10 Most Wonderful Temples of the World

[N1AR]

1 - Tiger'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



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



3 - Prambanan is a Hindu temple in Central Java, Indonesia. The temple was built in 850 CE, and is composed of 8 main shrines and 250 surrounding smaller ones



4 - No one knows exactly when the Shwedagon Paya [wiki] (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.



5 - Temple 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



6 - Chion-in Temple was built in 1234 CE to honor the founder of Jodo (Pure Land) Buddhism, a priest named Honen, who fasted to death in the very spot



7 - In 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 m³) of stones. The temple has nearly 2,700 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues.



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



9 - The Temple of Srirangam (Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple [wiki]), 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 - see below).



10 - Last but definitely not least is the largest temple in history and the inspiration to countless novels and action movies of Hollywood: Ankor Wat.

[lina1289]

keren~~~

[Hendi Wijaya]

wah baru kliatan postingan ini..

ikutan.... keren"

[huihui]

[dilbert]

dari segi luas bangunan tunggal, borobudur adalah bangunan arsitektur buddhis terbesar di dunia mengalahkan angkor wat... karena angkor wat merupakan kompleks candi yang terdiri dari banyak candi kecil...

[yanfei]

paling keren no.1   

[Hendra Susanto]

paling keren borobudurr ama prambananlah... sebab gw datengin bekali2

[Kelana]

Borobudur still number one!
Saya juga tertarik dengan Wat Rong Khun di Chiang Mai, seperti istana perak

[Kelana]

Setelah mencari-cari mengenai Wat Rong Khun, ada yang menarik. Ternyata bukan bangunan kuno tapi termasuk bangunan baru (1998) dan sebagai ruang uposatha. Dan mungkin bertemakan alam niraya (neraka).

Jika diperhatikan di foto atas ada gading besar, dan dibawah gading tersebut ada pahatan yang nenarik:



tangan-tangan dari alam neraka yang menggapai-gapai minta tolong, "tolooong....tolong...." dengan suara yang lirih..

pahatan lain:


Kalau sudah malam mungkin 

[ENCARTA]

OMG

[tula]

telat liat nya tula .. tp asli kul ... yg paling keren emang no 1 n 2 .... seperti bukan realistas begono ...

tula lom perna ke prambanan dan borobudur

[Shining Moon]

Kereeen (sambil ngiler mikirin kapan ke sana).
Ling jiou mountain (LING JIU SAN) mirip sama yang no 1 tuh...dari vihara bisa lihat gebyar ombak yang berkejaran...

[hendrako]

Jangan lupa yang ini nih:

http://dhammacitta.org/forum/index.php/topic,9088.0.html

Menurut saya bangunannya keren banget, di flickr banyak photo2nya.

[johan3000]

plus 1 utk N1ar

mau post ternyata udah duluan oleh bro.....

untung gw search : Wat Rong Khun

sebelum posting........ wiharanya keren2....
mungkin Indonesia bisa bangun utk sedot parawisata