacré-Coeur">Basilique du Sacré-Coeur</a> in <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The word <i>temple</i> has traditionally been rarely used in the English-speaking <a href="/wiki/Western_Christian_tradition" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Christian tradition">Western Christian tradition</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>, some <a href="/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Schism" title="East–West Schism">pre-schism</a> churches use the word <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/teampall" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:teampall">teampall</a></i>. The usual word for <i>church</i> in the <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_language" title="Hungarian language">Hungarian language</a> is <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/templom" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:templom">templom</a></i>, also deriving from the same Latin root. <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a> distinguishes between the temple being the physical building for religious activity, and the church being both the physical building for religious activity and also the congregation of religious followers.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The principal words typically used to distinguish houses of worship in Western Christian architecture are <i><a href="/wiki/Abbey" title="Abbey">abbey</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Basilica" title="Basilica">basilica</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Cathedral" title="Cathedral">cathedral</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Chapel" title="Chapel">chapel</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Church_(building)" title="Church (building)">church</a></i>. The Catholic Church has used the word temple in reference of a place of worship on rare occasions. An example is the Roman Catholic <a href="/wiki/Sagrada_Familia" class="mw-redirect" title="Sagrada Familia">Sagrada Familia</a> Temple in Barcelona, Spain and the Roman Catholic <a href="/wiki/Basilique_du_Sacr%C3%A9-C%C5%93ur" class="mw-redirect" title="Basilique du Sacré-Cœur">Basilique du Sacré-Cœur</a> Temple in Paris, France. Another example is the Temple or Our Lady of the Pillar, a church in <a href="/wiki/Guadalajara" title="Guadalajara">Guadalajara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Protestantism">Protestantism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Temple&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Protestantism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some Protestant churches use this term; above main entrance of the <a href="/wiki/Lutheran" class="mw-redirect" title="Lutheran">Lutheran</a> Gustav Vasa church in <a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Cartouche" title="Cartouche">cartouche</a> in Latin which reads "this temple (...) was constructed by king Oscar II." </p><p>Beginning in the late eighteenth century, following the <a href="/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment" title="Age of Enlightenment">Enlightenment</a>, some Protestant denominations in France and elsewhere began to use the word <i>temple</i> to distinguish these spaces from Catholic churches. <a href="/wiki/Evangelicalism" title="Evangelicalism">Evangelical</a> and other Protestant churches make use of a wide variety of terms to designate their worship spaces, such as church, <a href="/wiki/Tabernacle" title="Tabernacle">tabernacle</a> or temple. Additionally some breakaway Catholic churches such as the <a href="/wiki/Mariavite_Church" title="Mariavite Church">Mariavite Church</a> in <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a> have chosen to also designate their central church building as a temple, as in the case of the <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Mercy_and_Charity" title="Temple of Mercy and Charity">Temple of Mercy and Charity</a> in <a href="/wiki/P%C5%82ock" title="Płock">Płock</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Latter_Day_Saint_movement">Latter Day Saint movement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Temple&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Latter Day Saint movement"><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/Temple_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Temple (Latter Day Saints)">Temple (Latter Day Saints)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KirtlandTemple_Ohio_USA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/KirtlandTemple_Ohio_USA.jpg/250px-KirtlandTemple_Ohio_USA.