Pictures of Religious Destinations

[Zoness]

Greetings

We seem to fight a lot here so I figured why not have a thread were we can look at pretty pictures of the religious locations and buildings of various faiths. I'm very curious to see what everyone can come up with. I'll post some of my favorites from various faiths.

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A painted "wheel of the year" at the Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle, Cornwall, England:

Stonehenge, sometimes thought of as a site of pilgrimage for druids -- Wiltshire County, England:

The Birla Mandir, a major Vaishanavite Hindu temple -- New Delhi, India:

Main gate of the Fushimi Inari, one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan -- Kyoto, Japan:

Canterbury Cathedral (Anglican) -- Canterbury, UK:

St. Basil's Cathedral -- Moscow, Russia:

 

[Livindesert]

The Baha'i shrine of the Bab.

 

[Arthra]

 

[SithDoughnut]

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You can resize images in Firefox. Not sure why you can't in Chrome.

 

[JJWhite]

I don't have any pictures now, but I remember that my first shot at photography was when I was 13 while visiting Turkey. I took lots of cool pictures of the Hagia Sophia.

 

[Eudaimonist]

Just because I like the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright...

Unity Temple


eudaimonia,

Mark

 

[Chesterton]

I like this church in a tree.

YouTube - Church in a tree at Plataniotissa

 

[awitch]

I like this church in a tree.

I would have picked a different interior decorator, but that's my favorite so far.

 

[Eudaimonist]

We need one for the pantheists.

Of course, the trick is to understand that we are a part of that, and so we are already at the destination.


eudaimonia,

Mark

 

[SithDoughnut]

I've wanted to visit this place for a while.

 

[Ishraqiyun]

The Birla Mandir, a major Vaishanavite Hindu temple -- New Delhi, India:

I would love to see that in person. So many places to visit and so little money and time.

 

[rsduncan]

Mount Horeb, Sinai Peninsula:

 

[Zoness]

I'll be back to bump in a few more images soon.

 

[Witchy Bee]

This thread needs some love, I think.

Just a little nature.

Because I love these Hubble telescope images.

 

[SyntheticPaper]

Hill of Crosses, Lithuania.

Sedlec Ossuary, Czech Republic.

Tigers Nest Monastery, Bhutan.

San Francisco Basilica, USA.

 

[Bryne]

These are some of the places that I have actually been to:

Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine in Kamakura, Japan

Great Buddha in Kamakura, Japan

United States Air Force Academy Chapel in Colorado Springs, CO

Mission Dolores in San Francisco, CA

 

[Tariki]

Thanks everyone, what a great thread.Wonderful pictures.

I love trees Witchy Bee, thanks.

 

[Eudaimonist]

This might not be what you would think of as a "religious destination", but that's how I feel about it.


eudaimonia,

Mark

 

[Tariki]

The Pure Land

 

[9Harmony]

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The Seat of the Universal House of Justice on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel. <3