Phra Mae Thorani twists her long hair and torrents of water create a flood, Wat Phra Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Tinh Xa Ngoc Chau pagoda, Life of Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, Prince Siddhartha cutting off hair to renounce worldly life on the bank of the Anoma River, Chau Doc, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Statue dating from the late 11th or early 12th century AD of Prince Siddhartha cutting his hair, Bagan Museum, Bagan (Pagan), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Tooth Relic Pagoda at Botataung Pagoda, Buddha's First Sacred Hair Relic Pagoda, Yangon, (Rangoon), Myanmar, (Burma)

Buddha's Sacred Hair Relic, Botataung Pagoda, Buddha's First Sacred Hair Relic Pagoda, Yangon, (Rangoon), Myanmar, (Burma)

Stupas at Botataung Pagoda, Buddha's First Sacred Hair Relic Pagoda, Yangon, (Rangoon), Myanmar, (Burma)

Restorers painting buddha statue in prayers room of convent Tiksey Gonpa, southeast of Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Praying buddhistic woman at the Shwedagon Pagoda in the evening, Rangoon, Myanmar, Burma, Asia

Monk standing in front of a gong, Wannian monastery, Emei Shan, Sichuan province, China, Asia

Monk at Golden Rock, Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, Myanmar

Praying monks at the main hall of the Wannian monastery, Emei Shan, Sichuan province, China, Asia

A monk standing in front of the altar of a cave temple, Jiuhuashan, Anhui province, China, Asia

Buddhist monk looking through a telescope, Shwedagon Pagoda, Rangoon, Myanmar, Burma, Asia

Reading buddhist monk at the Shwedagon Pagoda, Rangoon, Myanmar, Burma, Asia