寺 and 神社: names and visits
Distinguish Buddhist temples from Shinto shrines and read visiting, approaching, and observing.
A Buddhist temple
寺, read てら, means Buddhist temple. 山の上に古い寺があります。 says that an old temple stands on a mountain.
寺の庭を歩きました。 means walking in the temple garden. It does not state that the person entered a building.
A Shinto shrine
神社, read じんじゃ, means Shinto shrine. 神社の前で写真を撮りました。 means taking a photograph in front of a shrine.
神社へ向かっています。 says that someone is heading toward a shrine. Do not turn this into arrival already completed.
Two separate visits
午前中に寺を訪ね、午後に神社へ行きました。 says that someone visited a temple in the morning and went to a shrine in the afternoon. Keep each place paired with its time.
寺も神社も見学しました。 says that someone visited both a temple and a shrine to look around. It does not identify any particular ritual they participated in.
Does 神社へ向かっています mean that the person has arrived?
Show the answer and why
No. It means that the person is heading toward the shrine.