Monks light butter lamps on an auspicious night, watched by two fearsome masks, Boudha stupa, Bodhnath, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Pilgrims pour melting butter from their lamps into the yak butter lamps in the monastery, topping them up continually, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

Man lights butter lamps in the early morning inside the Buddhist Deva Dharma Mahavihar temple on the edge of Swayambhunath (Swayambhu) (Monkey Temple) stupa on a hill above Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

The Georgian facade of the Town Hall and Butter Market shopping arcade, built in 1776, Newark-upon-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Woman adding yak butter from her butter lamp to those in the Buddhist temple, Meru Nyingba monastery, Bharkor, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

Ladakhis are said to often drink up to 40 cups of butter tea a day, Ladakh, India, Asia

Spinach and ricotta filled ravioli with butter, sage and parmesan, Italian cooking, Italy, Europe

A monk lights butter lamps on gilded shrine at base of stupa at dawn, Swayambhunath (Swayambhu) (Monkey Temple) Buddhist stupa on a hill overlooking Kathmandu, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nepal, Asia

Butter-and-eggs (common toadflax) (yellow toadflax) (Linaria vulgaris), San Juan National Forest, Colorado, United States of America, North America

Butter lamps, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Butter lamps, Swayambhunath temple, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Butter lamps, Patan, Nepal, Asia

Butter lamps, Swayambhunath temple, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Butter lamps lit in Mongar Dzong (monastery), built in the 1930s, one of Bhutan's newest dzongs, built without plans or nails, Bhutan, Asia

Joranda monks performing obeisance at temple containing a dhuni, an eternal butter lamp, at dusk, Joranda, Dhenkanal, Orissa, India, Asia

Langoustine dinner, Lochinver, Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Breakfast at Kroi Pashait, roadside stop between Saranda and Gjirokaster, where local products are sold, Albania, Europe

The octagonal Market Cross (Butter Market) (Break's Folley), a Grade I Listed Building built by Thomas Breaks, dating from 1747, Barnard Castle, County Durham, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The octagonal Market Cross (Butter Market) (Break's Folley), a Grade I Listed Building built by Thomas Breaks, dating from 1747, Barnard Castle, County Durham, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Prayer flags at Mebar Tsho, The Burning Lake, where Pema Lingpa is said to have held a burning butter lamp under the water, Bumthang, Bhutan, Asia

Oil (butter) lamps burning in Hindu temple, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Gingerbread and butter cookies in shape of Christmas tree, stars and reindeer on canvas place mat on wood table background, Italy, Europe

Gingerbread and butter cookies in shape of Christmas tree and stars with almond and cinnamon on wood table background, Italy, Europe

Joranda monks performing obeisance in prayer at temple containing a dhuni, an eternal butter lamp, at dusk, Joranda, Dhenkanal, Orissa, India, Asia

Joranda monks chanting in ritual prayer at dusk at temple containing dhuni, eternal butter lamp, Joranda, Dhenkanal, Orissa, India, Asia

Joranda monks performing obeisance in prayer at temple containing a dhuni, an eternal butter lamp, at dusk, Joranda, Orissa, India, Asia

Oil (butter) lamps burning in Hindu temple, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Butter caps (Collybia butyraceae) growing in grassland, Whiteford Burrows, Gower Peninsula, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Woman adding the melting yak butter from her lamp to those of the temple, Meru Nyingba monastery, Bharkor, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

The women of Kasalagu Womens Cooperative washing Shea nuts to make Organic Shea butter for Tama, Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa

The women of Kasalagu Womens Cooperative making Organic Shea butter for Tama, Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa

The women of Kasalagu Womens Cooperative drying clean Shea nuts to make Organic Shea butter for Tama, Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa

French jam honey butter bread and pain au chocolat breakfast at Hostellerie Les Griffons, Bourdeilles, Dordogne, France

Old woman lighting butter lamps in front of Buddha statues draped with new silk scarves, in a small temple, at the Boudha or Bodhnath stupa, Tibetan New Year (Lhosar), Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

The Butter Cross, built in 1744, formerly the town's buttermarket, Broad Street, Ludlow, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. Europe

Yak butter offerings in shape of lions, Bhutan, Asia

Monks light butter lamps on an auspicious night, Boudha stupa, Bodhnath, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Old woman lighting butter lamps in a small temple on the north side of Boudha or Bodhnath stupa, Tibetan New Year (Lhosar), Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Woman selling butter lamps, Patan, Nepal, Asia

Nepal. Ritual, sonam/boom. Lobsangs cremation. Humla. traveler reached of journey! In freedom of infinite he is free from sorrow, fetters that bound thrown away, burning fever of life is no more,oesays dharmapada. Lobsang having spent whole life preparing moment of death, finds liberation on february 14, 1986. Extensive ritual follows cremation-traditionally a forty nine period, sonam lama rattles damaru. A small ritual drum to have origin in - shamanism. damaru, used as a tantric device to summon gods ward evil spirits, once made from human skull bone dreid human skin as a reminder of impermanence of body. Boom lama blows a kangling, a human thigh-bone horn. kangling is used in exorcism is capable of gods demons. Traditionally, best bones a kangling come from brahmans, particularly sixteen-year- brahman girls-or from tigers. On makeshift altar rest chhome, votive lamps filled with butter, cups of water, grains, tormas, holy food made of barley meal decorated with medallions of butter offered to gods. Alone, boom lama continues prayers of deceased

Butter lamp offerings to the Bagmati River flowing next to Brahmayani Temple. Newar Village Women wears "Haku Patasi" to the Temple. (Haku Patasi is garb worn by Newari woman). Bhaktapur, Nepal

Monks offer butter lamps. Bodgaya, india. Monks offer butter lamps in front of mahabodhi temple marks site of buddha’s enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked

