£16m Hindu temple opens in Wembley

[Caecilian]

I admire the architecture and precision of this design rather deeply, however this bullshit needs to stop in the name of religion. Then again, I've long since gotten over most of mankind's general stupidity....I'm rather "meh" towards shit like this now....

Well, if they want to spend their money building beautiful buildings, thats fine by me.

There are much worse things to spend money on- guns, for instance.

[Disinter]

True ^^ But there are also constructive things to spend large sums of money (or money in general) on, and this is not one of those things.....Perhaps I'll visit, only to ask annoying questions and secretively piss on a couple of carpets (there has to be nice carpets in there, right?).

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

I'm not overly fond of Hindu architecture, although I appreciate it.I much prefer Islamic buildings,beginning with the Taj Mahal,one of the most sublimely beautiful buildings on the planet.

[leo-rcc]

I'm not overly fond of Hindu architecture, although I appreciate it.I much prefer Islamic buildings,beginning with the Taj Mahal,one of the most sublimely beautiful buildings on the planet.

The Taj Mahal is actually Mughal architecture. It has elements of Islamic and Persian architecture in it. But it is indeed stunningly beautiful.

edit: and Indian influences as well according to Wikipedia.

[Violet]

£16 million to build... £10 thousand to destroy.

[Welsh cake]

I suppose the design of a Hindu temple is incredibly detailed, on the other hand, I also find it so offensive that they wasted no expense with a £16million tribute to gods that haven't been proven to exist, when there are real living people in the UK who can't even afford a roof over their heads.

The homeless really puts it into perspective of the faithful's hypocrisy regarding boastful preaching such as "one big happy family" when in reality a lot of them couldn't care less.

Can the UK really justify £16million to let people talk to the ceiling? I prefer to talk to people, and if I wanted to engage in the insanity of talking to one's self at least I'd have the decency to not charge society a penny to do so.

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

The Taj Mahal is actually Mughal architecture. It has elements of Islamic and Persian architecture in it. But it is indeed stunningly beautiful.

Pedant.

I could have sworn the Mughals were Muslim. (Shah Jahan builder of the Taj certainly was) The Taj is purely Muslim in concept; a representation of paradise.

The point of Persian influence on Islamic art and architecture is widely acknowledged. I think it's reasonable to say that the style which is called 'Islamic' is a combination of several earlier traditions, instead of an original one. (as indeed is our own)

It's a great pity Shah Jahan never got to build the other one as he had planned,on the other side of the river,in black marble.

[KichigaiNeko]

So Islam can't lay any claims to it's "pure" origins??

I find that Highly amusing