Buddha figures inside Dambulla cave Buddhist temple complex, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

Buddha statues at Gangaramaya Buddhist Temple, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Asia

Giant Golden Buddha statue at Dambulla cave temple complex, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

Feet of Buddha figure inside Dambulla cave Buddhist temple complex, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

Stone Buddha statue, Borobudur, 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple, UNESCO, Java, Indonesia

Stone Buddha statue, Borobudur, 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple, UNESCO, Java, Indonesia

Stone Buddha statue, Borobudur, 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple, UNESCO, Java, Indonesia

Stone Buddha statue, Borobudur, 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple, UNESCO, Java, Indonesia

One of Eighteen Arhats of Mahayana Buddhism await return of Buddha as Maitreya, Long Quang Pagoda, An Giang Province, Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Garden in Kamakura, Honshu, Japan

Makha Bucha (Magha Puja) celebrations, monks pray under illuminated Buddha statue annually at Wat Phan Tao temple, Chiangmai, Thailand

Thien Truc Buddhist Pagoda, Reclining Buddha, the final Nirvana, Bac Lieu, Vietnam

Gilded Buddha's statue at Wat Phu That temple, Udomxay, Oudomxay Province, northwestern Laos

The Enlightenment of the Buddha, Phat Ngoc Xa Loi Buddhist temple, Can Tho, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

The Enlightenment of the Buddha, main altar with golden Buddha statue, Phat Ngoc Xa Loi Buddhist temple, Vinh Long, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Van Linh Buddhist pagoda, man praying to the Buddha, the Enlightenment of the Buddha statue, An Hao, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Buddhist monks in front of seated Buddha in Vatadage building, The Quadrangle, ancient city of Polonnaruwa, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

Hand of a Buddha statue decorated with gold leaf (Bhumispara-mudra: Buddha Gautama at the moment of enlightenment), Wat Si Chum, Historical Park Sukhothai, Sukhothai, Thailand, Asia

Gilded Buddha statue, Bhumispara-mudra, Buddha Gautama at the moment of enlightenment, Wat Pho, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia

Giant Buddha, Gandan Monastery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Nepal, Kathmandu, Buddha statue at the foot of the Swayambunath Monkey Temple.