mountain temple
Hilltop worship site
A mountain temple is a religious structure built on or into a mountainside, often associated with Asian spiritual traditions.
The elevation suggests closeness to the divine, and the difficult ascent functions as pilgrimage: We climbed three hundred steps to reach the mountain temple.
The phrase evokes images of remote sanctuaries shrouded in mist, places of meditation and retreat from worldly concerns.
- shrineSacred devotional place
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
incense smoke · monks · prayer · prayer flags · meditation · spiritual retreat · bells · stone · stone steps · steps · mist · morning mist · ancient · pagoda · summit · worship · serene · pine
- Templesmandir, pagoda, joss house, Parthenon, Pantheon
- Buddhist templespagodas, main hall, meditation hall, stupa, pagoda
- sacred mountainssacred peaks, Olympus, Sinai, Ararat, Croagh Patrick
- Korean Buddhism
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