Wat Rong Khun

Wat Rong Khun is a contemporary unconventional buddhist temple in Chiang Rai, Thailand. Wat Rong Khun is different from any other temple in Thailand, as its ubosot (Pali: uposatha; consecrated assembly hall) is designed in white color with some use of white glass. The white color stands for Lord Buddha’s purity; the white glass stands for Lord Buddha’s wisdom that “shines brightly all over the Earth and the Universe.”

Prambanan

Prambanan is the largest Hindu temple compound in Central Java in Indonesia. It is characterised by its tall and pointed architecture, typical of Hindu temple architecture, and by the 47m high central building inside a large complex of individual temples.

Shwedagon Pagoda

The Shwedagon Pagoda also known as the Golden Pagoda, is a 98-meter gilded stupa located in Yangon, Burma. It is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda for the Burmese with relics of the past four Buddhas enshrined within, namely the staff of Kakusandha, the water filter of Konagamana, a piece of the robe of Kassapa and eight hairs of Gautama, the historical Buddha.

Temple of Heaven

The Temple of Heaven, literally the Altar of Heaven is a complex of Taoist buildings situated in southeastern urban Beijing. It is regarded as a Taoist temple, although Chinese Heaven worship, especially by the reigning monarch of the day, pre-dates Taoism.

Chion-in

Chion’in Temple in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan is the headquarters of the Jodo Shu. The vast compounds of Chion-in include the site where Honen settled to disseminate his teachings and the site where he died.

Harmandir Sahib

Sri Harmandir Sahib or Darbar Sahib, informally referred to as The Golden Temple or Temple of God. It is located in the city of Amritsar, which was established by Guru Ram Das, the fourth guru of the Sikhs and the city that it was built in, is also due to the shrine, known as “Guru Di Nagri” meaning city of the Sikh Guru.

Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple

The temple occupies an area of 156 acres (6,31,000 m²) with a perimeter of 1,116m (10,710 feet) making it the largest temple in India and one of the largest religious complexes in the world. In fact, Srirangam temple can be easily termed as the largest functioning Hindu temple in the world.

Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat (or Angkor Vat), is a temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia. As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious centre since its foundation—first Hindu, dedicated to Vishnu, then Buddhist.

Guru Nanak founded Sikhism in the fifteenth century, and he was ofllowed by nine gurus. The tenth and last Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, named the Guru Granth Sahib -  the Holy Book of the Sikhs – as the next permanent Sikh Guru. The Holy Book is written is ragas, and preaches equality and peaceful existance, irrespective of differences in caste and creed.

Gur-ta-Gaddi marks the 300th anniversary of the censecration of Guru Granth Sahib as the eternal guru of the Sikhs.

God does not encourage hatred; instead, His message is that of love; to help people in need. Our religion teaches us to live in peace and harmony, help others, and fight for justice, even if we have to scrifice our lives.

Guru Nanak was against conversion, and he preached that all religions are equal and sacred. He preached that we should donate at least 10% of our income to charity.

Guru Gobind Singh conferred the Holy Book, the Granth Sahib, with the title of Guru, because he could foresee that a time would come when there would be fights and quarrels fot he seat of the Guru.

He wanted the Sikhs to remain united and live in harmony with each other. To protect the rights of teh common man, our worthy Gurus took the responsibility to safeguard the interest of the common man.