Roadside Buddhist shrine, with Buddha statue protected by a giant cobra, Sri Lanka, Asia

Christian shrine of Jesus on roadside near Colombo at night, Sri Lanka, Asia

Calvary of Christ roadside shrine, Slea Head, County Kerry, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Playa el Burro, Mulege, Baja California Sur, Mexico. A small Catholic shrine on the Sea of Cortez.

Mulege, Baja California Sur, Mexico. A small brick roadside shrine near Mulege in Baja.

Playa el Burro, Mulege, Baja California Sur, Mexico. A small Catholic shrine on the Sea of Cortez.

Playa el Burro, Mulege, Baja California Sur, Mexico. A small Catholic shrine on the Sea of Cortez.

Milk cans lined up on a wooden bench, window and shrine with Jesus on the cross, facade made of rough stones from an alpine pasture, Gramaialm, Alpenpark Karwendel, Tyrol, Austria, Europe

Republic of Colombia, Landscape in the Department of Huila near the Tatacoa Desert, Desierto de la Tatacoa, Mule and wayside shrine, Colombia, South America

Wayside shrine near Volkach, Mainfranken, Lower Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Wayside shrine near Volkach, Mainfranken, Lower Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Wayside shrine in front of mountains on the mainland, Pag Island, Croatia, Europe

Wayside shrine, wayside shrine near Bad Leonfelden, Muehlviertel region, Upper Austria, Austria, Europe

Icons and a lit candle inside a roadside, religious shrine. Crete. Greece

Flags and statuary decorate a colorful roadside altar in a desolate region of northern Chile. Shrines or animitas are a common tradition of memorials that mark the site where someone died. People who are not related to the person who was killed can offer a prayer at the animita, in this way, animitas can take the roles of popular saints in the Catholic religion, Pan American Highway, Chile