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Churches, Mosques and other religious buildings from around the world. |
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 | Dharma Zen Center was founded by Zen Master Seung Sahn in 1974 as a place where monks and lay people from all countries can practice Zen together and find their true selves. We have formal meditation practice - bowing, chanting and sitting Zen - in the mornings and evenings for both our resident Zen students and outside members. During the day, our lay residents go out to their jobs or to schoo... |  | 09/17/2006 | 124 | 
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 | Diamond Way Buddhist Center New York is part of an international network of over 400 meditation centers in the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. The centers were founded and are directed by Lama Ole Nydahl according to the wishes of H.H. 16th Karmapa. They are now under the spiritual guidance of H.H. 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, Trinlay Thaye Dorje. | | 09/17/2006 | 133 |
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 | Fantoft stave church, one of Norways famous stave churches.
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 | The sites of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, first sermon, and death. Includes explanation, pictures and links. |  | 09/10/2006 | 345 |
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 | Or Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque in in Brunei is paid by the Sultan and famous for it's size, the pure gold domes and the golden boat made of stone in the lake. | | 09/10/2006 | 435 |
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 | An image of the Virgin Mary that appeared on the side of a former financial building from 1996 until it was destoryed by vandals in 2004. |  | 09/06/2006 | 287 |
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 | The Kapaleeswarar Temple in Mylapore, Chennai is a very ancient temple. The original temple was submerged under the sea & the current temple structure was a later construction. The Moolavar is Kapaleeswarar & Amman is Karpagambal. There are separate sannadhis for several deities such as Vinayagar, Annamalaiyar, Murugar, Saneeswara. There are several other deities such as Durgai, Dak... | | 09/05/2006 | 193 |
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 | Aebelholt Monastery on North-Zealand was build in the 12th. century and was a monastery untill the reformation. It was famous for it's medical knowledge and had it's own hospital.
During escavations they have found skeletons of a woman with a foetus and a man of 25 who was burried alive, the monks thaught he was dead but he wasn't. In the nearby museum you can see both. You can see how t... |  | 09/04/2006 | 182 |
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 | Prehistoric and antique city, Gafsa is a medium size city at desert limit, in Tunisia. Here you can see the large mosque |  | 08/24/2006 | 3,419 |
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 | Famous and notorious site in Tokyo where war heroes as well as war criminals are remembered. | | 08/21/2006 | 174 |
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 | Royal burial site of the Royal Dutch family, Oranje-Nassau, from 1584. | | 08/21/2006 | 164 |
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 | Masjid Shab Bhar is an historical mosque which was built within a single night. | | 08/17/2006 | 196 |
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 | Nila Gumbad is a shrine surrounded by a mosque. It's Pakistan's biggest bi-cyle and tyre market. | | 08/17/2006 | 152 |
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 | The bigest Cathedral in Tunisia | | 08/16/2006 | 234 |
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 | The Bad Hersfeld church remains is the biggest in Germany. It was founded in 736 but burned down in 1761.
Today it's used for concerts and in may and june for catholic masses. | | 08/16/2006 | 183 |
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 | The temple of Wat Phra That Doi Suthep is certainly one of the most important temples in Chiang Mai, as well as one of the most revered among all Thais. The temple is a major pilgrimage destinations during the important Buddhist holidays of Makha Buja and Visak. Its importance, as well as its location, owes much to the legend of its founding.
According to this legend, a Buddha re... | | 08/16/2006 | 232 |
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 | A gurudwara in Ahmedabad, a temple for the followers of Sikkhism | | 08/06/2006 | 445 |
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 | The largest mosque in Pakistan (capacity more than 100 thousand people) built by Moghul Emperor Aurang Zaib Alamgir | | 08/04/2006 | 310 |
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 | Church of the Holy Nativity in Bethlehem. The pilgers kiss the golden star that is the place Jesus possibly was born. |  | 07/23/2006 | 896 |
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 | Sanctuary of Truth, Prasat Sut Ja-Tum, Buddish temple in Pattaya, Thailand | | 07/21/2006 | 401 |
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 | Cathedral in christchurch, NZ | | 07/19/2006 | 170 |
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 | Although classified as a Mission, this is the site of an old church outside of Tucson. To this day, the "White Dove of the Desert" (as it has been nicknamed) still serves Franciscan Catholics, as well as members of the Tohono O'odham indian tribe. | | 07/19/2006 | 148 |
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 | This abbey is reported to be founded in the XI century by the monk Mainardo whose community started living here following the rules of Saint Benedict.
In the XIX century it has been abandoned after part of it has been ruined by an earthquake.
Since 1982 it is the home of the Jesus Caritas community, founded by father Charles de Foucauld. | | 07/18/2006 | 118 |
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 | This is one of the most famous before Columbus civilization ruin in Bolivia. It's a Giant Rock with man made animal forms, etc. | | 07/10/2006 | 295 |
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 | Founded at the beginning of the XII century by San Bernardo, the Chiaravalle Abbey is one of the first and most important Cistercian monastery all over the world.
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