Thupten choeling nuns prepare butter-salt tea at nunnery-kitchen. solu khumbu, nepal

At tnorbutse,monks at triten norbutse vigorously debate philosophy, melting away incorrect views like butter in. Bonpo monks debate at triten norbutse monastery. Nepal

Monks offer butter lamps prayer, kalachakra initiation, bodhgaya. India. Monks attending kalachakra initiation at mahaboudhi temple in bodhgaya, india. mahabodhi temple marks site of buddha’s enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked

Monks offer butter lamps. Bodgaya, india. Monks offer butter lamps in front of mahabodhi temple marks site of buddhas enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked

Volunteer monks distribute tibetan butter salt milk tea to the kalachakra initiation attendants. Kalachakra initiation in bodhgaya, india

Bhutanese pilgrim praying at butter statues that is made under the bodhi tree inside mahabodhi temple complex. Kalachakra initiation in bodhgaya, india

Monks offer butter lamps. Kalachakra initiation, bodhgaya. India. Monks attending kalachakra initiation at mahaboudhi temple in bodhgaya, india. mahabodhi temple marks site of buddhas enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked

Buddhist monk praying butter statues that is made under the bodhi tree inside mahabodhi temple complex. Kalachakra initiation in bodhgaya, india

Volunteer monks make tibetan butter salt milk tea in gigantic vessel for the kalachakra initiation attendants. Kalachakra initiation in bodhgaya, india

Volunteer monks make tibetan butter salt milk tea in gigantic vessel for the kalachakra initiation attendants. Kalachakra initiation in bodhgaya, india

Butter lamps offering inside gompa of Leh Palace. Ladakh, India

Criolla bullfrog (butter frog) (Leptodactylus ocellatus) at night, southern Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, South America

Butter hamlets mating at sunset, Cayman Islands

Slice of peanut butter banana cake

Croissants on plate with coffee and jam

Mixed race woman baking with recipe on digital tablet

Croissants on plate with coffee and jam

Pancake, sugar, nut and butter on table

Baking ingredients

Crab legs and lemon slices on newspaper

Fish with melted butter and lemon slice

Popover with strawberry butter on plate

Scale and baking ingredients on wooden table

Bread with butter on cutting board

Close up of butter on pancakes in pan

Every night, Nightly puja on Dashaswamedh Ghat, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Every night, Nightly puja on Dashaswamedh Ghat, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Woman making offering, in the ghats of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Every night, Nightly puja on Dashaswamedh Ghat, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Every night, Nightly puja on Dashaswamedh Ghat, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Young attractive woman having breakfast in The Dutch House hotel, Galle, Sri Lanka

Young attractive woman having breakfast in The Dutch House hotel, Galle, Sri Lanka

Woman eating breakfast

Hospital Kitchen

Hospital Food Services

Cheese and butter production, Milk churns and containers, Local history museum in Tschoetscherhof, St. Oswald, Kastelruth, Castelrotto, South Tyrol, Italy

Close up of cheese at a cheese dairy in Alpbach, Dairy produce, Tirol, Austria

Bread and butter, Snack, Food

Monk filling the butter lamps in readiness for the birthday celebrations of Wenshu, Shuxiang Temple, Mount Wutai, Wutai Shan, Five Terrace Mountain, Buddhist Centre, town of Taihuai, Shanxi province, China

Monk filling the butter lamps in readiness for the birthday celebrations of Wenshu, Shuxiang temple, Mount Wutai, Wutai Shan, Five Terrace Mountain, Buddhist Centre, town of Taihuai, Shanxi province, China

Oil lamps and butter lamps, woman lighting a candle, buddhist ritual, Luohan Temple, buddhist temple downtown, Chongqing, People's Republic of China

View of Hartenfels with the ruins of Hartenfels castle, locally known as Schmanddippe, butter churn, Westerwald, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Oil lamps and butter lamps, women lighting candles, buddhist ritual, Luohan Temple, buddhist temple downtown, Chongqing, People's Republic of China

Producing butter at the Laufbichl Alpe alpine dairy, Hintersteiner Tal, Bad Hindelang, Allgau, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany

Woman taking butter from butter tab, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Oil lamps and butter lamps, woman lighting a candle, buddhist ritual, Luohan Temple, buddhist temple downtown, Chongqing, People's Republic of China

Handmade butter with ornaments in on bowl of water for cooling, Fellalm, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Royal python (Python regius), Killer Bee Butter, male, reptile breeder Willi Obermayer, Austria

Butter lamps at the Mahabodhi Temple, place of enlightenment or awakening, "Bodhi" of Siddhartha Gautama, Bodhgaya, Bihar, India, Asia

Pilgrim and Tibetan monks refilling the brass bow with yak butter, Samye Monastery, Tibet, China, Asia

BRD Germany Bavaria Table with Breakfast Teapot Cup Plate Set up Instruments Bread Butter Milk Honey Jam Glases

A sign indicates the room containing traditional Buddhist butter lamps at the Rumtek Monastery in Gangtok, Sikkim, India, Asia

Franconian Museum Feuchtwangen Middle Franconian Bavaria Germany beer mug made by glass inscripted "Mit dem Kreuz hab ich die Welt erloest" cup and bottle of spirits

Rows of traditional Buddhist butter lamps lined up in a storage room at the Rumtek Monastery in Gangtok, Sikkim, India, Asia

Butter churn, Weissalm (Weiss mountain pasture), Grossarltal (Grossarl Valley), Salzburg, Austria, Europe

Sea bream orata fillet butter pan fried with fresh peach prune and dragonfruit slices thyme on top

Killer Bee Butter Ball Python or Royal Python (Python regius), male

Toast with peanut butter and banana on white ceramic plate with knife on rustic wooden background, top view flat lay, space for text