Each temple built by Shotoku included facilities for the education and welfare of the people.
Churches first started being built during the Roman Empire when Christianity was the "big thing" Temples were around before Jesus' time. Temples were the places of worship before churches.
most temples are built in worship of there religion/god. they go there to worship and pay respect for example people go to church to worship jesus.
As a place of worship for God's people at the command of God.
The statue of Zeus was built so that the people in Olympia Greece can worship him for all that he has done.
Aaron built it, using the golden things that the Israelites had. He melted them down and made the calf.
It has a large impact Because it is a place for alot of people to worship there God, it is also a place for tourists's.
The Emperor Asoka.
Muhammad built a mosque to set up a place for prayer. He used the mosque as the seat of government and as an army training centre. He used the mosque as a community centre and as a school. He also resided inside the mosque of Madinah.
The North American Baha'i Temple at Wilmette, Illinois, is one of seven continental "Mother Temples" of the Baha'i Faith. An eighth is being constructed in Chile. These Houses of Worship were built for the people of the world as places for contemplation, meditation, and/or prayer regardless of religious affiliation.
Because they worshiped cats. so they built a really bid one to worship.
Nanna - the moon god. A ziggurat was built as a temple to worship this diety.