Built in 1986 and designed to look like a lotus blossom, the Lotus Temple is a Bahai house of worship. When it comes to other religions Bahai has a kind of open door policy, and doesn’t particularly care about your particular religious preference. It’s still perfectly okay for you to worship God. Hence, anyone and everyone is welcome to the Lotus Temple. Bahai is second most widespread faith behind Christianity, and one of the fastest growing.
Built in 479 BC, this is the original, the largest, and the most famous of all the Confucius temples. It is located in Confucius’ hometown of Qufu. In 1994 it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Golden Temple is a gurdwara, which literally means, gateway to the guru, a place of worship for Sikhs. This is considered one of the holiest places in Sikhism, because the Adi Granth, the first draft of what is basically the Sikh equivalent of the bible, the Guru Granth Sahib, was installed here. More than 100,00 people worship at the Golden Temple every day
We’ve included Stonehenge because one of the theories for its existence, and there are many, is that it is some kind of ceremonial complex and temple to the dead. That was all we needed. This theory came after hundreds of human bones were found at the site, covering a span of more than a thousand years, and showing signs of cremation before burial.
Built in the 10th century, Prambanan is not one temple, but a compound consisting of 240 temples. It is the largest temple complex in Java, and dedicated to the three great Hindu deities, who represent the cosmic functions of creation, maintenance, and destruction: Brahma, the creator, Vishnu, the preserver, and Shiva, the destroyer.