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/KirtlandTemple_Ohio_USA.jpg/255px-KirtlandTemple_Ohio_USA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/KirtlandTemple_Ohio_USA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="263" data-file-height="350" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kirtland_Temple" title="Kirtland Temple">Kirtland Temple</a> in Kirtland, Ohio</figcaption></figure> <p>According to <a href="/wiki/Latter_Day_Saint" class="mw-redirect" title="Latter Day Saint">Latter Day Saints</a>, in 1832, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith" title="Joseph Smith">Joseph Smith</a> received a <a href="/wiki/Revelation#Latter-day_Saint_concept_of_revelation" title="Revelation">revelation</a> to <a href="/wiki/Restoration_(Latter_Day_Saints)" class="mw-redirect" title="Restoration (Latter Day Saints)">restore</a> the practice of <a href="/wiki/Temple_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Temple (Latter Day Saints)">temple worship</a>, in a "house of the Lord". The <a href="/wiki/Kirtland_Temple" title="Kirtland Temple">Kirtland Temple</a> was the first temple of the <a href="/wiki/Latter-day_Saint_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Latter-day Saint movement">Latter-day Saint movement</a> and the only one completed in Smith's lifetime, although the <a href="/wiki/Nauvoo_Temple" title="Nauvoo Temple">Nauvoo Temple</a> was partially complete at the time of <a href="/wiki/Death_of_Joseph_Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Death of Joseph Smith">his death</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Schism_(religion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Schism (religion)">schisms</a> stemming from a <a href="/wiki/Succession_crisis_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Succession crisis (Latter Day Saints)">succession crisis</a> have led to differing views about the role and use of temples between various groups with competing succession claims. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Mormon" title="Book of Mormon">The Book of Mormon</a>, which Latter Day Saints believe is a companion book of scripture with the Bible, refers to temple building in the ancient Americas by a group of people called the <a href="/wiki/Nephites" title="Nephites">Nephites</a>. Though Book of Mormon authors are not explicit about the practices in these Nephite temples, they were patterned "after the manner of the temple of Solomon" (<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) and served as gathering places for significant religious and political events (e.g. Mosiah 1–6; 3rd Nephi 11–26).<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Temple&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints"><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">See also: <a href="/wiki/Temple_(LDS_Church)" title="Temple (LDS Church)">Temple (LDS Church)</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_temples_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" class="mw-redirect" title="List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Salt_Lake_Temple,_Utah_-_Sept_2004-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Salt_Lake_Temple%2C_Utah_-_Sept_2004-2.jpg/250px-Salt_Lake_Temple%2C_Utah_-_Sept_2004-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="243" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Salt_Lake_Temple%2C_Utah_-_Sept_2004-2.jpg/330px-Salt_Lake_Temple%2C_Utah_-_Sept_2004-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Salt_Lake_Temple%2C_Utah_-_Sept_2004-2.jpg/500px-Salt_Lake_Temple%2C_Utah_-_Sept_2004-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1240" data-file-height="1367" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_Temple" title="Salt Lake Temple">LDS temple</a> in Salt Lake City, Utah</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> is a prolific builder of temples. The LDS Church has 367 temples in various phases, which includes 202 <a href="/wiki/List_of_temples_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints#Dedicated" title="List of temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">dedicated temples</a> (194 operating, 8 <a href="/wiki/List_of_temples_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints#Under_renovation" title="List of temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">undergoing renovations</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), 5 <a href="/wiki/List_of_temples_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints#Dedication_scheduled" title="List of temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">with a dedication scheduled</a>, 50 <a href="/wiki/List_of_temples_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints#Under_construction" title="List of temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">under construction</a>, 5 <a href="/wiki/List_of_temples_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints#Groundbreaking_scheduled" title="List of temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">with a groundbreaking scheduled</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 105 others <a href="/wiki/List_of_temples_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints#Announced" title="List of temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">announced</a> (not yet under construction).