Sentence examples for centres of devotion from inspiring English sources

But both were centres of devotion for people from all over south London.

Between the 5th and 10th centuries ce it was the provincial capital of many Hindu dynasties and a centre of devotion to the god Shiva.

Cymbals are very widespread and were used in the Hellenistic mystery (salvatory) religions, such as those of Dionysus (a god of wine) and the Eleusinian mysteries (centred on devotion to Demeter, a seasonal-renewal goddess).

The Algerian Raḥmānīyah grew out of the Khalwatīyah in the second half of the 18th century, when ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān al-Ghushtulī, the founder, made himself the centre of Khalwatī devotion.

At several centres he established at Prague, Milíč introduced the devotio moderna, a reform of prayer developed in Holland that emphasized a method of devotion centred on Christ (Christocentric) and intended to involve the emotions as opposed to the academic and abstract forms of medieval scholastic theology.

After a long pilgrimage, Ramanuja settled in Shrirangam, where he organized temple worship and founded centres to disseminate his doctrine of devotion to the god Vishnu and his consort Shri (Lakshmi).

For all three faiths it is a holy city, a centre of pilgrimage, and an object of devotion.

These are works of devotion.

It is a matter of devotion.

The Donnas inspire this kind of devotion.

Spenta Armaiti (Beneficent Devotion), the spirit of devotion and faith, guides and protects the believer.