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Devotee lighting candles at sunset in the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic (Temple of the Tooth), site of Buddhist pilgrimage, Kandy, Sri Lanka, Asia

Religious pilgrims light candles at Sanctuary of Fatima (Basilica of Our Lady of Fatima), Portugal, Europe

Devotee lighting candles at sunset in the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic (Temple of the Tooth), site of Buddhist pilgrimage, Kandy, Sri Lanka, Asia

Buddhist monk praying at Sri Maha Bodhi in the Mahavihara (The Great Monastery), Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, Asia

Altar candles in the Cave where Bernadette Soubirous had her Marian apparitions of our Lady of Lourdes in the French town of Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrenees, France, Europe

A Buddhist monk rings a prayer bell during the full moon celebrations, Bodhnath stupa, Bodhnath, Nepal, Asia

Gold leaf Buddha hand close up, Wat Mahathat, Ayutthaya City, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Women's room dedicated to Kim Hoa mothers' goddess, Emperor Jade Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Candle and Bible, with woman praying in the background, Saint Nicolas de Veroce, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Prayer candles in the Jade Emperor Pagoda in Ho Chi MInh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Ceremonial lit candle carries Hindu prayers on River Ganges at sunrise by holy city of Varanasi, Benares, Northern India

Prayer candles at Sri Maha Bodhi in the Mahavihara (The Great Monastery), Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, Asia

Monks offer butter lamps prayer, kalachakra initiation, bodhgaya. India. Monks attending kalachakra initiation at mahaboudhi temple in bodhgaya, india. mahabodhi temple marks site of buddha’s enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked

Myanmar boys reciting gospel in candle light at catholic -seminary at myitkyina, a largely kachin community in north burma near chinese border

India. Faithfiul at a station of the cross during the pilgrimage to malayattoor, a hill which saint thomas the apostle is believed to have climbed around 55 ad, leaving his footprints at the top. It is a major pilgrim centre for christians as well as hindus and moslems, who believe the trip can cure them of physical and mental disease. Kerala

Woman lighting a candle in the Stone Gate (Kamenita vrata), a place of prayer for believers, Zagreb, Croatia

Devotional grotto with Madonna and votive candles in the courtyard of the Basilika Goessweinstein basilica, Balthasar-Neumann-Strasse 7, Goessweinstein, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Violau district of Augsburg Swabia Bavaria Germany parish and pilgrimage church S. Michael pilgrimage and procession with candle lights on evening of the Feast of Assumption