Temples are Symbolic and is a Universal Concept to Realize GOD

I am amazed to see how so many religions have popped out of just a simple concept or a tool to realize God or experience Godhood. 
Some wise man or a self realized one, many years back would have thought of building a structure where people can remember his own discovery, his own journey or his own experience towards spirituality, towards finding himself, towards godhood. It is unfortunate that so many religion broke out due to misunderstanding and lack of knowledge. Many years back we all know that there was not a proper system to preserve the writing. Writing and language wasn’t that developed, so people use to make statues, structures, monuments etc to preserve the real teachings. 
No, I have not read any scriptures, nor did I do any research, I have not learned from books, not someone taught me. It is purely my knowing, my wisdom, my understand of life and truth. Its totally up to the readers how they interpret this knowing. 
First of all, my Guru Acharya Shree Yogeeshji always says: “God does not write books.” That means none of the holy books or scripture have complete knowledge. It’s up to the students or disciples how they want to perceive and preserve teachings of Enlightened one. So following is my perception of Temples and holy places, driven by my spiritual knowing level. 
Coming back to the Topic, our present situation where there are so many divisions in form of religion, sects, caste, culture, tradition proves that human have completely failed to preserve the real teachings of Enlightened or Self-Realized one. Many many so called “Religious Leaders” or groups are responsible for this loss. Many bitter history of these ”Religious Leaders”  have been hidden or erased where they hav literally destroyed, damaged and manipulated the teachings. 
“Religion was, is and will never be formed by The enlightened one.” So think; what are you now? Who do you cling with? What are you following? Who would you be identified as? Many such question arises of your own originality. Many atheists or logical minded people think all the Self-Realized one like Jesus, Buddhha , Krishna, Mahaveera etc etc formed the groups and religion. They wrote the Holy books. For this one I would then say “YOU ARE IN BIG ILLUSION, IGNORANCE, WAKE UP”. Those logical sided people would then follow the leaders or speaker who explains things with different kinds of logics which satisfies their cravings of MIND. All the above Self Realized or Elightened ones taught only one simple thing - “To begin our Journey by looking within our own selves”.
If someone  wants understand the concept of God, the enlightened ones real messages will be as follows:

1. Very first thing, Our Body is a Temple. God can only be realized within us. Start your search by first looking within ourselves. Our body is a precious tool to realize God. Temple symbolizes our body. Keep this temple as clean as possible. Do not put anything junk or anything that damages this tool.
2. Statue within the Temple symbolizes the divine power is hidden within the body.
3. Lamp symbolizes our Soul. Soul in the form of Light.
4. Bell is the sign or a tool of awakening. Clicks happen in our lives daily, every single day there is a little signal for us to put efforts to awaken ourselves.
5. Incense sticks. Once awakening happens spread your love in form of fragrance that everyone can feel the positivity around you.
6. Mantras and Chants - Universal sounds to heal yourself. By the way, the dome on the top of the temples are build for some reason. The energy created my the sound frequency can enter into you through crown chakra for the healing purposes. 
7. Sitting with saints specially the Enlightened ones who can guide us to learn how to clean ourselves and how to remove the clouds of illusion, confusion, darkness.
8. Prasaad or Food offerings indicates, your surrendering senses of taste. What you distribute is the fruit you get from this surrendering, fasting, sadhana or tapasya. Share your Knowing with others. Share what you have got in excess. Learn to Share.
9. Dot on third eye chakra. Open up your third eye to look inside.
10. Beads or Malas, preserves energy for healing purpose.

Each and everything above has taken a form of literal ritual, instead of understanding the real meaning, blindly people follow them in the form of tradition. Once you have this knowing you will never be lost in this chaotic world of religion, confusion, pain and suffering. 
Did I mention to sing and narrate the praises of God? 
God does not need any praises, He is way higher than that.
Did I mention Reading and Repeating Holy books?
God never write books.
Did I mention loud noises and songs?
God understands only the language of love and prayers from pure heart.
Did I mention of compulsive use of tradition, costumes, language?
God can not be confined for one sect, culture or tradition. Divine is Everywhere.
Final words on this, search within, do not follow the herd blindly like a sheep. Question yourself, Question the tradition you have been following since ages, question the rituals that you have been following. Humans are lucky to get the developed mind and we need to use it for the proper knowledge  of at least our own selves. Know Yourself and start your search by cleaning your Temple - Body everyday, every moment.