<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Temple_(LDS_Church)" title="Temple (LDS Church)">Latter-day Saint temples</a> are reserved for performing and undertaking only the most holy and sacred of covenants and <a href="/wiki/Ordinance_(Mormonism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ordinance (Mormonism)">special of ordinances</a>. They are distinct from <a href="/wiki/Meeting_house" title="Meeting house">meeting houses</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chapel" title="Chapel">chapels</a> where <a href="/wiki/Worship_services_of_The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints#Weekly_services" class="mw-redirect" title="Worship services of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">weekly worship services</a> are held. The temples are built and kept under strict sacredness and are not to be defiled. Thus, strict rules apply for entrance, including church membership and regular attendance. During the open-house period after its construction and before its dedication, the temple is open to the public for tours.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_Latter_Day_Saint_denominations">Other Latter Day Saint denominations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Temple&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Other Latter Day Saint denominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Various <a href="/wiki/List_of_sects_in_the_Latter_Day_Saint_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="List of sects in the Latter Day Saint movement">sects</a> in the Latter Day Saint movement founded by Joseph Smith have temples.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Christ_(Wightite)" class="mw-redirect" title="Church of Christ (Wightite)">Church of Christ (Wightite)</a>, a Latter Day Saint denomination formed by <a href="/wiki/Lyman_Wight" title="Lyman Wight">Lyman Wight</a> following the <a href="/wiki/Succession_crisis_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Succession crisis (Latter Day Saints)">death of Joseph Smith</a>, built first Mormon temple west of the Mississippi in <a href="/wiki/Zodiac,_Texas" title="Zodiac, Texas">Zodiac, Texas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> about three miles from <a href="/wiki/Fredericksburg,_Texas" title="Fredericksburg, Texas">Fredericksburg</a>.</li> <li>In 1990 or earlier a temple in <a href="/wiki/Ozumba" title="Ozumba">Ozumba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a> was built by the <a href="/wiki/Apostolic_United_Brethren" title="Apostolic United Brethren">Apostolic United Brethren</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Moore_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moore-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On April 17, 1994, the <a href="/wiki/Independence_Temple" title="Independence Temple">Independence Temple</a> in <a href="/wiki/Independence,_Missouri" title="Independence, Missouri">Independence, Missouri</a>, was open by the <a href="/wiki/Community_of_Christ" title="Community of Christ">Community of Christ</a> by then-church <a href="/wiki/Prophet-President" class="mw-redirect" title="Prophet-President">Prophet-President</a> <a href="/wiki/Wallace_B._Smith" title="Wallace B. Smith">Wallace B. Smith</a>. The Community of Christ also owned the original <a href="/wiki/Kirtland_Temple" title="Kirtland Temple">Kirtland Temple</a>, dedicated in 1836 by the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Christ_(Latter_Day_Saints)" title="Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)">Church of the Latter Day Saints</a> (later renamed the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints), in <a href="/wiki/Kirtland,_Ohio" title="Kirtland, Ohio">Kirtland, Ohio</a>. On March 5, 2024, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced it had purchased the temple.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2005<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> construction on the <a href="/wiki/YFZ" class="mw-redirect" title="YFZ"> YFZ Ranch Temple</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Fundamentalist_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-Day_Saints" title="Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints">Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints</a> Church began. It is located just outside <a href="/wiki/Eldorado,_Texas" title="Eldorado, Texas">Eldorado</a> in <a href="/wiki/Schleicher_County,_Texas" title="Schleicher County, Texas">Schleicher County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, as of April 2014, the <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">State of Texas</a> took physical and legal possession of the property.<sup id="cite_ref-NBC_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NBC-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Carlisle_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carlisle-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as it was used to "commit or facilitate certain criminal conduct."