temple

C4892

concept

A temple is a dedicated sacred structure or space where individuals or communities engage in worship, rituals, and spiritual practices associated with a particular religion or belief system.

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All labels observed (130)

Label	Occurrences
sanctuary	99
Shiva temple	98
temple canonical	50
Buddhist stupa	47
Shingon Buddhist temple	47
Buddhist temple hall	27
Vishnu temple	26
Maya temple	25
Jain temple	20
Shakti temple	20
Buddhist temple building	17
Buddhist pagoda	16
Buddhist temple gate	16
Confucian temple	16
Murugan temple	13
Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage temple	12
Vaishnavite temple	12
mortuary temple	12
Jain temple complex	10
medieval temple	10
Durga temple	9
ISKCON temple	9
Sun temple	9
candi	9
Dravidian architecture temple	8
Ganesha temple	8
Krishna temple	8
Latter-day Saint temple	8
Shaivite temple	8
Shingon temple	8
Tendai temple	8
Zen Buddhist temple	8
Zen temple	8
Khmer temple	7
royal temple	7
Masonic temple	6
Rama temple	6
Divya Desam	4
Hachiman shrine	4
funerary temple	4
pilgrimage temple	4
temple building	4
temple ruins	4
9th-century temple	3
Buddhist structure	3
Gaudiya Vaishnava temple	3
Hanuman temple	3
Jagannath temple	3
Shakti shrine	3
Shinto shrine complex	3
garden temple	3
medieval Indian temple	3
peace pagoda	3
peripteral temple	3
shrine complex	3
Balinese temple	2
Brahma temple	2
Buddhist worship hall	2
Dravidian-style temple	2
Ganesh temple	2
Hindu temple type	2
Hindu-Buddhist temple	2
Nagara-style temple	2
Pancha Bhoota Stala	2
Shakta temple	2
clan temple	2
fictional temple	2
mandapa	2
memorial temple	2
monolithic temple	2
oracular shrine	2
temple on the Shikoku Pilgrimage	2
temple structure	2
wooden temple	2
10th-century temple	1
11th-century temple	1
12th-century temple	1
Caodaism holy site	1
Caodaist temple	1
Cham Hindu temple	1
Cham temple	1
Char Dham temple	1
Chola temple	1
Haitian Vodou temple	1
Hindu temples	1
Jain temple site	1
Jodo-shu temple	1
Kali temple	1
Kurma avatar temple	1
LDS temple	1
Lanna-style temple	1
Latter Day Saint temple	1
Navagraha temple	1
Open-air temple	1
Padmavathi temple	1
Parvati temple	1
Radha Krishna temple	1
Ram temple	1
Ruined temple	1
Rukmini temple	1
Saraswati temple	1
Swaminarayan temple	1
Tamil Hindu temple	1
Tantric temple	1
Vietnamese temple	1
Yogini temple	1
astrological temple	1
coastal temple	1
fraternal temple	1
hill temple site	1
island temple	1
limestone temple complex	1
main sanctuary	1
mandir	1
navaratna temple	1
pagoda-style temple	1
reconstructed temple	1
religious building entrance	1
riverside temple	1
structural temple	1
sun-god temple	1
tabernacle	1
temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	1
temple type	1
temple within a fort complex	1
viharn	1
храм	1
วัดสำคัญของประเทศไทย	1
寺院	1
祭坛	1

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Instruction

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Input

Class: temple

Generated description

A temple is a dedicated sacred structure or space where individuals or communities engage in worship, rituals, and spiritual practices associated with a particular religion or belief system.

Instances (826)

Instance	Via concept surface
mithraea surface form: Mithraea	temple type
Quang Trung Temple	memorial temple
Quốc Tử Giám	Confucian temple
Temple of Aphrodite surface form: Temple of Aphrodite (Aphrodisias)	sanctuary
Dwarkadhish Temple	Char Dham temple
Ngọc Sơn Temple	Confucian temple
Sacri Monti di Ossuccio	sanctuary
Sanctuary of the Beata Vergine del Soccorso	sanctuary
Palitana temples	Jain temple complex
Temple 2 of Upper City	—
terraced mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II at Deir el-Bahari surface form: Terraced mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II at Deir el-Bahari	mortuary temple
Malegitti Shivalaya temple	structural temple
Krishna Balaram Temple	ISKCON temple
Srivilliputhur Andal Temple	Vishnu temple
Periyanayaki Amman Temple at foothill	Shakti temple
Massassi Temple	—
Nuggikeri Hanuman Temple	Hanuman temple
Someshwara Temple Dharwad	Shiva temple
Roman Kiosk at Naqa	—
Касцёл Узвышэння Святога Крыжа	храм
Bountiful Utah Temple	—
Vaikunta Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram	Vishnu temple
Cleveland Masonic Temple	Masonic temple
Sri Sundararaja Perumal Temple	Vishnu temple
E-hulhul	—
temple of Zababa surface form: Temple of Zababa	sanctuary
temple of Bau surface form: Temple of Bau	sanctuary
Ishite-ji Temple surface form: Ishite-ji	Shingon temple
sanctuary of Artemis Hymnia (nearby region) surface form: sanctuary of Artemis Hymnia	sanctuary
Konpon Chūdō	Buddhist temple hall
Monju-rō	Buddhist temple hall
Jōgyō-dō	Buddhist temple hall
Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Las Nieves	sanctuary
Gokarna Mahadev Temple	Shiva temple
Nellaiappar Temple	Shiva temple
temple of Poseidon surface form: Temple of Poseidon at Troizen	sanctuary
temple of Aphrodite surface form: Temple of Aphrodite in Troizen	sanctuary
Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple surface form: Qianxun Pagoda	Buddhist pagoda
Ekur temple in Nippur	—
temple of Artemis Soteira surface form: Temple of Artemis Soteira	sanctuary
Kanthimathi Amman Temple	Dravidian architecture temple
Holy See of Tây Ninh	Caodaist temple
Neelkanth Temple	Shiva temple
Temple of Thutmose III (Djeser Akhet)	mortuary temple
Jageshwar Mahadev Temple	Shiva temple
Kaal Bhairav Temple surface form: Kaal Bhairav Temple (Kalinjar)	Shiva temple
Penyagolosa surface form: Sanctuary of Sant Joan de Penyagolosa	sanctuary
Sangedatsumon	Buddhist temple gate
Brigham City Utah Temple	Latter-day Saint temple
Ninai-dō	Buddhist temple building