Sentence examples for temple compounds from inspiring English sources

For centuries, explorations of Angkor had been preoccupied with the temple compounds themselves, focusing on the religious symbolism of the structures and the cosmological worlds depicted in their intricate bas reliefs.

There are distant views of Mount Fuji and a close-up of horses' behinds; serene temple compounds and the busy patterns of women's clothes; earthlings and winged creatures like eagles and egrets; festivals, fireworks, pageants and performances.

From that time a practice developed of building Shintō shrines in Buddhist temple compounds and temples or pagodas near Shintō shrines, and also of reciting Buddhist scriptures at Shintō shrines.

The shehnai of northern India, a conical oboe with a metal bell and six to eight finger holes, was traditionally associated with outdoor performance and largely with folk music; it is now played on the concert stage and in temple compounds.

The Borobudur Temple Compounds in Indonesia.

The morning had been filled with a slow walking tour of Chiang Mai's old city temple compounds and the midday heat was intensifying.​ Blue sky scrolled out of sight, and a crowd of bobbing, sweaty brows and tired smiles came into view.

A6 Gunmen Attack Indian Temple An attack on a heavily fortified Hindu temple compound in northern India left six gunmen dead and raised the specter of new sectarian violence.

"In Kyoto I lived in the Rinzai Zen temple compound of Shokoku-ji.

They then proceeded to demolish a key building in the temple compound.

The temple compound was not devoid of people, but this was a different sort of crowd.

The temple compound typically includes a public building that serves as a school and a meeting hall.