<sup id="cite_ref-NBC_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NBC-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Carlisle_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carlisle-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A pyramid-shaped temple near <a href="/wiki/Modena,_Utah" title="Modena, Utah">Modena, Utah</a>, was built by the <a href="/wiki/Righteous_Branch_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="Righteous Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">Righteous Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Moore_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moore-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Esoteric_Christianity">Esoteric Christianity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Temple&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Esoteric Christianity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Ecclesia" title="Mount Ecclesia">Mount Ecclesia</a> <a href="/wiki/Esoteric_Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Esoteric Christian">Esoteric Christian</a> Temple of the <a href="/wiki/Rosicrucian_Fellowship" title="Rosicrucian Fellowship">Rosicrucian Fellowship</a> with its round 12-sided building architecture set on top of a <a href="/wiki/Mesa" title="Mesa">mesa</a> and facing east, the rising Sun. This modern-day temple is ornamented with <a href="/wiki/Alchemy" title="Alchemy">alchemical</a> and <a href="/wiki/Astrology" title="Astrology">astrological</a> symbols.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Spiritual_Healing_Temple_of_The_Rosicrucian_Fellowship_(99).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Spiritual_Healing_Temple_of_The_Rosicrucian_Fellowship_%2899%29.jpg/250px-Spiritual_Healing_Temple_of_The_Rosicrucian_Fellowship_%2899%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Spiritual_Healing_Temple_of_The_Rosicrucian_Fellowship_%2899%29.jpg/330px-Spiritual_Healing_Temple_of_The_Rosicrucian_Fellowship_%2899%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Spiritual_Healing_Temple_of_The_Rosicrucian_Fellowship_%2899%29.jpg/440px-Spiritual_Healing_Temple_of_The_Rosicrucian_Fellowship_%2899%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="353" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mount_Ecclesia" title="Mount Ecclesia">Mount Ecclesia</a>'s Temple</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Masonic_temples">Masonic temples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Temple&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Masonic temples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kimbolton_Lodge_123.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Kimbolton_Lodge_123.JPG/220px-Kimbolton_Lodge_123.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Kimbolton_Lodge_123.JPG/330px-Kimbolton_Lodge_123.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Kimbolton_Lodge_123.JPG/440px-Kimbolton_Lodge_123.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2049" data-file-height="1324" /></a><figcaption>A typical Masonic Lodge</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Freemasonry" title="Freemasonry">Freemasonry</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Fraternal_organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Fraternal organization">fraternal organization</a> with its origins in the eighteenth century whose membership is held together by a shared set of moral and <a href="/wiki/Metaphysics" title="Metaphysics">metaphysical</a> ideals based on short role play narratives concerning the construction of King Solomon's Temple. Freemasons meet as a Lodge. Lodges meet in a <a href="/wiki/Masonic_Temple" title="Masonic Temple">Masonic Temple</a> (in reference to King Solomon's Temple), Masonic Center or a Masonic Hall, such as <a href="/wiki/Freemasons%27_Hall,_London" title="Freemasons' Hall, London">Freemasons' Hall, London</a>. Some confusion exists as Masons usually refer to a Lodge meeting as being <i>in Lodge</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Others">Others</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Temple&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Others"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Temple_of_Neptune_in_Monrepos_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Temple_of_Neptune_in_Monrepos_1.jpg/220px-Temple_of_Neptune_in_Monrepos_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Temple_of_Neptune_in_Monrepos_1.jpg/330px-Temple_of_Neptune_in_Monrepos_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Temple_of_Neptune_in_Monrepos_1.jpg/440px-Temple_of_Neptune_in_Monrepos_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2656" data-file-height="3536" /></a><figcaption>The Temple of <a href="/wiki/Neptune_(mythology)" title="Neptune (mythology)">Neptune</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Monrepos_Park" title="Monrepos Park">Monrepos Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Vyborg" title="Vyborg">Vyborg, Russia</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe" title="Göbekli Tepe">Göbekli Tepe</a></i>, located in southern <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>, was built between the 8th and 10th millennium BCE. Its circular compounds on top of a <a href="/wiki/Tell_(archaeology)" title="Tell (archaeology)">tell</a> are composed by massive T-shaped stone <a href="/wiki/Pillar" class="mw-redirect" title="Pillar">pillars</a> decorated with abstract, enigmatic <a href="/wiki/Pictogram" title="Pictogram">pictograms</a> and animal <a href="/wiki/Relief" title="Relief">reliefs</a>.