Idol worshiping and temple construction

In many religions around the world, praying typically involves standing in front of an image or idol and asking for something, or petition something. But the question is, is that all to it ? Can there be something more to that? Were these structures ( temples or places of worship ) created with a specific purpose, probably as energy centers?

In the movie pk, the chief protagonist explains the futility of praying to idols.We already saw the significance of symbol in the previous post. Today we will take an attempt to look at temple construction and it’s significance