In these buildings, mixing gold with a paste made from eight different herbs rejuvenates the site for 100 years, rather than 12 years. These buildings are arranged in a square grid, with an eight-by-eight grid considered the most ideal. BAPS created a 180-acre compound devoted to one of these buildings in Robbinsville, New Jersey. In 2019, a court struck down a ban on women between age 10 and 50 entering one of these structures, all of which traditionally cannot be entered 12 days after a birth or during menstruation. Within these building’s “womb chambers,” fire and food offerings called prasāda are offered to idols called murtis. For 10 points, what houses of worship host pujas in honor of deities like Durga, Saraswati, and Ganesh? ■END■
ANSWER: Hindu temples [or mandirs or devasthana or pura or gudi or kovil; prompt on temples]
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