An Avatar Temple is a shrine built in honor of the Avatar. Each building bears a spiritual connection with the Avatar Spirit and all of its past incarnations, and as such is regarded as a sacrosanct dwelling. Some nations take this reverence for the Avatar Temple to an extreme, only permitting their respective religious authority to have regular access. For example, the Avatar Temple of the Air Nomads was open exclusively to the elder monks, and only Fire Sages resided in the Fire Temple. However, the Avatar is exempt from these restrictions.