Amazing Temples of the World

Michael Kerrigan was educated at St. Edward’s College and University College, Oxford, England. He is the author of History of the World, Abandoned Places of World War II, The Cold War and Amazing Churches of the World. He is a columnist, book reviewer, and feature writer for publications including the Scotsman and the Times Literary Supplement. Michael Kerrigan lives with his family in Edinburgh.

• ContentsEUROPE:Greco-Roman temples: Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens Erechtheum, Acropolis, Athens Temple of Hephaestus, Athens Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens Temple of Apollo, Delphi Temple of Apollo Epicurius, Peloponnese, Greece Temple of Poseidon, Sounion, Greece Valley of the Temples, Sicily Doric Temple of Segesta, Sicily Paestum, Italy Temple of Apollo, Pompeii, Naples, Italy Pantheon, Rome Maison Carree, Nimes, France Augustus, Pula, Croatia Garni Temple, Armenia Augustus and Livia, Vienne, France Zeus, Aizanoi, Turkey Neasden Temple, London Guru Singh Sabba Gurdwara, Southall, England Birmingham Buddhist ViharaSynagogues: Great Synagogue, Budabest Old New Synagogue, Prague Spanish Synagogue, Prague Jubilee Synagogue, Prague Grand Choral Synagogue,St. Petersburg New Synagogue, Berlin Ohel Jakob, Munich Ulm Synagogue, Germany Leopoldstädter Tempel, Vienna Roonstrasse Synagogue, Cologne Sofia Synagogue, Bulgaria Subotica Synagogue, Serbia Tempio Maggiore, Florence New West End Synagogue, LondonASIA: Indian Subcontinent: Lotus Temple, Delhi (Bahai) Meenakshi Temple, Madurai, Tamil Nadu Amman Temple, Vavuniya, Sri Lanka Varadharaja Perumal Temple Brihadishwara Temple Khajuraho Annamalaiyar Temple Jagannath Temple, Puri Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam Virupaksha Temple, Hampi Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai Ramanathaswamy Temple, Tamil Nadu Akshardham Temple, Delhi Laxminarayan Temple, Delhi Bodh Gaya, Bihar (Buddhist) Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra, India (Buddhist) Mahabodhi Temple Kailashnath Temple, Ellora Caves, Maharashtra, India Peace Pagoda, Sri Lanka Sri Digambar Jain Lal MandirSikh Gurdwaras: Sri Harmandir Sahib, Golden Temple, Amritsar Sri Anandpur Sahib, Rupnagar Gurdwara Data Bandi Chhod Sahib, Gwalior Gurdwara Bangla Sahib, Delhi Patna Sahib, Patna Hazur Sahib, Nanded Takht Sri Damdama SahibMyanmar: Phowintaung Caves, Monywa Bagan Taung Kalat Shwedagon Pagoda (or Golden Pagoda) Bezeklik Caves, Xinjiang, ChinaThailand: Temple of Reclining Buddha, Bangkok Wat Paphukon, Udonthani, Thailand Sirindhorn Wararam Phu Prao Temple, Chong Mek Wat Benchamabophit, Bangkok Wat Phra That Doi Suthep Wat Arun, Bangkok White Temple (Wat Rong Khun) Wat Mahathat, Sukhothai Wat Chaiwatthanaram, Ayuuhaya Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew) Sanctuary of Truth, Pattaya Wat Huai Pla Kung Wat Phra That Lampang Luang Wat Phra Dhammakaya Sri Maha Mariamman Temple, Bangkok (Hindu)Laos: Wat Xieng Thong Pha That Luang (‘Great Stupa in Lao’) Cambodia: Ankor Wat Banteay SreiVietnam: Trấn Quốc Pagoda, Hanoi Bửu Long Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh city Indonesia: Prambanan, Java Borobudur Temple, Java, Indonesia Tanah Lot, Bali Uluwatu, Bali Ulun Danu Beratan, Bali Besakih, Bali Goa Gajah, Bali Taman Ayun, Bali Goa Lawah, BaliMalaysia: Kek Lok Si Temple, Penang Thean Hou Temple, Kuala Lumpur Batu Caves Sri Mahamariamman Temple, KL Thean Hou Temple Khoo Kongsi Temple, PenangSingapore: Bright Hill Temple Buddha Tooth Relic Temple Leong San See Thian Hock KengChina: Mount Qingcheng, Sichuan Wudang Mountains, Hubei Qingyang Palace, Sichuan Erwang Temple, Yulei Mountain, Sichuan Longhu Mountain, Jiangxi Celestial Master Palace on Mount Heming, Chengdu Golden Temple, Kunming Qiyun Mountain China Tayun Mountain Qingcheng Mountain Jade Maiden Peak Mount Hua Skywalk, Hua Shan Mountain, Huayin, Shaanxi Province Dagaoxuan Hall, Forbidden City, Beijing Temple of Heaven, Beijing White Cloud Taoist Temple, BeijingHong Kong: Man Mo Temple (Taoist) Bhutan/Tibet: Paro Taktsang, Bhutan Kye Gompa monastery Jokhang Temple, Lahsa Boudhanath, Kathmandu, NepalSouth Korea: Haeinsa (Temple of Reflection on a Smooth Sea)Japan: Seiganto-ji Horyu-ji, Nara Tenryu-ji Temple Todaiji (“Great Eastern Temple”) Nanzen-ji Temple Tofuku-ji TempleNORTH & SOUTH AMERICA: T'ien Hau Temple, LA, USA Hindu Temple of Florida Malibu Hindu Temple, USA Swami Narayan Mandir, Georgia Gurdwara Sahib, San Jose, California, USA Byodo-In Temple, in O’ahu’s Valley of the Temples, Hawaii Eldridge Street Synagogue, New York Congregation Mickve Israel, Savannah, Georgia, USACanada: Shri Swaminarayan Temple in Toronto Sridurka Hindu Temple, Toronto Hindu Temple and Cultural Centre of Windsor Akali Singh Sikh Temple, Vancouver Mayan temples: Chichen Itza, Mexico Teotihuacan, Mexico Tulum, Mexico Monte Alban, Mexico Palenque, Mexico Uxmal, Mexico Calakmul, Mexico Ek Balam, Mexico Tula, MexicoIncan temples: Temple of the Sun, Machu Picchu Koricancha Temple in Cusco Quenko, near Cusco Pisac in the Sacred Valley Pachacamac near LimaMikvé Israel-Emanuel Synagogue, Willemstad, CuraçaoAFRICA & THE MIDDLE EAST: Greco-Roman: Palmyra, Syria Sbeitla forum, Tunisia Baalbek (Heliopolis), LebanonTunisia: El Ghibra Synagogue, DjerbaIsrael: Jerusalem Great SynagogueIran: Fire Temple of YazdEgypt: Luxor Temple Abu Simbel Karnak Medinet Habu Kom Ombo Philae, Aswan Edfu Dendera Seti I, Abydos Mortuary Temple of HatshepsutSouth Africa: Durban Hindu Temple Shree Ayyappa Kshetram Centurion Clairwood Shree Siva Soobramoniar Temple Mariamman Temple Pretoria

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