Sentence examples for various shrines from inspiring English sources

"Probably not any more, but various shrines used to have that kind of tradition.

However, there were various shrines to La Santa Muerte in the same area, and a friend of mine knew the location of the most important one.

After the 9th century they were used for ornamental purposes on ceremonial occasions at the Imperial Court and later came to be used at various shrines generally.

Mihintale, isolated peak (1,019 feet [311 metres]) in Sri Lanka, a centre for Buddhist pilgrimages because of various shrines along the ascent.

He takes us to various shrines and shows how they became big business — a medieval version of a tourist attraction.

Those include the Great Mosque, with its leaning minaret, the Red Mosque, the mosque of Nabī Jarjīs (St . George, several Christian churches, and various Muslim shrines and mausoleums.

Her photographs, cataloging various "spontaneous shrines and impromptu memorials," as the show puts its, are printed as color photocopies, the more "to reflect the atmosphere of the memorials themselves," Ms. Molloy said.

Instead, they were scattered to various reliquaries and shrines.

As is customary, we removed our shoes before entering the temple, a square hall with polished black-granite statues of various gods standing in shrines all around.

The video follows the Keep Sydney Open activists as they place plaques and shrines outside various venues in Sydney that have closed since the lockout laws were introduced, including Goodgod, Q Bar, Spectrum, Hugos, Club 77 and Phoenix.

Various public buildings and shrines were erected around the borders of the square, including the Basileios (Royal) Stoa, where the archon Basileus, one of the chief magistrates of the city, had his headquarters; the Old Bouleuterion (or Council House); and a large enclosure (100 square feet) that probably housed the Heliaia, the largest of the popular lawcourts.