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A household kamidana is typically set up in one's home to enshrine an ofuda, a type of charm.Both kamidana and ofuda can be obtained at any large Shinto shrine. Ofuda by themselves can be displayed on a counter or anywhere visible, provided that they are kept in their protective pouches.
A modern Srividya adept performs Tantric puja at his home shrine. Kerala, India, 2006. In all three of these religions, daily ritual devotion is a central aspect. [1] [2] Shrines facilitate this practice by offering a sacred space within the home, serving as a focal point for meditation and offerings to the gods and
Home altars often contain a cross or crucifix, an image of Jesus Christ, a copy of the Bible (especially a Family Bible), a breviary and/or other prayer book, a daily devotional, and prayer beads, among other religious articles specific to the individual's Christian denomination, for example, the images of the saints for Catholics, the Small ...
A house temple (Ghar Derasar or Griha Chaityalaya) is a private Jain shrine that is placed within a personal residence. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Sometimes it is separate room or structure in a compound. Jain scholars prescribe that the height of a pratima in a house shrine should not exceed 11 aṅgulas , i.e. about 21 cm.
A bathtub Madonna (also known as a lawn shrine, Mary on the half shell, bathtub Mary, bathtub Virgin, and bathtub shrine) is an artificial grotto typically framing Our Lady of Lourdes, commonly found in Catholic regions of the U.S.
The Monymusk Reliquary, early 8th century, National Museum of Scotland Saint Manchan's Shrine, 12th-century. House-shaped shrine (or church or tomb-shaped shrines) [1] are early medieval portable metal reliquary formed in the shape of the roof of a rectangular building. They originate from both Ireland and Scotland and mostly date from the 8th ...
A controversial American live-streamer is facing the prospect of prison in South Korea for his offensive antics, in a case that is shining a light on the rise of so-called “nuisance influencers ...
An ancestral shrine, hall or temple (Chinese: 祠 堂; pinyin: Cítáng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sû-tông or Chinese: 宗 祠; pinyin: Zōng Cí; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chong-sû, Vietnamese: Nhà thờ họ; Chữ Hán: 家祠户; Korean: 사당; Hanja: 祠堂), also called lineage temple, is a temple dedicated to deified ancestors and progenitors of surname ...