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This temple is located with the coordinates of at Mappedu in Tiruvallur of Tamil Nadu state in [ 2 ] From Poonamallee, about 20 km on the Chennai Poontamalli - Perambakkam highway, this temple is situated and considered to be a special temple with Anjaneya in the state of subtle, playing Veena.
Sojiwan temple, an example of typical 9th-century Javanese temple architecture. Candi is an Indonesian 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 Java and Sumatra .
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Gunung Kawi Tirta Empul Temple. Tampaksiring is a town in central Bali, Gianyar Regency, Indonesia. As of the 2010 census, the area was 42.63 km 2 and the population was 45,818; [2] the latest official estimate (as at mid 2019) is 48,740. [3] It is the home to the Gunung Kawi Temple and archaeological site [4] and the Senang Hati Foundation.
Sam Poo Kong (Chinese: 三保洞; pinyin: Sānbǎo Dòng), also known as Gedung Batu Temple, is the oldest Chinese temple in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia.Originally established by the Chinese explorer Zheng He (also known as Ma Sanbao), it is now shared by Indonesians of multiple religious denominations, including Muslims and Buddhists, and ethnicities, including Chinese and Javanese.
Gedong Songo III is also a Shiva temple, one paired with a facing Nandi shrine and a Parvati shrine next to the Shiva shrine. Gedong Songo I is the oldest, with a square plan – an architecture that is predominant in Hindu and Buddhist-Hindu sites of central Java.
The temple facade has two pillars and two pilasters. [62] The column bases are shaped like seated lions and the middle is chamfered, topped with a fluted capital. [62] At the sides of the entrance mandapa are two standing dvarapalas with welcoming, bent heads. The temple wall has an inscription suggesting a 7th-century origin.
The temple layout, especially in Central Java period, incorporated mandala temple plan arrangements and also the typical high towering spires of Hindu temples. The candi was designed to mimic Meru, the holy mountain the abode of gods. The whole temple is a model of Hindu universe according to Hindu cosmology and the layers of Loka. [13]