Its temple is built on grounds of faith rather than scientific foundations.
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And in Bali, with its sunsets over temple spires and miles of terraced rice paddies, expect holiday dishes laced with Kaffir lime jus.
Further restorations, cleanings, uses and abuses of the temple and its sculptures bring the story down to the present.
At Ranakpur, I was enthralled by the way the temple embraces its visitors with a variety of intimate and inviting environments, in contrast to the focused authority of the Western basilica.
The temple, with its facade of four Ramses II colossi, is one of the country's most prominent heritage sites.
For eight miles, with the exception of Temple University and its hospital, there was nothing to see but shocking levels of urban desolation.
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Beneath the uppermost church lies a 4th-century church, and beneath this lies the dark, dank temple, with its altar bearing a carving of the god Mithras slaying a bull.
The best reason to visit Belgium House is not for an order of their mouth-watering fries or a stack of their waffles, but for its location in historic Middle Temple.
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From the South Gate of Geumjeongsan, you can extend your walk to take in Seokbulsa Temple, with its Buddhist statues built into the rock face and panoramic views over the city.
But beyond his own personal interest, Sugerman says, it was important to maintain the temple and expand its commitment to the surrounding community "despite the significant cost and difficulty, " so that the legacy of those who put it there could be honored.
One of the things the family was allowed to retain was its magnificent 16th Century Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple .
The Director-General toured the colossal cruciform temple, decorated at its base with terracotta plaques featuring divinities and metaphorical nature motifs.
Pride of place in the festival is Lord Muruga's silver chariot, which makes its way from the Sri Mahamariamman Temple in Kuala Lumpur's Chinatown to the caves.
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While that temple dazzles because of its detail and sheer massive scope, the Lao version is a more delicate pleasure, offering the ruins of two matched pavilions, along with other temples containing walls dating to the fifth and sixth centuries.
So, many are not surprised that existing members of the former royal family contested a petition of a devotee in the Supreme Court seeking a state takeover of the showpiece temple on the grounds that its controllers were incapable of protecting its riches.
King's College Hospital surgeons used body fat to repair his temple in the first procedure of its kind in Britain.
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Among the more promising is Cyberonics' vagus-nerve stimulation approach, pioneered by Jacob Zabara, its scientific founder who's a retired Temple University physiologist.
Peru's Deputy Minister for Culture Rafael Varon said the the temple was the first structure of its kind to be found on Peru's central coast.
The White House, with its Ionic columns, could pass as a Greek temple.
The DC Temple, by the way is noted for its festival of lights.
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Last year, Shanghai opened its first Jewish museum, inside the old Ohel Moishe temple.
They will complete against London: The Modern Babylon, Julien Temple's hymn to the city and its history.
Should Temple Run 2 show the same legs as its predecessors, and the franchise would reach more total downloads than there are people in the United States.
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Even in its reduced state, a shred of mystery still clings to the temple.
As you walk down to the river banks from the temple you may catch a glimpse of local life at its colourful best.
"I recently visited the ancient Todaiji temple in Nara and noticed an extra roof tile set on its top, " recalls the Toshiba president.
Sligo got so excited after following to Mount Parnassus and its oracle the opium-loving Lord Byron that he started building his own temple of dreams in these wilds in 1815.
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