Most Holy Place

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The Most Holy Place is a designation used by multiple religious traditions to indicate a physical location which they consider to be the holiest place. These locations include among others a location within the inner Tabernacle of Moses, the Kaaba, the city of Varanasi, India, the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh, and Harimandir Sahib.

1 Bahá'í Faith
2 Hinduism
3 Islam
4 Judaism
5 Sikhism
6 Latter-day Saints
7 See also
8 External links

[edit] Bahá'í Faith

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Located in Bahji near Acre, Israel, the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh is the most holy place for Bahá'ís and their Qiblih, or direction of prayer. It contains the remains of Bahá'u'lláh, founder of the Bahá'í Faith and is near the spot where he died in the Mansion of Bahji.

[edit] Hinduism

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Varanasi, India is said to be the most holy city in Hinduism. It is considered as the most sacred place of pilgrimage for Hindus irrespective of denomination.

[edit] Islam

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The Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, is the holiest place in Islam. The qibla, the direction Muslims face during prayer, is the direction from any point to the Kaaba.

[edit] Judaism

The Holy of Holies (Hebrew: Qodesh HaQodashim ) refers to the inner sanctuary of the Tabernacle in the time of Moses and later the Temple in Jerusalem. It could be entered by the High Priest only on Yom Kippur.

[edit] Sikhism

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Harimandir Sahib or Darbar Sahib (also known as the Golden Temple) is the most sacred shrine in Sikhism, located in Amritsar, Punjab, India.

[edit] Latter-day Saints

The Salt Lake Temple contains a Holy of Holies.

Main article: Holy of Holies (LDS)

The most holy place for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may be considered a room in the Salt Lake Temple designated as the "Holy of Holies."

Most Latter-day Saints, however, consider other locations, such as LDS temples in general, the Sacred Grove, or Adam-ondi-Ahman, to be their most holy place.

The Bible Dictionary for the Latter-day Saint Edition of the King James Bible states: "A temple is literally a house of the Lord, a holy sanctuary in which sacred ceremonies and ordinances of the gospel are performed by and for the living and also in behalf of the dead. A place where the Lord may come, it is the most holy of any place of worship on the earth. Only the home can compare with the temple in sacredness" [1].