Most beautiful temples in the world

Here is the top most beautiful temples of around the world with lovely temple pictures and short information of each wonderful temple.

Tiger’s Nest Monastery

Tiger's Nest MonasteryTiger’s Nest Monastery, perched precariously on the edge of a 3,000-feet-high cliff in Paro Valley, is one of the holiest places in Bhutan

Wat Rong Khun

Wat Rong KhunWat Rong Khun in Chiang Mai, Thailand is unlike any Buddhist temples in the world.

Kaaba

kaabaAccording to the Qur’an, the Kaaba was re-built by Ibrahim (Abraham) and his son Ismail (Ishmael). Islamic traditions assert that the Kaaba “reflects” a house in heaven called al-Baytu l-Mamur and that it was first built by the first man, Adam and is believed that it is the first building ever built on earth. Ibrahim and Ismail rebuilt the Kaaba on the old foundations.

Kaaba Old Photos of 1880 & 1953

Shwedagon Paya or Pagoda

Shwedagon Paya or PagodaNo one knows exactly when the Shwedagon Paya (or Pagoda) in Myanmar was built – legend has it that it is 2,500 years old though archaeologists estimate that it was built between the 6th and 10th century.

Taoist temple

Taoist templeTemple of Heaven is a Taoist temple in Beijing, the capital of China. The temple was constructed in 14th century by Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty.

Vatican City

Vatican CityVatican City was established in 1929. It is distinct from the Holy See, which dates back to early Christianity and is the main episcopal see of 1.147 billion Latin and Eastern Catholic adherents around the globe.

Borobudur

BorobudurIn the 19th century, Dutch occupiers of Indonesia found a massive ancient ruin deep in the jungles of Java. What they discovered was the complex of Borobudur, a gigantic structure built with nearly 2 million cubic feet (55,000 m) of stones. The temple has nearly 2,700 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues.

Golden Temple

Golden TempleThe Harmandir Sahib (meaning The Abode of God) or simply the Golden Temple in Punjab, India is the most sacred shrine of Sikhism.

Temple of Srirangam

Temple of SrirangamThe Temple of Srirangam (Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple), in the Indian city of Tiruchirapalli (or Trichy), is the largest functioning Hindu temple in the world (Ankor Wat is the largest of all temple, but it is currently non-functioning as a temple).

Angkor Wat

Angkor WatThe largest temple in history and the inspiration to countless novels and action movies of Hollywood: Angkor Wat.

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