The temple as a symbol of Hindu identity in America ?
Paper examines the role of the temple as an important symbol for ethnic regrouping of Hindu immigrants in the United States. The new temples in postindustrial America provide a nexus of cultural expression that could lead to a renaissance in temple
building and possibly in Hinduism itself. There is an extensive discussion of the Sri Venkateswara Temple in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, reportedly the first and certainly the best known temple in the United States. - (SLD)
The origin and decline of a Japanese temple town : Saidaji Monzenmachi
The monzenmachi has been one of the most important forms of urban settlement in Japan. The Saidaiji Temple has developed a typical monzenmachi in front of its temple gate. Since World War II the prosperity of its monzenmachi has declined because
of the development of modern transportation systems and nearby shopping malls. The paper explains the development and decline of the monzenmachi in front of the Saidaiji Temple of Okayama Prefecture.
Limestone weathering and rate variability, Great Temple of Amman, Jordan
This study investigated disparate weathering on architectural limestone resulting from variations in mollusc shell constituents, insolation receipt, and moisture availability. The Great Temple of Amman is located 120 km east of the Mediterranean Sea
Hindu temple development in the United States : planning and zoning issues
Especially since the 1970s, Hindu immigrants in the United States have been planning and buiding Hindu temples in their new homeland. Often there has been resistance to temple construction proposed in residential areas. In those states following
. In the latter group, Hindus often must surmount considerable obstacles before their temples can be built. According to AA., there are no accounts of Hindu groups defeated in their efforts to build. - (SLD)
A. investigates the form and function of Hindu temples in a diasporic Hindu community, the state of Pulau Pinang, an island off the nortwest coast of Malaysia. There local communities contest and recapture their Hinduism through the renovations
of temples and an annual festival that draws on little tradition ritual performance such as fire-walking and on the Sanskritized temple. - (SLD)
Sediments from Rapid Lake document glacial and vegetation history in the Temple Lake valley of the Wind River Range, Wyoming over the past 11,000 to 12,000 yr. Radiocarbon age determinations on basal detrital organic matter from Rapid Lake
and Temple Lake bracket the age of the Temple Lake moraine, suggesting that the moraine formed in the late Pleistocene.
Geological and petrographic aspects of the calcarenitic facies in the Valley of the Temples of Agrigento (Central-Southern Sicily, Italy)
This paper contains the results of a geological and structural survey in the area of Agrigento and the Valley of the Temples. The main outcropping formation is characterized by a clayey-sandy pleistocenic sequence in which four calcarenitic bodies
Late Pleistocene age of the type Temple Lake moraine, Wind River Range, Wyoming, U. S. A.
Selon les AA. la moraine de référence de Temple Lake date d'environ 12 000 BP, donc du Pléistocène. La mesure de pourcentages maximaux, entre 10 000 et 8 000 BP, de débris organiques dans les sédiments lacustres confirme cette interprétation et
permet de rejeter l'hypothèse de BEGET (1983) selon laquelle la moraine de Temple Lake daterait du début de l'Holocène, période qu'il appelle Mésoglaciation.
Citizenship and belonging in the rural fringe: a case study of a Hindu temple in Sydney, Australia
This work examines the controversy over a proposed Hindu temple in metropolitan Sydney and reveals insights into the way that rural–urban fringe space is imagined, understood and experienced by land use planners, residents and temple members
through narratives of heritage and cultural difference and temple members claim rights to citizenship based on assertions of sameness.
Caractéristiques régionales de la religion du temple Betsurai de Kanamura
L'A. présente les caractéristiques régionales de la religion du temple Betsurai de Kanamura, ville de Tsukuba, département d'Ibaraki. Elle s'est principalement répandue dans les espaces ruraux du sud-ouest du département d'Ibaraki, du sud-est de
Enkyu 2 nen Kofuku-ji Yamato kuni zatsueki men yoh tsukecho no chiri shiryo toshite no kento (Analyse du registre des tsubo (3.3 m2) exemptés de travaux de manoeuvre appartenant au temple Kofuku-ji, province de Yamato (Nara) en tant que source
L'A. tente de se servir du registre des tsubo appartenant au temple Kofukuji comme d'un véritable document géographique en faisant apparaître ses caractéristiques, les limites de sa validité et en étudiant les domaines et hameaux concernés. - (SGA)
Approche géographique de l'érosion des temples d'Angkor : enjeux et perspectives
A partir des résultats d'une mission scientifique conduite en 2004 sur le site d'Angkor, les AA. se sont engagés dans une étude de qualification, quantification et spatialisation de l'érosion du temple de Ta Keo. Ce programme, qui s'appuie sur le
Le concept de sens progressif du lieu révèle que les discours favorables au temple bouddhiste de Wollongong impliquent la reconnaissance d'un multiculturalisme et la perception du temple comme un objet exotique de l'Orient. Imaginé comme une
attraction touristique, un lieu à visiter, plus qu'un espace sacré, le temple ne saurait être une menace pour les résidents chrétiens locaux.