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Itsukushima Shrine (厳島神社, Itsukushima-jinja) is a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima), best known for its "floating" torii. [1] It is in the city of Hatsukaichi , in Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan , accessible from the mainland by ferry at Miyajimaguchi Station .
Shrine of Affiliation/Sufi Order Era C.E. Tomb City Province Abdullah Shah Ghazi: Descendant of Imam Hasan ibn Ali: 720-773: Clifton: Karachi: Sindh: Syed Abul Hassan Bin Usman Bin Ali Al-Hajweri: Hanafi: 990-1077: Data Durbar Complex: Lahore: Punjab Bahauddin Zakariya: Suhrawardiyya: 1070-1167: Multan City: Multan: Punjab: Ganj e Inayat Sarkar ...
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The Inner Shrine, Naikū (also officially known as "Kōtai Jingū"), is dedicated to the worship of Amaterasu and is located in the town of Uji-tachi, south of central Ise, where she is believed to dwell. The shrine buildings are made of solid cypress wood and use no nails but instead joined wood.
The location of the city has lent it to numerous plunders, that have resulted in damage to its shrines at different times in history. Among the most damage ever experienced by the town was after the Mongol Siege of Baghdad (1258) where the shrine of the Shia Imams was burnt down.
Aishmuqam is a municipal committee city in district of Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir. It is one of the most prominent tourist spots in Anantnag and is located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the town of Anantnag and 77 kilometres (48 mi) from Srinagar on the route to Pahalgam. The Aishmuqam shrine is located in Aishmuqam.
Kasuga-taisha, like Ise Grand Shrine and Izumo-taisha, continues the tradition of shikinen zōtai (式年造替), the regular rebuilding of shrines. This is a tradition based on the tokowaka (常若) concept of Shinto, in which objects are renewed in order to keep their divine prestige in pursuit of eternity.
This is a list of notable Shinto shrines in Japan. There are tens of thousands of shrines in Japan. Shrines with structures that are National Treasures of Japan are covered by the List of National Treasures of Japan (shrines). For Shinto shrines in other countries, scroll down to the See also section.