Money for luck from pilgrims inside the Kumbum, literally one hundred thousand images, of the Palcho Monastery, the largest chorten in Tibet, Gyantse, China, Asia

Donation box in Elijah's Cave Synagogue in Haifa, Israel, Middle East

Temple offerings, Mount Batur area, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Money offering and statues in the garden of Buddhapadipa temple, Wimbledon, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Child offering coins in Wat Suandok, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Buddha with sacrifical offerings in a little temple in Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

Small shrine with money offerings along the Kumano Kodo ancient pilgrimage route near Hongu, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Monk and money gifts in the Wat Phra That Doi Suthep Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Gold Buddha with money offering in hand, Bagan, Central Myanmar, Myanmar

Ribbons tied for children, money or personal object offered, Kunya Urgench, Turkmenistan, Central Asia, Asia

Offering of money, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Offering of money, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Coin offering at the Vincennes Buddhist Pagoda, Paris, France, Europe

Money offerings to HH Dalai Lama. Ladakh, India

Religious statue and donation at Popa Taung Kalat Temple, Mount Popa, near Bagan, Myanmar, (Burma)

bundles of hell money to burn as offering, to be spent in the afterlife, China, Asia

Hands of elderly woman offering money to Buddhist monks as alms, Oknha Tey Island, Mekong River, near Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Asia

Offerings from pilgrims who receive the blessings of Bahubali by local priests on Indragiri hill in Sravanabelagola, Karnataka, India, Asia

A LAotian-American female monk with shaved head makes an offering of rice during worship as the Laotian American community celebrates the Buddhist new year by gathering at a property in suburban East Hartford Connecticut on April 28, 2007. Several shrines are set up on the property. The celebrants leave offerings of food, flowers and money, pray, dance, and feast for a day. Immigrants from Laos, including the Hmong people, are refugees from the Vietnam War era, when they helped United States in the war.