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Shriners International, formally known as the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (AAONMS), is an American Masonic society.Founded in 1872 in New York City, it is headquartered in Tampa, Florida and has over 200 chapters across nine countries, with a global membership of nearly 1.7 million "Shriners". [1]
Freemasons, as speculative masons (meaning philosophical rather than actual building), use this symbolism to teach moral and ethical lessons, such as the four cardinal virtues of Fortitude, Prudence, Temperance, and Justice, and the principles of "Brotherly Love, Relief (or Morality), and Truth" (commonly found in English language rituals), or ...
The style of torii is not strictly based on the style of shrine, and there could be more than one style of torii in one shrine. [4] Similar to shimenawa, torii also have meaning in Shinto, representing a gate to the world, people, or any relationship. [7] The purpose of torii and shimenawa is the same, in bringing lost people to the kami-filled ...
A 15-day 'Urs' celebrations are held each year at the shrine, in the Rabi' al-awwal month of the Hijri calendar and the Dargah has become a symbol of national integration as people regardless of their religion, caste and creed throng it, in large numbers.
The padmasana main shrine of Pura Agung Jagatnatha in Denpasar, Bali. A Padmasana is a shrine (Balinese: palinggih) in the form of a tower, crowned with an empty throne to worship Ida Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa, a manifestation of Supreme God in Balinese Hindu belief. The term padmasana is derived from the Sanskrit, meaning lotus throne. [1]
A maqām (Arabic: مقام) is a Muslim shrine constructed at a site linked to a religious figure or saint, commonly found in the Levant (or al-Shām), which comprises the present-day countries of Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and Israel. It is usually a funeral construction, commonly cubic-shaped and topped with a dome. Maqam al-Khidr in al-Bassa
Hokora or hokura (祠 or 神庫) is a miniature Shinto shrine either found on the precincts of a larger shrine and dedicated to folk kami, or on a street side, enshrining kami not under the jurisdiction of any large shrine. [1] Dōsojin, minor kami protecting travelers from evil spirits, can for example be enshrined in a hokora. [1]
The central shrine of the Pura Luhur Uluwatu is a three-tiered meru tower dedicated to 12th-century reformer priest Dang Hyang Nirartha (later deified as Betara Sakti Wawu Rauh). [2] The low-tiered meru towers of Pura Taman Ayun are dedicated to the old kings of the Kingdom of Mengwi .