Religious buildings and structures

thumb|299x299px|The 12th-century Angkor Wat temple complex in [[Cambodia is the largest religious structure in the world and is dedicated to the Hindu deity Vishnu.]] thumb|right|300px|Borobudur temple, the largest [[Buddhist temple in the world, located in Central Java, Indonesia.]] thumb|300x300px|The Erechtheion in [[Athens, Greece, is associated with some of the most ancient and holy relics of the Athenians, such as the Palladion, a xoanon of Athena Polias]] thumb|300x300px|Ram Mandir at [[Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India, dedicated to Hindu deity Rama. The temple was opened on 22 January 202

thumb|Sharabai Monastery (Himachal Pradesh) A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities (as cenobites) or alone (as hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which may be a chapel, church, or temple, and may also serve as an oratory, or in the case of communities anything from a single building housing only one senior and two or three junior monks or nuns, to vast complexes and estates housing tens or hundreds. A monastery complex typically comprises a num

shrine in traditional East Asian religions

thumb|Khosheutovsky khurul A khurul (; or hure or küriye) is a Buddhist monastery (temple, abode) in Kalmyk (Mongol-Oirat) Lamaism. Some of the most famous Kalmyk khuruls are the Burkhan Bakshin Altan Sume (contemporary) in Elista, Republic of Kalmykia, Russia, and the Khosheutovsky khurul (which was originally in the Kalmyk AO / Kalmyk ASSR, but is now located in Astrakhan Oblast, Russia).