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This is a list of ziyarat locations from all around the world. Ziyarat locations are often shrines dedicated to various Muslim saints and Awliya but can also be places that are associated with them, like zawiyas .
Shrine of Saint Wite at the Church of St Candida and Holy Cross, Whitchurch Canonicorum, England Archived 2013-01-28 at the Wayback Machine;
Apart from India, where the vast majority (1.12 billion) of the world's 1.3 billion [1] Hindu population lives, Hindu Temples are found across the world, on every continent. . In the Indian Subcontinent, thousands of modern and historic temples are spread across Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakist
Vatican City – location of Saint Peter's Basilica, relics of various saints (such as John Paul II), relics of the Passion of Christ, and headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church Rome – the site of the deaths of early martyrs ( Colosseum ), the sanctuaries of many saints, such as Ignatius of Loyola , and papal basilicas with important relics
Its towers in multiple Indian, Mogul, and Western architectural styles, "are intended to symbolize the harmony of all religions and the pointed arches and domes the upward aspiration of the spiritual seeker." [14] [15] [16] Malibu Hindu Temple: Calabasas: Shree Swaminarayan Temple Downey CA: Downey: BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Chino Hills ...
Name Image Location Criteria Year Description; Sukur Cultural Landscape: Adamawa. Cultural (iii) (v) (vi) 1999 The Sukur Cultural Landscape, with the Palace of the Hidi (Chief) on a hill dominating the villages below, the terraced fields and their sacred symbols, and the extensive remains of a former flourishing iron industry, is a remarkably intact physical expression of a society and its ...
The Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, (174 BC–132 AD), with the Parthenon (447–432 BC) in the background. This list of ancient Greek temples covers temples built by the Hellenic people from the 6th century BC until the 2nd century AD on mainland Greece and in Hellenic towns in the Aegean Islands, Asia Minor, Sicily and Italy ("Magna Graecia"), wherever there were Greek colonies, and the ...
Shrine name Location Enshrined deity Northern Mariana Islands: Saipan Katori Jinja 彩帆香取神社) Garapan, Saipan: Futsunushi-no-kami (経津主神) Saipan Hachiman Jinja (彩帆八幡神社) Kagman, Saipan: Saipan-Kunitama-no-Ōkami (サイパン国魂大神), Hachiman-Ōkami (八幡大神), Isaizu-Ōkami (久伊豆大神)