In the journal, Odoric wrote in detail about a huge chariot containing idols of Hindu deities from the grand and famous Jagannath temple which is taken out annually in a procession known as the rath yatra.

Shrines often contain idols, relics, or other such objects associated with the figure being venerated.

Murtipujaka differ from Sthanakvasi Svetambaras in that their derasars contain idols of the Tirthankaras instead of empty rooms.

Some of the places of worship, interestingly also contain idols of Vedavyasa and Atharva Muni.

(Old) Uppsala was, according to medieval writer Adam of Bremen, the main pagan centre of Sweden, and the Temple at Uppsala contained magnificent idols of the Æsir gods.

Think of whole cities, some of them containing idols and temples of gold, buried thirty and forty feet under the surface!

Some Jain temples contain idols of Bharata as a Jain monk, including one at Shravanabelagola.

The monastery contains several idols of Lord Buddha and Padmasambhava and varied paintings on the wall which are said to be done with grass and herbs.

The pyramid was topped by a flat-roofed summit shrine that contained idols representing Itza gods.

The temple stands in an open courtyard surrounded by a corridor, which has numerous cells containing smaller idols of the Tirthankaras.