Shrine Collection (page 17)

Shrine to the Virgin Mary, El Penon de Guatape, Rock of Guatape, Antioquia Department, Colombia

Monserrate Sanctuary, Bogota, Capital District, Colombia

Basilica de Nuestra Senora de los Angeles, Cartago, Costa Rica

Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong

Pagoda at Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong

Golden dragon at Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong

Nara, Honshu, Japan

Male deer in Nara, Honshu, Japan

Eyes of Buddha, Bouddhanath, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Africa, Benin, Grand Popo. A voodoo shrine at Heve

Difunta Correa Shrine, Vallecito, San Juan Province, Argentina

Nepal, Kathmandu, Swayambhunath Stupa

Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. Red Torii Gate on Lake Ashi and Mount Fuji in the background

Fushimi Inari-taisha shrine, Fushimi ward, Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Kansai region, Japan

India, Punjab, Amritsar, - Golden Temple, The Harmandir Sahib, Amrit Sagar - lake of Nectar

Torii gates at Ichinomiya shrine, Kobe, Kansai, Japan

Relics of Saint Nicholas, Crypt of Basilica of Saint Nicholas (Basilica di San Nicola), Bari, Apulia, Italy

Israel, Jerusalem, Old City, Temple Mount, Dome of the Rock and The Western Wall - know as the Wailing Wall

Israel, Jerusalem, Old City, Temple Mount, Dome of the Rock and The Western Wall - know as the Wailing Wall

Israel, Jerusalem, Temple Mount, Dome of the Rock

West Pagoda at Yakushiji Temple (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Nara, Kansai, Japan

Lanterns at Kasuga Taisha Shrine (UNESCO World Heritage Site) at dusk, Nara, Kansai, Japan

Shitenno-ji temple, Tennoji, Osaka, Kansai, Japan

Monk at Shitenno-ji temple, Tennoji, Osaka, Kansai, Japan

Decorative sake barrels at Shinto shrine of Sumiyoshi Taisha, Osaka, Kansai, Japan

Shinto shrine of Sumiyoshi Taisha, Osaka, Kansai, Japan

Japan, Kyoto, Historic Higashiyama district, To-ji Pagoda

Japan, Kyoto, Fushimi Inari Shrine

Myanmar, Inle Lake, Indein. West of Ywama village on Inle Lake lie the crumbling ruins of Indein, ancient Buddhist shrines and stupas, overgrown with vegetation and very atmospheric

Thailand, Bangkok. Giant reclining Buddha statue at Wat Pho

Thailand, Bangkok. Detail of Reclining Buddha feet at Wat Pho

Myanmar, Burma, Inle Lake. Ancient Buddhist shrines, stupas and pagodas at Shwe Inn Thein Paya, Indein, on the shores of Lake Inle

Myanmar, Burma, Inle Lake. The crumbling and unrestored ruins at Sankar, dating back to the 1600s, on the Belu Chaung river, Inle Lake

Asia, Japan. Kyoto, Yoshida Shrine, red lantern

Bali, Ubud. A statue of Budda sits serenely in gardens

Nepal. Kathmandu, Boudinath Stupa one of the holiest Buddhist sites in Kathmandu and one largest stupas in the world

Russia, Moscow; Novodevichy Monastery

Russia, Moscow; Novodevichi Monastery

Nepal, Himalaya, Mustang, Charang. A decorative chorten, or Buddhist shrine, marks the southern entrance to Charang village

Thailand, Bangkok. Worshippers at the Golden Mount chedi at Wat Saket

Thailand, Nakhon Phanom, Nakhon Phanom. Buddha statues at Wat Maha That. The Wat is home to the Phra That Nakhon chedi - a 24 metre high stupa, highly revered in north-east Thailand

Yaks skulls engraved with Buddhist mantras
Ganden Monastery. Engraved with mantras and prayers, yaks skulls lie on the pilgrimage circuit, or kora, around Ganden monastery with views across the Phenyul Valley beyond

Buddhist monk, Ganden Monastery
Tibet, Ganden Monastery. Perched on a ridge of Mt Wangkur and overlooking the Phenyul Valley, Ganden was the first Gelugpa school monastery

A monk bows before an image of a deity, Sera Monastery
Sera Monastery. Along Seras kora, or pilgrimage circuit, a monk bows before a rock-painted image of Yama Dharmaraja, a bull-headed protector deity favoured by the Gelugpa school

Changing of the guards ceremony
Taiwan Taipei Martyrs Shrine changing of the guards ceremony

Changing of the guards
Taiwan Taipei Martyrs Shrine changing of the guards ceremony

Monk standing by the door of Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham, Buddhist temple constructed by King Anurut at the foot of Mt. Phousi in 1796. Popularly known as Wat Mai, it is the largest temple in the city

Wat Haw Pha Kaew, former royal temple of the Lao monarchy, built 1565 by King Setthathirat, razed during 1828 Siamese-Lao War, re-built 1936-42

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