CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -1. a place of worship hallowed by association with a sacred person or object. 2. a container for sacred relics.

Detailed explanation-2: -shrine. noun. ˈshrīn. : a case or box for sacred relics (as the bones of a saint) : a place in which devotion is paid to a saint or deity.

Detailed explanation-3: -In Hinduism, a shrine is a place where gods or goddesses are worshipped. Shrines are typically located inside a Hindu temple of various forms. Most Hindu families have a household shrine as well.

Detailed explanation-4: -The English word shrine is derived from the Latin scrinium, meaning a box or receptacle. The shrine is the receptacle within the material world for the religious association that believers experience when they come into the presence of these receptacles.