People started to build the temples from ancient times onwards. These houses of worship not at all belong to a single religion, which varies as Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, and Taoism. So different temples have different architectural styles and systems.
Top 10 most amazing temples in the world
Jetavanaramaya was the third highest building of the ancient world, have a height of 400 feet. This stupa was built in the 4th century by King Mahasena.
This temple is one of the most important Vishnu temples in the world, located in Tamilnadu, India. This temple is 21 different towers are within the temple, main gopura, or tower is entirely made of gold. One of the tower within the temple has a height of 236 feet, painted with different colors.
8, Temple of Heaven (China)
The temple of heaven in China actually built to honor the Sky, situated in the city of Beijing. This large complex of ancient temples covering an area of 2.7 million square meters, one of the largest ancient temples in China. This temple complex was built between 1406-1420 by Ming Dynasty.
7, Shwedagon Pagoda (Myanmar)
Shwedagon pagoda one of the most popular temples in Asia as it contains eight pieces of hair from Buddha, situated in Yangon, Myanmar. The temple was constructed 2600 years ago, in the period of Buddha.
6, Prambanan (Indonesia)
Prambanan was built in the 10th century and used typical Hindu architecture for the construction. There are 240 temples standing in the complex of Prambanan, 3 trimurtis temples, 3 Vahana temples, 2 Apit temples, 2 Keller temples, 4 Patok temples, and 224 Pervara temples.
5, Paro Taktsang (Bhutan)
Paro Taktsang is a prominent Himalayan Buddhist sacred site and the temple complex is located in the cliffside of the upper Paro valley in Bhutan. A temple complex was first built in 1692, around the Taktsang Senge Samdup cave.
4, Borobudur (Indonesia)
Borobudur is one of the biggest Buddhist monuments in the world, located in central Java of Indonesia. It was built in the 8th century using 2 million of volcanic stones.
3, Golden Temple (India)
This temple was mainly made of marble and plated with pure gold. The holiest text of Sikh religion the Guru Granth Sahib also kept inside of the golden temple. It was built in 1604 by Guru Ram Das Ji, the fourth Sikh Guru. The golden temple has entrances in all four sides.
2, Angkor Wat (Cambodia)
Angkor Wat is a temple complex in Cambodia and one of the largest religious monuments in the world, on a site measuring 162.6 hectares. Originally constructed as a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Vishnu for the Khmer Empire, it was gradually transformed into a Buddhist temple towards the end of the 12th century.
1, Wat Rong Khun (Thailand)
The white color of this temple represents the purity of Lord Buddha. Wat Rong Khun, perhaps better known to foreigners as the White Temple, is a contemporary, unconventional, privately-owned art exhibit in the style of a Buddhist temple in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. It is owned by Chalermchai Kositpipat, who designed, constructed, and opened it to visitors in 1997.
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