The Victorian frontage of VT (Victoria Terminus) (Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mumbai, India, Asia )

The Chinese temple of Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India, Asia

Mehendi, Indian henna body art, India, Asia

Inner courtyard with cast iron lion inside royal Mysore Palace, constructed between 1897 and 1912, Mysore, Karnataka, India, Asia

Statue of the Hindu goddess Durga, 108 feet tall, with her lion vehicle Manastala, at Ganga Talao, Mauritius, Indian Ocean, Africa

Detail of the mid 13th century Sun Temple, dedicated to Surya, the Hindu Sun God, constructed as a twelve-wheeled chariot drawn by seven horses, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Konarak, Puri District, Odisha, India, Asia

Mahakala Temple, sacred to both Hindus and Buddhists, Observatory Hill, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, Asia

Buddhist Peace Pagoda, built in the 1970s by the Japanese Sangha and Kalinga Nippon Buddha Sangha, Dhauli, Odisha, India, Asia

Beautiful raised silver work on panel on the side of an elephant howdah, Mehrangarh Fort Museum, Jodhpur, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Singh Pol, the Lion Gate, at 16th Century The Amber Fort a Rajput fort in Jaipur, Rajasthan, Northern India

Captive Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica) roaring, UK

Captive Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica), UK

Shortfin lionfish, Dendrochirus brachypterus, Twilight Zone, Laha, Ambon harbour, Banda Sea, Moluccus, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Shortfin lionfish, Dendrochirus brachypterus, Twilight Zone, Laha, Ambon harbour, Banda Sea, Moluccus, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Two Monks on Sigiriya Rock, Lion's rock, an ancient rock fortress, Sigiriya, Sri Lanka

Trader selling oblations next to stone lion at Jagannath Temple, Puri, Orissa, India, Asia

Asiatic Lion (Panthera leo persica), dormant, portrait, captive

Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans) seeking protection in the branches of a black coral, Musandam, Oman, Arabian Peninsula, Indian Ocean, Asia

Asiatic Lion (Panthera leo persica), dormant, portrait, captive