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A sacred space, sacred ground, sacred place, sacred temple, holy ground, holy place or holy site is a location which is deemed to be sacred or hallowed.The sacredness of a natural feature may accrue through tradition or be granted through a blessing.
Sanctum sanctorum of Airavatesvara Temple, India. The Latin phrase sanctum sanctorum is a translation of the Hebrew term קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים (Qṓḏeš HaQŏḏāšîm), literally meaning Holy of Holies, which generally refers in Latin texts to the holiest place of the Ancient Israelites, inside the Tabernacle and later inside the Temple in Jerusalem, but the term also has ...
A garbhagriha (Sanskrit: गर्भगृह, romanized: Garbhagṛha) is the innermost sanctuary of Hindu and Jain temples, what may be called the "holy of holies" or "sanctum sanctorum". The term garbhagriha (literally, "womb chamber") comes from the Sanskrit words garbha for womb and griha for house.
The Lingodbhava image can be found in the first precinct around the sanctum in the wall exactly behind the image of Shiva in the central shrine with Vishnu and Brahma in the sides. Lingodbhava or emergence of the Lingam, found in various puranas, augments the synthesis of the old cults of pillar and symbolic worship. [5]
Hyperion, Titan of light; sometimes conflated with his son Helios; Lampetia, goddess of light, and one of the Heliades or daughters of Helios , god of the Sun, and of the nymph Neera . Theia, Titaness of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky. She is the consort of Hyperion and mother of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
Sanctum sanctorum, a Latin phrase meaning "Holy of Holies" Sanctum Sanctorum (Marvel Comics), a fictional building in the Marvel Universe; Garbhagriha, the innermost sanctuary of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist temples
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Location of the adyton within a temple The adyton in the Temple of Apollo in Didyma. In Classical architecture, the adyton (Ancient Greek: ἄδῠτον, 'innermost sanctuary, shrine', lit.