</li> <li>Temples of Sheikh, ancient temples in <a href="/wiki/Sheikh,_Somalia" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheikh, Somalia">Sheikh, Somalia</a></li> <li>Temple of Yeha, the oldest standing structure in <a href="/wiki/Yeha" title="Yeha">Yeha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a>; built around 700 BCE</li> <li>In the Star Wars films, the <i><a href="/wiki/Jedi_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Jedi Temple">Jedi Temple</a></i> is located on <i><a href="/wiki/Coruscant" title="Coruscant">Coruscant</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolmyeongdong" title="Wolmyeongdong">Wolmyeongdong Natural Temple</a>, located in <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>, was developed beginning in 1990 and continues to this day.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pashupatinath_Temple" title="Pashupatinath Temple">Pashupatinath</a> is one of the most famous temples<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> religion, which is located at <a href="/wiki/Kathmandu" title="Kathmandu">Kathmandu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>.</li></ul> <p>Convention sometimes allows the use of temple in some of the following cases: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Faith" title="Baháʼí Faith">Baháʼí Faith</a> temple (<a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_House_of_Worship" title="Baháʼí House of Worship">Mashriqu'l-Adhkárs</a> or 'Houses of Worship').</li> <li>Shrines of the traditional <a href="/wiki/Chinese_folk_religion" title="Chinese folk religion">Chinese Ethnic Shenism</a> are called <i><a href="/wiki/Chinese_temple_architecture" title="Chinese temple architecture">miao</a></i>, or <i>ancestral hall</i> in English. <i>Joss house</i> is an obsolete American term for such kind of places of worship.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confucian_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Confucian temple">Confucian temple</a> or <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Confucius" title="Temple of Confucius">Temple of Confucius</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mankhim" title="Mankhim">Mankhim</a>, the temple of the ethnic group the <a href="/wiki/Rai_(ethnic_group)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rai (ethnic group)">Rai</a>, located at <a href="/wiki/Aritar" class="mw-redirect" title="Aritar">Aritar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shintoist" class="mw-redirect" title="Shintoist">Shintoist</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Jinja_(Shinto)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jinja (Shinto)">jinja</a></i> are normally called <i><a href="/wiki/Shrine" title="Shrine">shrines</a></i> in English in order to distinguish them from Buddhist temples (<i>-tera</i>, <i>-dera</i>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taoism" title="Taoism">Taoist</a> temples and monasteries are called <span title="Chinese-language text"><i lang="zh-Latn">guan</i></span> or <i><a href="/wiki/Daoguan" class="mw-redirect" title="Daoguan">daoguan</a></i> (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">道观</span></span>, literally 'place of contemplation of the Tao') in Chinese, <i><span title="Chinese-language text"><i lang="zh-Latn">guan</i></span></i> being the shortened version of <span title="Chinese-language text"><i lang="zh-Latn">daoguan</i></span>.</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=Temple&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balinese_temple" title="Balinese temple">Balinese temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Candi_of_Indonesia" title="Candi of Indonesia">candi of Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_pagoda" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese pagoda">Chinese pagoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese temple">Chinese temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dravidian_architecture" title="Dravidian architecture">Dravidian architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romano-Celtic_temple" title="Romano-Celtic temple">Romano-Celtic temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jangam" title="Jangam">Jangam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_temples_of_Tamil_Nadu" class="mw-redirect" title="List of temples of Tamil Nadu">list of temples of Tamil Nadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandi_(Mandaeism)" title="Mandi (Mandaeism)">mandi (Mandaeism)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosque" title="Mosque">mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Temple_of_Divine_Providence" class="mw-redirect" title="National Temple of Divine Providence">National Temple of Divine Providence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Place_of_worship" title="Place of worship">place of worship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Reason" title="Temple of Reason">Temple of Reason</a></li></ul> <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=Temple&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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University of Notre Dame. 26 May 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 July</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Latin+Dictionary+and+Grammar+Aid&rft.pub=University+of+Notre+Dame&rft.date=2009-05-26&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.archives.nd.edu%2Fcgi-bin%2Flookup.pl%3Fstem%3DTemplum%26ending%3D&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATemple" 