Architecture of the Hindu, Buddhist and Chinese Worlds
HINDU TEMPLES: INDIA
The faith of reincarnation and karma has inspired some of the grandest structures ever built
India's great Hindu temple of Benares on the Ganges River
The faithful swim in the Ganges during their pilgrimage to Benares, now called Varanasai
The Amritsar Palace of India, with its famous golden building and bridge
The largest Hindu temple in the world is this, where millions visit every year
The Jagannath Hindu Temple in India
The stunningly detailed Hindu shrine at
Greatest of all India's buildings, the Taj Mahal of Agra- built as a tomb and shrine
BUDDHIST SHRINES: SOUTHEAST ASIA
The famous faces of Angkor Wat, in Cambodia
Buddhist Temples in Bali, Indonesia
Grand scenery of Buddhist shrines in Burma
A closer look at the shrines in Burma, one of the great religious centers of all Asia
The Burmese shrine of Bagan, one of Buddhisms holy places
The Mahabodi Buddhist Shrine in India and Nepal's equivalent, high in the Hemalaya Mts.
Afghanistan's greatest relic was this huge sculpture of Buddha, sewn into the side of a cliff.
It reminded all of a time when there was peace in the world thanks to the way of the Buddha.
Before the USA moved into Afghanistan in 2002 and dismantled its government,
the great statues were destroyed by the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban on purpose
The most famous of Buddha's sculptures, at Kamakura in Japan, has withstood many earthquakes
The great Buddhist Temple of Saigon, Vietnam (Ho Chi Min City)
A young Buddhist monk inside the Temple in Saigon
The stunning Buddhist shrine in Bangkok, Thailand almost seems from another world
Hindu temple painted in white in Calcutta, India
Famous Buddhist statue from Ceylon (Sri Lanka)- at peace and in focus
This Temple of Codai in Vietnam almost seems like an oriental cathedral!
Mandalay in Burma has a complex temple guarded by these creatures
Recently, the Cambodian Gov't and UNESCO have cleared the foliage for tourism
The great temple of Angkor Wat in Cambodia has lain in the jungle untouched for centuries
In Thailand's countryside lies this Buddhist temple, part ruin and part solitary shrine
Inner Peace is the key concept in Buddhist philosophy, and here in Bangkok, Thailand
This temple in Vietnam is famous for its detail as well
At the top of the world lies Tibet, and the Buddhist shrine of the Dalai Lama at Lhasa
This is one of the world's most isolated spots
GREAT BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES OF CONFUCIAN CHINA
At the grave of Confucius, his statue stands scerenely
The Forbidden City in the land of Confucius, China. This was the home of the Emperors until the communist takeover
China's most famous landmark, the Great Wall separating Mongolia from China
China's 'Stairway to Heaven' at Tai Shan
The snowy peaks of Confucian holy temples on Tai Shan
"...I wouldn't skip history class for all the tea in China!"
This familiar saying comes from the fact that in the 1800's China was a great tea exporter to England
and the USA. It was kept here in this tea house in Shanghai on the seacoast
The Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China's capital city
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