Sentence examples for central temple from inspiring English sources

Neither the platform nor the temples have been investigated; it is therefore possible that an early version of the central temple (Temple 30) was built first, then decommissioned with the platform being built to cover the early version, followed by the construction of a new version plus the two additional flanking temples.

The Tōdai Temple in the capital city of Nara was erected as the central temple.

Their presence has helped dampen looting at Angkor Wat, the central temple, Cambodian officials say.

Temple of Shiva, the central temple of the Lara Jonggrang complex, Prambanan, Java, c. 900.

A guidebook can't describe the scale of the central temple, Angkor Wat.

After the foundation of larger political units, such as leagues or empires, contributions were made to a central temple of the political unit, such as the temple of Enlil at Nippur in the Nippur league.

Most archaeology of the Kerma culture or early Kush is found south of the Second Cataract, especially at the great capital at Kerma, with its central temples, elaborate smelter, manufacturing installations, houses and enormous royal mound tombs.

In 1217 he was canonized as Wenan, and in 1530 a tablet in his honour was placed in the central Confucian temple of the Ming dynasty.

Although there is a central underground temple, the entire village is considered sacred and people pray at small shrines scattered around the complex of yellow stone courtyards and huge, leafy trees.

He knew where new recruits were sent: to a base near Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon's central Buddhist temple.

The shekhari was popular from the 10th century onward and can be observed on most Central Indian temples; the Lakshmana and Kandarya Mahadeva temples at Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, have excellent examples.