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Local woman praying and meditating in front of offerings in Buddhist temple, Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

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

Liturgy commemorating victims of the 1932-1933 Holodomor (Famine) and Russian-Ukrainian war started 2014, Madeleine Basilica, Paris, France

Pink lotus flower candles symbolising human growth and development, at the Thean Hou Temple, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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

The Interior of The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven, Cittadella of Victoria, Gozo, Malta

Makha Bucha (Magha Puja) celebrations, monks pray under illuminated Buddha statue annually at Wat Phan Tao temple, Chiangmai, Thailand

Women carrying offerings at the annual Makha Bucha (Magha Puja) celebrations, Wat Phan Tao temple, Chiangmai, Thailand

Makha Bucha (Magha Puja) celebrations, monks pray under illuminated Buddha statue annually at Wat Phan Tao temple, Chiangmai, Thailand

Makha Bucha (Magha Puja) celebrations, monks pray under illuminated Buddha statue annually at Wat Phan Tao temple, Chiangmai, Thailand

The nave of The Basilica del Voto Nacional, a Catholic Cathedral, begun in 1887, Quito, Ecuador, South America

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

Indian Hindu pilgrims bathing and with prayer candles in The Ganges River at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

Confraternity of penitents gathering outside San Leonardo church, Enna, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean, Europe

Lighted candles offering Buddhist prayers at Dharmarajika Stupa at Sarnath near Varanasi, 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

Myanmar catholic semnarians at catholic seminary of myitkyina, a largely kachin community in north burma near chinese border

pilgrims burn incense sticks and candles, main hall, fire, red, Wannian monastery and temple, China, Asia, World Heritage Site, UNESCO

pilgrims burn incense sticks and candles, main hall, fire, red, Wannian monastery and temple, China, Asia, World Heritage Site, UNESCO

Shrine next to Thousand stone steps stairway, Buddha statue, candles and incense in stone altar, Buddhist Island of Putuo Shan near Shanghai, Zhejiang Province, East China Sea, China, Asia

pilgrims, Tiantai Feng, Mount Jiuhua, mountain of nine flowers, Jiuhua Shan, Anhui province, China, Asia

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

Statue of Archangel San Rafael, circa 1651, on the Puente Romano, Roman Bridge over the the Guadalquivir river, Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain