Roger W. Temple Intermediate School
A temple (from the Latin ) is a place of worship, a building used for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. By convention, the specially built places of worship of some religions are commonly called "temple" in English, while those of other religions are not, even though they fulfill very similar functions. The religions for which the terms are used include the great majority of ancient religions that are now extinct, such as the Ancient Egyptian religion and the Ancient Greek religion. Among religions still active: Hinduism (whose temples are called Mandir or Kovil), Buddhism (whose temples are called Vihāra, Vihar), Sikhism (whose temples are called Gurdwara, gurudwara), Jainism (whose temples are sometimes called derasar), Zoroastrianism (whose temples are sometimes called Agiary), the Baha'i Faith (which are often simply referred to as Baha'i House of Worship), Taoism (which are sometimes called Daoguan), Shinto (which are sometimes called Shin ...
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Ankor Wat Temple
Angkor or Ankor may refer to: *Angkor, the site of a series of capital cities of the Khmer empire *Angkor Wat *Angkor Airways *Ankor, Somalia *''Angkor: Heart of an Asian Empire'', a 1989 illustrated book by Bruno Dagens {{disambig ...
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