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Provo, Utah Temple
 
I got to drive up and get my daughter from BYU (Brigham Young University) after her first year of college. Early Sunday morning (in April 2009), I took my camera up to the church's temple nestled at the bottom of the mountains above the BYU campus.
 
Main entrance to the temple. Temples are closed on Sundays with regular Sunday services held at local churches throughout neighborhoods.
 
Inscribed on every temple of the church.
 
Calming grounds around the temple allow for peaceful reflection.

Not wanting to use the instrument of Jesus' death as adornment, the angel Moroni is placed atop most LDS temples depicting a herald of the Second Coming of Christ.  Moroni was the son of Mormon who abridged centuries of records into what became The Book of Mormon.

 

 

The Provo Temple was dedicated in 1972.

In Mormonism, a temple is a building dedicated to be a house of God and is reserved for special ordinances (like marriage for eternity and baptisms for dead ancestors who never got the chance).  A temple differs from a chapel (or church), which is used for weekly worship services.

With approximately 140 temples in operation in 2009 (the most famous being the Salt Lake Temple), Provo's is one of the lesser known but most busy.

 
A decorative fountain in front.
 
The term "Mormon" is a nickname; the actual church name is "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints."
 
A BYU student takes advantage of the peaceful temple grounds to study on a Sunday morning.
 
A view of the temple as we hiked up Y Mountain.
COMMENTS
Noe said at 6:44 p.m. on Apr 25, 2009:
Beaurtiful place... last shot is fantastic.
21-gramm said at 6:13 a.m. on Apr 26, 2009:
Exellent worl!
Hhwind said at 7:49 a.m. on Apr 27, 2009:
A beautiful tabblo and majestic temple
Sirnicolay said at 12:18 a.m. on Apr 29, 2009:
Beautiful and peaceful :)
Debdog said at 1:00 p.m. on May 31, 2009:
beautiful Kevin
NeusinhaGedoz said at 7:34 a.m. on Oct 19, 2009:
Fantastic !!!!!!
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