The interior of a Latter-day Saints Temple looks nothing like a traditional Christian house of worship.

The marble tiles underfoot were still warm from the sun. We could see the temple sitting on an island in the middle of a large pool, its golden image shimmering on the surface of the water.

The Indianapolis Indiana Temple in Carmel will be dedicated Aug. 23, and from then on only Mormons will be allowed to enter. Church elder Kent Richards said the temple brings about a sense of peace.

Over the past six weeks the public has been able to take a tour of the large marble temple — but Saturday was the last day to check out the inside of D.C.’s Church of Latter Day Saints Temple.

The "temple" consists of a raised marble platform. People are processing around the platform, chanting a mantra. But this a procession of the weird and freakish.

The new Orem Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will open to free, public tours on Friday, and visitors will see designs that harken back to when the site was a fruit tree ...

This weekend, an inauguration ritual called the Murti Pratishtha will welcome deity spirits into the marble images inside the temple’s central shrine or sanctorum. The 92-year-old Guru Pramukh Swami ...

The interior of a Latter-day Saints Temple looks nothing like a traditional Christian house of worship. Inside the temple: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints holds sneak peek Skip to main ...

The Baptistry: Modeled on a similar baptismal pool described as in King Solomon’s Temple, this massive room holds a marble baptismal pool which appears to rest on the haunches of 12 sculpted ...