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Describe the main features of a specific place of Hindu worship
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a) i) Describe the main features of a specific place of Hindu worship When we first arrived at the temple we saw that it was very small, not even close to the traditional 50 metre-sized structures of India. This is because Hong Kong is a very crowded place, especially in the city, so the builders had to make the best of what space available. The whole mandir was about 20 metres in length and 10 metres in width. One the west side of the mandir there was a large spire on top, made to resemble a mountain. In ancient mythology, the Gods lived in mountain caves. As mandirs are the homes of Gods today, mandirs are all made to look like the mountains that the God's homes once looked like. Because of the lack of space, the gate to the temple was unable to be built facing the rising sun. Temples are always...
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