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I did some additional research. If it's just a temple then it's a noun (a person place or thing) but if it's a specific temple then it's a proper noun (A proper noun or proper name is a noun representing a unique entity (such as London, Jupiter, John Hunter, or Toyota), as distinguished from a common noun, which represents a class of entities) so it's like the difference between 'man' and 'George Washington'. One is a general term and the other identifies a specific individual. When someone/something is named specifically it's usually capitalized. Or at least that's my experience. We don't refer to 'Pres. Obama' as 'pres. obama' for example. I got the definition of a proper noun from Wikipedia.
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