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Shah Cheragh (Persian: شاه چراغ) is a 12th-century funerary monument and religious complex located in Shiraz, Iran.It is centred around the mausoleum of Sayyid Ahmad, the son of Musa al-Kazim, who is known as Shah Cheragh (King of Light) in local traditions, and hence the building is named as such.
The Imam Reza shrine (Persian: حرم امام رضا, romanized: Haram-e Emâm Rezâ, lit. 'Sanctuary of Imam Reza'), located in Mashhad, Iran, is an Islamic shrine containing the remains of Ali al-Rida, the eighth Imam of Shia Islam. It is the largest mosque in the world by area.
In time, the bakufu faded away; and the shrine endured. Iwashimizu Hachimangū and Ise Shrine were specified for "the two ancestral mausoleum" (二所宗廟) in the Middle Ages. 1456 (Kōshō 2, 3rd month): Ashikaga Yoshimasa visited Iwashimizu Shrine; and all the officials of the Daijō-kan joined him in going there. [9]
A road was built around the shrine by the then administrator of Karbala City, Sayyid Abd al-Rasul al-Khalsi. He also broadened the courtyard of the shrine. 1411 1991 Major damage to the shrine occurs as the city experiences violent reprisals by the army of Saddam Hussein after an uprising against his regime following the Persian Gulf War. 1415 1994
The two shrine rooms are connected via a rectangular corridor that connects the two rooms using six doors. The corridor contains niches and alcoves which help reduce the weight and density of the material used in construction. The ceiling of the corridor is lower than the ceiling of the two rooms that contain the shrine which are topped by two ...
Tamatsukuri Inari Shrine (玉造稲荷神社, Tamatsukuri-Inari-jinja) is a shrine dedicated to the Shinto kami ('god') Inari. Its construction can be traced to 12 BCE, and Inari was enshrined there by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the 1580s to protect Osaka Castle .
The shrine later became a center of the Shugendō mountain cult. After he was exiled to Izu, Minamoto no Yoritomo worshipped at Izusan Shrine for divine assistance in his struggle to overthrow the Heike clan in the Genpei War. He also used the shrine grounds as a location to rally the local gōzoku clans to his side.
It is said that the shrine started to offer ritual service in 14th century. According to local legend, Kamishikimi Kumanoimasu Shrine is dedicated to the creator gods Izanagi-no-Mikoto and Izanami-no-Mikoto from Japanese mythology. [4] [5] The original shrine was burned down by the flames of war in 16th century and current shrine was rebuilt in ...