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Puʻu o Mahuka Heiau State Historic Site on the North Shore of Oʻahu is the largest heiau (temple) on the island, [3] covering 2 acres (8,100 m 2) on a hilltop overlooking Waimea Bay and Waimea Valley.
Kawailoa Ryusenji Temple: November 21, 1978 : North of Haleiwa at 179-A Kawailoa Dr. Haleiwa ... Puu o Mahuka Heiau: Puu o Mahuka Heiau. October 15, 1966
Ruins of Mailekini Heiau in foreground. Puʻukoholā Heiau National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located on the northwestern coast of the island of Hawaiʻi. The site preserves the National Historic Landmark ruins of the last major Ancient Hawaiian temple, and other historic sites. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Hale O Pi'ilani Heiau, near Hāna on Maui Pu'u O Mahuka Heiau Heiau, Mānoa Heritage Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2022-1025 An illustration of a heiau at Kealakekua Bay at the time of James Cook's third voyage, by William Ellis. A heiau (/ ˈ h eɪ. aʊ /) is a Hawaiian temple. Made in different architectural styles depending upon their purpose ...
Pu'u O Mahuka Heiau: Pu'u O Mahuka Heiau. December 29, 1962 : Haleʻiwa Oʻahu: Ancient ... Ruins of Pu'ukoholā Heiau ("Temple on the Hill of the Whale"); temple ...
They were thought to partake in various indigenous religious activities, like human sacrifice. O’ahu’s largest heiau, or temple, resides there, overlooking the valley. [3] The valley is surrounded by three major Heiau. In the 1700s, Kaopulupulu, the Kahuna Nui who lived in the valley, built Pu'u o Mahuka on the pu'u (buff) called Keanaloa ...
It was constructed prior to 1200 AD. This heiau is tied to Puʻu O Mahuka Heiau and other Polynesian islands. [4] Malae, also known as Malaea or Makaukiu or Mana Heiau, was a walled and paved luakini (sacrificial) heiau totalling a little over two acres. It is currently the largest heiau on Kauaʻi, after the destruction of Kuhiau Heiau at ...
The original Hale o Keawe as drawn by William Ellis about 1822. Hale o Keawe was an ancient Hawaiian heiau originally built in approximately 1650 AD [6] as the burial site for the ruling monarch of the Island of Hawaii named Keaweʻīkekahialiʻiokamoku. [7] [8] It was built by his son, a Kona chief named Kanuha. The complex may have been ...