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In Mesopotamian religion, Tiamat (Akkadian: 𒀭𒋾𒀀𒆳 D TI.AMAT or 𒀭𒌓𒌈 D TAM.TUM, Ancient Greek: Θαλάττη, romanized: Thaláttē) [1] is the primordial sea, mating with Abzû (Apsu), the groundwater, to produce the gods in the Babylonian epic Enûma Elish, which translates as "when on high."
The entire Suwa shrine complex consists of four main shrines grouped into two sites: the Upper Shrine or Kamisha (上社), comprising the Maemiya (前宮, former shrine) and the Honmiya (本宮, main shrine), and the Lower Shrine or Shimosha (下社), comprising the Harumiya (春宮, spring shrine) and the Akimiya (秋宮, autumn shrine).
Sessha (摂社, 'auxiliary shrine') and massha (末社, 'branch shrine'), also called eda-miya (枝宮) [14] are small or miniature shrines having a deep historical relationship with a more important shrine or with the kami it enshrines, and fall under that shrine's jurisdiction. [22]
Shimenawa and nature have been a hallmark of Shinto shrines since in early times. The shrine in Shinto is a place for kami. [6] Local people held rituals in shrines. Early shrines were not composed of classical buildings, [6] with rocks, plants and shimenawa instead marking their boundaries, [6] as part of the Shinto
Chand Baori is a deep four-sided well with a large temple located in the back of the well. [2] The basic architectural aspects of the monumental well consist of a long corridor of steps leading to five or six stories below ground level which can be seen at the site. [3] Chand Baori consists of 3,500 narrow steps over 13 stories. [6]
The Ekotoba was created under the supervision of Suwa (or Kosaka) Enchū (諏訪（小坂）円忠, 1295-1364), [1] [2] a member of a cadet branch of the Suwa clan, originally a priestly lineage of one of the component shrines of the Grand Shrine of Suwa, the Upper Shrine or Kamisha that had, by the Kamakura period, took up arms and became a clan of warriors.
The three sanctum caves total to about 39 feet long and 27.5 feet deep. The central shrine has a rock-cut Mahadeva Panchalesvara linga (original), while the cella on its side have space for statues. [5] The original statues are lost, and were likely of Brahma on one side, Vishnu on the other. [2]
In pre-Buddhist India, caitya was a term for a shrine, sanctuary, or holy place in the landscape, generally outdoors, inhabited by, or sacred to, a particular deity. In the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra , near the end of his life, the Buddha remarks to Ananda how beautiful are the various caitya around Vaishali . [ 6 ]