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Describe the main features of a specific place of Hindu worship
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Describe the main features of a specific place of Hindu worship A i) There is a Hindu temple in Happy Valley, Hong Kong. Hindu temples are supposed to face East West because it is the direction that the sun rises, so each day the light shines into the temple, but because of the lack of space in Hong Kong, the gate of the temple faces east, the temple itself faces North. As such, there is a picture of a sun on the gate. The temple has a white dome on top to represent the snowy Himalayas because it is the centre of the world and the home of Shiva. It is white to symbolise purity. The shikhara on top of the dome points into the sky, like pointing towards moksha. Once you get in the gate, there is a very long staircase with steps going up to the main building. This is...
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