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<b>1. Wat Rong Khun</b></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Wat Rong Khun: – Wat Rong Khun in 
Chiang Rai, Thailand is all white temple which is highly ornated with 
mosaic mirrors to shine. Wat Rong Khun temple is still under 
construction and is expected to take another 90 years making it a wonder
 of coming years.</span><br />
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Here are 10 most amazing temples of the world. These temples are from 
Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, and Taoism. These religious people worship 
in temples, which are architecturally as diverse as the religions are 
different from each other.</div>
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<b>2. Shwedagon Pagoda</b></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Shwedagon Pagoda: – Believed to be 
built between 6th – 10th century, Shwedagon Paya (or Pagoda) in Myanmar,
 is termed as “golden temple” which mean that the structure is golden in
 color. Buddhist people save for years to buy small packets of gold 
leafs to stick to the temple walls. The spire of the stupa or dome is 
covered with over 5,000 diamonds and 2,000 rubies. Shwedagon Pagoda 
housed one of the holiest relics in Buddhism: eight strands of Buddha’s 
hair.</span><br />
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<b>3. Tiger’s Nest Monastery</b></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Tiger’s Nest Monastery: – Tiger’s 
Nest Monastery (Taktshang Goemba), is situated on the edge of a 
3,000-feet-high cliff in Paro Valley, is one of the holiest places in 
Bhutan. Legend has it that Guru Rinpoche, the second Buddha, flew onto 
the cliff on the back of a tigress, and then meditated in a cave which 
now exists within the monastery walls. Now the entrance is restricted to
 practicing Buddhists only.</span><br />
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<b>4. Prambanan</b></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Prambanan: – Built in 850 CE, 
Prambanan is a Hindu temple in Central Java, Indonesia. The temple is 
composed of 8 main shrines and 250 surrounding smaller ones. It has 
walls which narrate stories of Vishnu’s incarnations, adventures of 
Hanuman (the Monkey King), the Ramayana epic and other legends.</span><br />
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<b>5. Temple of Heaven</b></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Temple of Heaven: – Built in 14th 
century, The Temple of Heaven is a Taoist temple in Beijing, the capital
 of China. Everything in the temple, which represents Heaven, is 
circular whereas the ground levels, which represent the Earth, are 
square.</span><br />
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<b>6. Borobudur</b></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Borobudur: – In the 19th century, 
Dutch occupiers of Indonesia found a massive ancient ruin deep in the 
jungles of Java. What they discovered was the complex of Borobudur, a 
gigantic structure built with nearly 2 million cubic feet (55,000 m³) of
 stones. The temple has nearly 2,700 relief panels and 504 Buddha 
statues. Until today, no one knows for sure when and why it was built, 
nor the reason for its complete abandonment hundreds of years ago. Some 
scholars believe that Borobudur is actually a giant textbook of 
Buddhism, as its bas reliefs tell the story of the life of Buddha and 
the principles of his teachings. To “read,” a pilgrim must make his way 
through nine platforms and walk a distance of over 2 miles.</span><br />
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<b>7. Chion-in Temple</b></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Chion-in Temple: – Built in 1234 CE 
Chion-in Temple is most famous temples in Japan. Visitors to the 
Chion-in Temple must first pass through the largest gate in Japan: the 
two-story San-mon Gate. The temple bell is also a record setter: it 
weighs 74 tons and needs 17 monks to ring it during the New Year 
celebrations. Chion-in Temple has the “singing” floor of the Assembly 
Hall which is called a uguisu-bari or nightingale floor. These wooden 
planks were designed to creak at every footstep to alert the monks of 
intruders! </span><br />
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<b>                                                                         8. </b><b>G</b><b>olden Temple</b><br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Golden Temple: – The Harmandir Sahib 
(meaning The Abode of God) or simply the Golden Temple in Punjab, India 
is the most sacred shrine of Sikhism. For the Sikhs, the Golden Temple 
symbolizes infinite freedom and spiritual independence. The site of the 
Temple began with a small lake that was so peaceful that even Buddha 
came there to meditate. Thousands of years later, Guru Nanak, the 
founder of Sikhism also lived and meditate by the lake. Construction of 
the Golden Temple began in the 1500s, when the fourth Guru of Sikhism 
enlarged the lake that became Amritsar or Pool of the Nectar of 
Immortality, around which the temple and the city grew. The Temple 
itself is decorated with marble sculptures, gilded in gold, and covered 
in precious stones.</span><br />
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<b>9. Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, and Bayon</b></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, and Bayon: –
 Angkor Wat was built in the early 12th century in what is now Cambodia.
 The world famous temple was first a Hindu one, dedicated to Vishnu. In 
the 14th or 15th century, as Buddhism swept across Asia, it became a 
Buddhist temple. The Western world’s got a glimpse of Angkor Wat when a 
16th century Portuguese monk visited the temple and eloquently described
 it as “of such extraordinary construction that it is not possible to 
describe it with a pen, particularly since it is like no other building 
in the world. It has towers and decoration and all the refinements which
 the human genius can conceive of.” His words still rang true today. 
Tourists visiting Angkor Wat usually also visit the nearby ruins of 
Angkor Thom and Bayon, two fantastic temples that serve as the ancient 
capital of Khmer empire.</span><br />
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<b>10. Vishnu Temple of Srirangam</b></div>
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Vishnu Temple of Srirangam: – The Temple of Srirangam (Sri 
Ranganathaswamy Temple), in the Indian city of Tiruchirapalli (or 
Trichy), is the largest functioning Hindu temple in the world. Legend 
has it that a long time ago, a sage rested and put down a statue of 
Vishnu reclining on a great serpent. When he was ready to resume his 
journey, he discovered that the statue couldn’t be moved, so a small 
temple was built over it. Over centuries, the temple “grew” as larger 
ones were built over the existing buildings. The temple complex is 
massive: it encompasses an area of over 150 acres (63 hectares) with 
seven concentric walls, the outermost being about 2.5 miles (4 
kilometers) long! The walls demarcate enclosures within enclosures, each
 more sacred than the next, with the inner-most enclosure is forbidden 
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World Top 10 Most Amazing Temples

1. Wat Rong Khun Wat Rong Khun: – Wat Rong Khun in Chiang Rai, Thailand is all white temple which is highly ornated with mosaic...