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  • New Delhi -SG

    New Delhi -SG British/Indian Government buildings & infrastructure done by Edwin Lutyens (GB) from 1911 onwards Parliament – Connaught Place – India Gate Triangle P is location of old and new Parliament:  

  • Niushou Mntn Park

    This expansive park consists of several temples, pagodas, ponds and parks scattered around Niushou Mountain, Nanjing. This has been a holy Buddhist site since the Tang dynasty (618 – 907), but the original Usnisa temple was destroyed during the Taiping Rebellion in the 1850s. Later, when a fragment of the Buddha’s skull was allegedly found…

  • Celestial Deity

    Celestial Deity (Star) Aditya Adityas, in Hinduism, denotes solar deities associated with various aspects of life and cosmology. They are not stars but express a Star/Sun. This Sun offers energy and vitality, and is connected through the passage of time to its 12 solar deities, each corresponding to a month. These solar deities embody the…

  • Orthodox domes

    Coptic Christianity is a form of Christianity that originated in Alexandria, Egypt. Coptic means Egypt. The apostle Mark was the 1st Bishop ≈42 AD. The Pope of Alexandria is the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, which has been separate but distinct Christian after the Council of Chalcedon in 451 AD: Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox…

  • Mosque Domes

    Gigantic Mosque complex in Medina, Saudi Arabia, Burial site of the Prophet Muhammad under the green dome, where in 1279 a wooden cupola was built over the tomb. World’s largest (400K sqm) Mosque, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, developed around the Kaaba, built by Abraham & Ishmael, as the first house of worship on earth: Birthplace of…

  • Stupa Temples

    In ancient Indian art, Buddha Shakyamuni was not represented as a being but as a stupa, a reliquary containing the relics of an individual associated with great spiritual power and insight, most often (since the 3rd century BCE) with the Buddha himself. The shape, a hemisphere topped by a spire and surrounded by a gate…

  • Hagia Sophia

    “Little Hagia Sophia” The Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus built in Constantinople (modern Istanbul) during the reign of Justinian (527-565). Now known as Küçük Ayasofya Camii (“Little Hagia Sophia Mosque”), it was converted into a mosque in the 16thC. The Great Hagia Sophia: Historical Overview Early Beginnings: The First Church The Hagia Sophia, (Gr:…

  • Dome of the Rock

    The Dome of the Rock is a shrine within the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old Jerusalem. The trapezium shaped Temple platform measures 488m along the west, 470m along the east, 315m along the north, 280m along the south, being a total area of ≈150,000 m²: The Dome of the Rock…

  • Maitreya Hermitage

    Maitreya-Buddhism Birthplace? The Tushita Celestial Scenic Area is located in the Kuaiji Mountain Range of Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province. The Longhua Temple was founded during the S-Song dynasty (354). The scenic area consists of the Maitreya Hermitage created by the Eastern Jin Dynasty’s eminent monk Zhi Dun. The complex was reconstructed and enlarged in 2014. Its…

  • Chains of St Peter

    2 lengths of fetters fused in a single chain, displayed in a church near the Colosseum. The bonds, as per tradition, once held fast the limbs of Peter the Apostle and have been cherished by Christians ever since. The story of their veneration first appeared in the Acts of Saint Alexander, an early pope who…

  • Keys of St Peter

    These are the keys to the kingdom of heaven, which Christ gave Peter as a symbol of his spiritual power:   St Peter’s Basilica Baldachin or ciborium Cherubs with the papal tiara and the keys to Heaven and Earth In addition to the deep-rooted tradition in the Western world of the Latin and Christian cross,…