Amazing Temples of the World (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Amber Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2021
Authors:	Michael Kerrigan
Dimensions:	303 x 233 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Sewn / With printed dust jacket
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-1-83886-094-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Miscellaneous items > Gift books Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Decorative arts & crafts > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Photographic collections > Photographic reportage Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General
LSN:	1-83886-094-0
Barcode:	9781838860943

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