Reading people's take on this matter reveals that they do not have much info about the sociology of rituals or history of temples in general. Temples are not mere social spaces for mass congregation, they are also banks, granaries, oracles, 1/n
record keepers, informal legal systems, culture hubs, art repositories, and schools. As complex multi-use spaces, where they were built, when, for which deity, and by whom are not disregardable facts. They matter as temples can only function in these multiple forms 2/n
