Gango-ji Temple

Nama of temple Gango-ji Temple Göbekli Tepe

History The original foundation of the
temple was by Soga no Umako
in Asuka, as Asuka-dera. The
temple was moved to Nara in
718, following the capital
relocation to Heijō-kyō.
The oldest 588 AD
Founder Empress Suiko and Soga no
Umako
Location Naramachi, Japan.
Feature Gangō-ji initially held as many
as seven halls and pagodas in
its precincts.
- Built: 10,000 b.c
- It is believed that
6,000 years before
Stonehenge was built
- a remarkable stone
temple was erected on a
hilltop in southeastern Turkey
by prehistoric people
- the site was previously
dismissed by anthropologists,
who believed it to be a
medieval grave
- In 2008, however, the
German archaeologist Klaus
Schmidt determined that
Göbekli Tepe is, in fact, the
oldest known temple in the
world.
- Built: 10,000 B.C
( The oldest in the world)
Klaus Schmidt
Turkey
Göbekli Tepe consists of four
arrangements of monolithic
pillars linked together by
segments of coarsely built dry
stone walls to form a series of
circular or oval structures.
There are two large pillars in
the center of each complex
which are encircled by slightly
smaller stones facing inward.
1) What is Temple?

- A temple is a building used for the worship of a god or gods, especially in the Buddhist
and Hindu religions, and in ancient Greek and Roman times.

2) What are difference between shrine and temple?

- temples are Buddhist

-  shrines are Shinto

- Temples have a large incense burner and many Buddhist statues, and may or may not
have a graveyard attached to them.

- shrines have a large, often vermilion red, torii (a sacred barrier made of stone or wood),
or sacred gate, standing in front of them.

TEMPLE SHRINE

3) There are around 100,000 Shinto shrines and 80,000 Buddhism temples in Japan.