Michael Kerrigan Amazing Temples of the World (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Amazing Temples of the WorldCondition: NewEAN: 9781838860943ISBN: 9781838860943Publisher: Amber BooksFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 10/14/2021Description: Temples have been places of worship, a focus for spirituality and a place for communities to gather since the earliest days of human civilisation. The first temples date back to ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, deriving from the cult of deities and residing places for gods and immortals. Today, temple buildings remain lively focal points for the Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, Jain and Sikh religions. Organised by continent, Amazing Temples of the World offers the reader an intimate portrait of some spectacular and unusual places of worship dating from the fourth millennium BCE to the present. Ornate or spartan, immense or intimate, from the Middle East to California, this book features such impressive places of worship as the Mahabodi Temple, India, built in the location where Buddha is thought to have achieved enlightenment; the fifth century BCE Temple of Confucius in Qufu, China, the largest Confucian temple in the world; Abu Simbel, in southern Egypt, the great carved monument to the Pharaoh Ramses II; the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, the spiritual home of the world’s 25 million Sikhs; and the Shri Swaminarayan Temple in Neasden, London, the biggest Hindu temple outside India. Illustrated with more than 180 photographs, Amazing Temples of the World includes more than 150 places of worship, from Ancient Greece and Rome, through traditional synagogues to modern Buddhist, Taoist and Sikh temples.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 303mmItem Length: 233mmItem Width: 22mmItem Weight: 1400gAuthor: Michael KerriganGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityTopic: Arts & Photography, Architecture & Antiques, Literary CriticismBook Series: Amazing PlacesRelease Year: 2021 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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