Towards where?

2Chronicles 6:32-7:7

I wonder if the instruction to pray towards the direction of the Temple when about to embark on a dangerous activity is the cause for most altars being in the east. I was not aware of this ordancence before today. But I eat pork too. Perhaps the act of turning east draws one's attention to the presence of the Almighty.

The Haga Sofia in Istanbul was firstly a church, then a mosque and now a museum.

As you can see the mirab is not quite placed symmetrically between the windows. The windows were correctly positioned for the altar of the Christian days when prayers were focused towards Jerusalem, not Mecca.

Now the question is "Where do I direct my prayers? "