Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A thangka of Palden Lhamo guardian deity of Tawang Monastery, Arunachal Pradesh, India Offerings to the Goddess Palden Lhamo, Tibet.Late 16th Century distemper on cloth, 67 x 44 1/8 in. Palden Lhamo is the principal protectress of Tibet and the only female of the Eight Guardians of the dharma.
The arcades leading to the main shrine have many kiosks, selling religious paraphernalia such as incense, candles, rosaries, flowers, robes, sandals etc., and various restaurants and tea shops. The sanctum sanctorum , where the large Mahamuni image is deified, is a small chamber and has a roof covering made up of seven pyatthat meaning tiered ...
After pilgrims exit the shrine, photographers from photo studios offer professional photos of the pilgrims at rates as cheap as ₹ 20. Most of these photographers are Hindus who migrated to Ajmer during the Partition of India. [19] For the langar of the shrine, Akbar and Jahangir donated degh (transl. cauldron) in 1568
Trấn Vũ bronze statue in main shrine of the temple. Legend has it that Quán Thánh Temple was established during the reign of Emperor Lý Thái Tổ (reigned 1010–1028) and was dedicated to Trấn Vũ, Deity of the North in Taoism, whose symbols of power are the serpent and turtle (see section on Animal Symbolism below). [1]
The New Kingdom Gurob Shrine Papyrus is a fragment of a workman's designs for a portable altar. It dates perhaps to the 18th Dynasty. One of the best-known artifacts of Ancient Egypt is the Anubis Shrine, which is in a portable form, placed atop a palanquin. The statue of a recumbent jackal is attached to the roof of the shrine.
Winter Storm Blair live updates: Blizzard warning extended into Kansas City. Sports. Sports. Yahoo Sports. NFL Week 18 contract incentives: Von Miller's sack earns him a $1.5M bonus. Sports.
Entry to the shrine The shrine's inner sanctum is the site of the saint's tomb. The shrine complex was built in 1772 by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro to house the tomb of the Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai. [5] The shrine complex includes a mosque and a mausoleum that open onto a large courtyard encircled by domed arcades by means of a large gateway.
Don't rely on bloviating pundits to tell you who'll prevail on Hollywood's big night. The Huffington Post crunched the stats on every Oscar nominee of the past 30 years to produce a scientific metric for predicting the winners at the 2013 Academy Awards.