The Shankaracharya Sanctuary

Once inside the prayer hall, the imam explained to me that in a mosque there

29. Which Muslim ruler oversaw the construction of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem?

In the articles, “Feminist Bodybuilding” by Anne Balsamo and “#SheSquatsBro” by Lauren Jackson both have distinctive views on beauty perspectives and how women are involved in the fitness culture, Balsamo is more focused on how bodybuilding competitions expect women to look more feminine and Jackson goes in further by telling us how black women are criticized when they participate in “trends” such as the popular workouts within the fitness culture. Balsamo uses the film “Pumping Iron II” to show how bodybuilding is for women (Balsamo 346). While, Jackson uses social media and music videos to show how black women are emulated and judged when they participate in the top trends (Jackson 3). Both articles deal with an issue with women in the fitness

The interpretive procedure, the 4’s, provides a significant structure to organize the key findings of the Rorschach inkblot assessment by modifying and adjusting the interpretations based on idiographic factors. This procedure is categorized into four steps: Scan, Sift, Synthesize, and Summarize. The first step is a brief preemptive step where the assessor scans over the scores in order to look for any extreme scores to give them a better idea of what they might find in the following steps. Sifting is the next step where the clinician carefully goes through all of the results, noting the standard score for each variable, section by section. The purpose of shifting is to formulate a preliminary interpretation by considering each score guided

The Great Stupa of Sanchi is located in Sanchi, which lies in central India. The Great Stupa follows the same basic structure blueprinted for all stupas. What makes this one so unique is that it stands fifty feet high and has two different levels that are designed to be circumambulated. There are four gates that the Buddhists enter

How would one react to a family member receiving the death penalty? How painful would it be knowing that a son, daughter, husband, wife, friend, etc. was sentenced to, arguably, the worst punishment given by the justice system? Capital punishment is a widely discussed and controversial topic, with a spectrum of viewpoints on the subject. Some believe it is necessary for a crimeless society, while others believe it is a very harmful view on violent crime in America. I am against the death penalty as a concept altogether, it is both paradoxical and hypocritical in nature to end someone’s life for killing someone else. The death penalty should be considered immoral because it goes against the Eighth

Built between 688 and 692 by Abdul Malik bin Marwan. Its build with sacred stone and this building isn’t mosque, even though its look like a mosque this building is shrine. The dome has a diameter of about 65 feet or 20 meters. It located in Jerusalem, Israel. Recording a Muslim belief, this building is the place where Prophet Muhammad SAW meet angel Gabriel and where he starts mi ‘raj incident, night trip to the sky or ascended to heaven.

Known as the fourth highest mountain in the world, it stands 8,516m high, locating immediately south of Mount Everest.

Behind the main temple was another small courtyard was two smaller buildings for worship to the left and the right of the courtyard. Another large building was to the back which looked fairly newly built. It seemed to be a place of serving food that contained no meat but some sort of meat substitute that was not artificially made from what the servers were telling me. Then to the right of that building was a small warehouse that looked to house desks and whiteboards for the weekly Vietnamese classes that are being held there. Outside of the warehouse was a basketball goal for the students that would come for Sunday school, and a small parking lot for more visitors.

The travel website, Taj Mahal, illustrates the origins of this monument. It was constructed to serve as a memorial and tomb for Mumtaz Mahal, the deceased wife of the emperor Shah Jahan (Taj Mahal, 2008). Before her death, while birthing Shah Jahan’s fourteenth child, she requested Jahan build a monument to honor her as stated by the Taj Mahal website (Taj Mahal, 2008). In 1631, construction began, and was finally completed twenty-two years later (Taj Mahal, 2008). Twenty-two thousand workers labored in constructing the monument bringing materials by elephant from many parts of Asia

Satguru Veylanswami (2012) clarifies further that Hindu temples, such as the Shri Ganesha Temple, serve as a sacred relic, where ‘the inner and outer worlds [of the Hindu faith] commune together’; hence, enabling Australian Hindus to ‘experience Divinity’. Avula Parthasarathy (2001) confirms this, explaining that the Hindu temple emulates an ‘evolving’ personal path, to achieve the psychological notion of satchitanada, or ‘Self-realisation’ (Pandit, 2005). As self-realisation is parallel with god-realisation, practicing polytheistic beliefs within a temple rectifies the transcendence of the satchitanada into the immanent world (Pandit, 2005). In contrast to its spiritual significance, there is a cultural and communal relevance of sacred temples, as the gurus within, “provide food and organise religious festivals” (Kaur, 2015), as well as conduct “simple daily rituals” (Sivan, 2015). This significance aligns with Nigel Foote’s claim (2011), that Australian Hindus utilise temples ‘to keep up with [their] religion” or succeed the Hindu culture to their children, so that they are thoroughly educated about traditional polytheistic beliefs. This conforms to the perception that contemporary Hindu temples are referred to as ‘cultural centres’ (Kumar, 2013), as opposed to a solely sacred ground of religious and spiritual worship, as introduced by Parthasarathy (2001). Consequently, contemporary Hindu temples currently focus on both the ‘social, cultural and moral dimensions’ (Jupp,

It also has a well known tomb of a renowned Sufi saint calle Makhdoom Shah Ala-ul-Haq. He was a strong believer of secularism and preached about it throughout his life. As a mark of respect, in the year 1358 Feroze Shah Tughlaq built his tomb. This area is known as Makhdoom Nagar. Later a mosque was also built here by Kulich Khan in 1679 AD.

The mountain is mentioned many times in the Book of Exodus in the Torah, the Bible, and the Quran” (Hobbs, “Mount Sinai”). Mount Sinai is 7,497 feet tall, and is located next to Mount Catherine. The oldest known Christian monastery in the world lies at the bottom of the mountain, the name of it is “Saint Catherine’s Monastery”. The peak of the mountain is home to a mosque, which is a place where Muslims gather to worship. It is also home to a greek orthodox chapel, built in 1934, but not open to the public. There is not yet a jewish structure located on the mountain. There are two trails that lead up to the top of this mountain. The first trail is the easier and smoother way and it is named Siket El Basha. The second trail is the rougher, but shorter way and it is named Siket Sayidna Musa. Either trail takes around 2.5 hours to reach the top. They actually have camels that visitors can pay to ride if they become tired on their way to the

At its peak, the "Black Pagoda" - as Europeans sailors used to call it - played a significant role in Indian history, inspiring many myths and legends thereafter. Today, the 700-year-old relic is nationally regarded as one of the seven wonders of India, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is currently maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India.

The remains of the fort have been recognized by the Archaeological Survey of India as a national monument.