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'lingam of light') [1] or Jyotirlingam is a devotional representation of the Hindu god Shiva. The word is a Sanskrit compound of jyotis ('radiance') and linga ('sign'). The Śiva Mahāpurāṇam (also Shiva Purana ) mentions 64 original jyotirlinga shrines in India .
Munmyo houses a shrine to Confucius known as Daeseongjeon, or "Hall of Great Achievement." The main gate leading to the shrine Sinsammun, literally "Spirit Three Gate", is open only on special occasions such as Seokjeon Daeje. The central gate is reserved for the spirit of Confucius and his disciple, and no one else may enter through this gate.
This is a list of ziyarat locations from all around the world. Ziyarat locations are often shrines dedicated to various Muslim saints and Awliya but can also be places that are associated with them, like zawiyas .
Tamamaki no Ontachi (玉纏御太刀, top), Sugari no Ontachi (須賀利御太刀, middle), and Kondō zukuri no Ontachi (金銅造御太刀, bottom), newly made for the Sikinen Sengu (式年遷宮, rebuilding the shrine) of 1889. Sugari No Ontachi (須賀利御太刀) is a Japanese sword.
National Chrine of Saint Thomas, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. [2]Basilica of Bom Jesus, Goa Velha, Goa; Sanctuary of Our Lady of Velankanni; Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount, Bandra, Mumbai
At the centre is a shrine with four pillars, holding an image of Nateshwar, Shiva as Lord of Dance. [32] The similar-sized image of Chamunda in the temple may once have been housed with Shiva in the central shrine. [32] [33] Ranipur-Jharial was the first of the Yogini temples to be discovered; it was described by Major-General John Campbell in ...
The National Tōshō-gū Association lists a total of 48 shrines. [ 10 ] Ieyasu was deified with the name Tōshō Daigongen ( 東照大権現 ) , meaning "Great Gongen , Light of the East" [ 11 ] (a gongen is a Buddha who has appeared on Earth in the form of a kami to save sentient beings), and this is what gives Tōshō-gū shrines their name.
The solar goddess of Shinto, Amaterasu Omikami, is considered to be the ancestral deity of the Imperial House of Japan, and is widely worshiped in agricultural rituals.. During the Kofun Period, a number of Shinmei Shrines, such as Ise Grand Shrine, were constructed and dedicated to Amater