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

Detail of the Clementine Chapel Dome, located within Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the papal enclave in Rome, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

An old woman with prayer wheels laughing at the Kyichu Buddhist Temple in Paro, Bhutan

Detail of the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand

Detail of the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand

Detail of the Grand Palace (the King's Palace), Bangkok, Thailand

Detail of the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand

Detail of the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand

Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Gold leaf hand of a Buddha statue, Wat Si Chum, Sukhothai Historical Park, Sukhothai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Gold leaf hand of a Buddha statue, Wat Si Chum, Sukhothai Historical Park, Sukhothai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Gold leaf hand of a Buddha statue, Wat Si Chum, Sukhothai Historical Park, Sukhothai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Golden stone and grey gravel

Interior of a baroque church decorated with images of saints and walls with gold leaf ornaments in the historic city of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Golden stone and grey gravel

Close Up Of A Statue Of A Lion With Peeling Paint, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States Of America

China, Beijing, Golden Buddha from South East Asia.

Sweetness, Abstract flora (Oil painting).

Burma (Myanmar), Yangon, Schewedagon Paya, close-up of Buddha statue and top of temple against blue sky.

Nepal, Kathmandu, close-up of painted eyes on Boudhanath Stupa, colorful streaming flags.

Precolumbian Gold Chimu Culture, 1000-1400AD mask with feline features in gold, turquoise and cinnabar paint collection of Museo del Oro, Lima, Peru