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The Golden Temple complex was the main centre of operations of the movement, [116] and important events during the movement that occurred at the gurdwara included the 1955 raid by the government to quash the movement, and the subsequent Amritsar Convention in 1955 to convey Sikh sentiments to the central government. [117]
The Hare Krishna Golden Temple is the 1st Golden Temple in Telangana and has a 50 foot Golden Dhwaja Stambh (flagstaff), 4600 square foot Maha Mandapam and five golden stairs Rajagopuram. [3] Within the temple are the murtis (sacred images) of Lord Narasamhadev and his consort, Lakshmi.
Sri Lakshmi Narayani Golden Temple complex inside the Thirupuram spiritual park is situated at the foot of a small range of green hills at Thirumalaikodi (or simply Malaikodi) Vellore in Tamil Nadu, India. It is 120 km from Tirupati, 145 km from Chennai, 160 km from Pondicherry and 200 km from Bengaluru.
The structure of the temple is composed of three parts. The first consists of a 15.5-meter-high spire on the temple; the second is a gold dome; and the third is the gold spire within the sanctuary bearing a flag and a trident. The Kashi Vishwanath Temple is popularly known as the Golden Temple, due to the gold plating of its spire.
The Golden Pavilion (金閣, Kinkaku) is a three-story building on the grounds of the Rokuon-ji temple complex. [13] The top two stories of the pavilion are covered with pure gold leaf. [13] The pavilion functions as a shariden (舎利殿), housing relics of the Buddha (Buddha's Ashes).
It is believed to be older than the golden temple itself. It has four doors, each with a torana, but only the door opposite the main shrine can be readily accessed. On the banisters around the chaitya there are 12 Lokeśvara images and four Buddha sculptures. The four corners of the temple are protected by metal leogryphs. The gilt roof has ...
Sri Hazur Sahib The Hazur Sahib General information Architectural style Sikh architecture Town or city Nanded, Maharashtra Country India Coordinates 19°09′10″N 77°19′07″E / 19.15278°N 77.31861°E / 19.15278; 77.31861 Construction started 1832 Part of a series on Sikhism People Topics Outline History Glossary Sikh gurus Guru Nanak Guru Angad Guru Amar Das Guru Ram Das ...
Dambulla cave temple (Sinhala: දඹුල්ල රජ මහා විහාරය, romanized: Dam̆būlla Raja Maha Vihāraya; Tamil: தம்புள்ளை பொற்கோவில், romanized: Tampuḷḷai Poṟkōvil), also known as the Golden Temple of Dambulla, is a World Heritage Site (1991) in Sri Lanka, situated in the central part of the country. [1]