The Great Buddha Hall in the Todaiji Temple, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nara, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Daibutsu-den Hall of the Great Buddha, 1709, Todai-ji Temple, Nara, Kansai, Japan

Todaiji Temple, Daibutsuden Hall of the Great Buddha, Nara, Kansai, japan

Daibutsu (Great Buddha) (Vairocana) inside the Daibutsu-den Hall of the Buddhist Temple of Todai-ji, Nara, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kansai, Japan, Asia

The Buddhist Temple of Todai-ji, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nara, Kansai, Japan, Asia

Cherry blossoms, The Great Buddha Hall, Todaiji temple, Nara, UNESCO World Heritage site, Honshu island, Japan, Asia

Exterior of Daibutsen-den hall of the Great Buddha, dating from 1709, reflected in water, Todai-ji Temple, Nara, Kansai, Japan, Asia

Cherry blossoms, The Great Buddha Hall, Todaiji temple, Nara, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Honshu island, Japan, Asia

Cherry blossoms, The Great Buddha Hall, Todaiji temple, Nara, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Honshu island, Japan, Asia

Exterior of the Daibutsu-den hall of the Great Buddha, dating from 1709, Todai-ji Temple, Nara, Kansai, Japan, Asia

Great Buddha Vairocana (Daibutsu), Todaiji Temple, Nara, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Great Buddha Vairocana (Daibutsu), Todaiji Temple, Nara, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Great Buddha Hall (Daibutsuden), Todaiji Temple, Nara, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Todai-ji, Daibutsu, Nara, Japan

Monks at a prayer service in the Great Buddha Hall, Shaolin Monastery, known for Shaolin boxing, Song Shan, Henan province, China

Incense burner and pillars in foreground leading to front facade of the Great Buddha Hall Daibutsuden at Todai-ji temple on a beautiful blue sky morning with nobody present in Nara, Japan. Horizontal

Wide green lawn in front entrance facade on grounds of main Great Buddha Hall, Daibutsuden, on a beautiful, blue sky summer morning at Todai-ji temple in Nara, Japan. Horizontal

Side profile of Daibutsu bronze Buddha and ceiling of inside the Great Buddha Hall, Daibutsuden at Todai-ji temple in Nara, Japan. Horizontal interior

Side profile of Daibutsu bronze Buddha and ceiling of inside the Great Buddha Hall, Daibutsuden at Todai-ji temple in Nara, Japan. Vertical interior

Angled profile of the world's largest bronze Buddha statue inside the Great Buddha Hall, Daibutsuden, at Todai-ji temple in Nara, Japan. Vertical Interior

Incense burner at head of path leading to Daibutsuden, Great Buddha Hall, at Todai-ji temple complex on a beautiful blue sky morning empty of tourists in Nara, Japan. Vertical copy space

Wide path leading to front exterior facade of Great Buddha Hall, Daibutsuden on sunny, blue sky day in Todai-ji temple empty of people in Nara, Japan. Horizontal

Front of the centred largest bronze Daibutsu statue and altar inside the Great Buddha Hall, Daibutsud-en, at Todai-ji temple in Nara, Japan. Horizontal interior