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">ALAYAM : The Hindu Temple;An Epitome of Hindu Culture; G.Venkataramana Reddy; Published by Adhyaksha; Sri Ramakrishna Math; <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/978-81-7823-542-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-7823-542-4">978-81-7823-542-4</a> ; Page 1</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"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFKramrisch1946" class="citation book cs1">Kramrisch, Stella (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, <span class="nowrap">110–</span>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+%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E110-%3C%2Fspan%3E114%2C+129-139+with+footnotes&rft.pub=Motilal+Banarsidass&rft.date=1946&rft.isbn=978-81-208-0223-0&rft.aulast=Kramrisch&rft.aufirst=Stella&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DNNcXrBlI9S0C&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATemple" 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-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 class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hinduism/Early-Hinduism-2nd-century-bce-4th-century-ce">"Hinduism - Early Hinduism (2nd century bce–4th century ce) | Britannica"</a>. <i>www.britannica.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 January</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=La+Informacion&rft.atitle=Iglesia+y+templo%3A+diferencia&rft.aulast=Baldayac&rft.aufirst=Rafael&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lainformacion.com.do%2Fnoticias%2Fopinion%2Fcolumnas%2F869%2Figlesia-y-templo%3A-diferencia&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATemple" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</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="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/5?lang=eng">"The Second Book of Nephi Chapter 5 - 5:16"</a>. Lds.org. 2012-02-21<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2012-06-20</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Second+Book+of+Nephi+Chapter+5+-+5%3A16&rft.pub=Lds.org&rft.date=2012-02-21&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.churchofjesuschrist.org%2Fstudy%2Fscriptures%2Fbofm%2F2-ne%2F5%3Flang%3Deng&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATemple" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</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.achoiceland.com/temples">"Temples"</a>. Achoiceland.com. 2010-10-01<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2012-06-20</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Temples&rft.pub=Achoiceland.com&rft.date=2010-10-01&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.achoiceland.com%2Ftemples&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATemple" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFHill2023" class="citation news cs1">Hill, Victoria (January 23, 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://kutv.com/news/local/plans-announced-to-rebuild-relocate-anchorage-alaska-temple">"Plans announced to rebuild, relocate Anchorage Alaska Temple"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/KUTV" title="KUTV">KUTV</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 6,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=KUTV&rft.atitle=Plans+announced+to+rebuild%2C+relocate+Anchorage+Alaska+Temple&rft.date=2023-01-23&rft.aulast=Hill&rft.aufirst=Victoria&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fkutv.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fplans-announced-to-rebuild-relocate-anchorage-alaska-temple&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATemple" class="Z3988"></span> (The Anchorage Alaska Temple is being relocated and resized. While the new temple is under construction, the existing temple is open and will be decommissioned and demolished after the new one is dedicated).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFTaylor2024" class="citation news cs1">Taylor, Scott (July 28, 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2024/07/28/midyear-look-2024-latter-day-saint-temples-milestones">"A mid-year look at temple milestones for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Church_News" title="Church News">Church News</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 1,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Church+News&rft.atitle=A+mid-year+look+at+temple+milestones+for+The+Church+of+Jesus+Christ+of+Latter-day+Saints&rft.date=2024-07-28&rft.aulast=Taylor&rft.aufirst=Scott&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thechurchnews.com%2Ftemples%2F2024%2F07%2F28%2Fmidyear-look-2024-latter-day-saint-temples-milestones&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATemple" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(Additionally, the church has 1 <a href="/wiki/Kirtland_Temple" title="Kirtland Temple">historic site temple</a>). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/sacred-sites-and-historic-documents-transfer-to-church-of-jesus-christ">"Sacred Sites and Historic Documents Transfer to Church of Jesus Christ"</a>. <i>newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org</i>. 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