Notice at Gal Viharaya, ancient city of Polonnaruwa, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

Mother Church of San Giorgio, Melpignano, Lecce, Salento, Apulia, Italy

Giuseppe Renato Greco, The Calvary of Manduria, Manduria, Taranto, Apulia, Italy

An ovoo, traditional place of worship in the middle of the Mongolian countrtyside, Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

Mother Church of San Giorgio, Locorotondo, Bari, Apulia, Italy

Church of San Benedetto, Massafra, Taranto, Apulia, Italiy

Barletta Cathedral, Barletta, Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia, Italy

Leuca lighthouse, Basilica of Santa Maria de Finibus Terrae, Santa Maria di Leuca, Castrignano del Capo, Lecce, Salento, Apulia, Italy

Cathedral, Trani, Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia, Italy

Basilica of St. Martin, Piazza Plebiscito, Martina Franca, Taranto, Apulia, Italy

Sanctuary of St. Michael the Archangel, Monte Sant'Angelo, UNESCO, Foggia, Apulia, Italy

Confraternity of the Holy Trinity, Monte Sant'Angelo, UNESCO, Foggia, Apulia, Italy

Church of San Ferdinando, Bari, Apulia, Italy

Casket containing a Religious relic, the preserved arm of Saint Vincent, inside cathedral church building, city of Valencia, Spain, Europe

Templo Mayor, archaeological Aztec city of Tenochtitlan, view to the cathedral church, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mexico City, Mexico, North America

Cathedral of Viana do Castelo, Minho, Portugal, Europe

Saint Catherine's Monastery, UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Sinai, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Church of Saint John the Theologian, a Macedonian Orthodox church situated on the cliff over Kaneo Beach, UNESCO World Heritage Site, overlooking Lake Ohrid, Macedonia, Europe

View of Parrocchia di San Michele Arcangelo church in Sant'Angelo, Sant'Angelo, Island of Ischia, Campania, Italy, Europe

Orthodox church, Apollonia, Sifnos Island, Cyclades, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

St. Peter's Church (San Pedro), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cusco, Peru, South America

Interior of Cloister and Monastery of Santa Catalina de Siena, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Arequipa, Peru, South America

Stone Buddha statue, Borobudur, 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple, UNESCO, Java, Indonesia

Lion statue, Borobudur, 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple, UNESCO World Heritage, Java, Indonesia

Stone Buddha statue, Borobudur, 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple, UNESCO, Java, Indonesia

Stone Buddha statue, Borobudur, 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple, UNESCO, Java, Indonesia

Interior of Hagia Sophia Mosque, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Angochagua, Imbabura Province, Ecuador

The Sun Temple dedicated to the Hindu solar deity Surya, built in 1991, constructed as an 18-wheeled chariot drawn by seven white horses, outside Bundu, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India, Asia

The sacred Jain marble temples, place of Jain pilgrimage, built at the top of Shatrunjaya Hill, Palitana, Gujarat, India, Asia

View of Oyama Shrine Shinmon Gate illuminated at dusk, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan

Garden in Kamakura, Honshu, Japan

Detail of Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Meteora, ancient holy Monastery of Varlaam, UNESCO, Kalabaka, Greece

Detail of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church, a Catholic religious building in the historic heart of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium

Autumnal foliage and red wooden Shinto temple, sacred Mount Hiei (Hiei San), Hieizan Enryaku-ji Temple, Yokawa, Honshu, Japan

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque at dusk, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Faithful people touching the grave, Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua, Padua, Veneto, Italy

Thien Truc Buddhist Pagoda, Reclining Buddha, the final Nirvana, Bac Lieu, Vietnam

Basilica of Our Lady of La Vang, Virgin Mary and child, marble statue, La Vang, Vietnam

Ranakpur Jain temple (Chaturmukha Dharana Vihara), Ranakpur, Rajasthan, India

Ranakpur Jain temple (Chaturmukha Dharana Vihara), Ranakpur, Rajasthan, India

Pak Ou low cave, Vat Tham Ting, overlooking the Mekopng River, Luang Prabang district, Laos

Pak Ou low cave, Vat Tham Ting, overlooking the Mekopng River, Luang Prabang district, Laos

A view of the Russian Orthodox Solovetsky Monastery founded in 1436 by two monks on Bolshoy Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Onega Bay, Arkhangel Oblast, Russia, Arctic, Europe

Temple of Isis, Temple of Philae, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Agilkia Island, Aswan, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Red Pagoda at Itsukushima Shinto Shrine on Miyajima Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, famous for floating torii Otori, HiroshimaPrefecture, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Al Akbar Surabaya National Mosque, The holy books of Quran, Surabaya, Java, Indonesia

View of Nishikubo Hachiman Shinto Shrine and high rise buildings, 5 Chome, Toranomon, Minato City, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan

Buna Vestire (Annunciation) Church, Historical centre, Bucharest, Romania

View of Fushimi Inari Shrine at dusk, Fukakusa Yabunouchicho, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, Honshu, Japan

Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, a Catholic Marian shrine and pilgrimage site, Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrenees, Occitanie, France

View of the Ozaki Shrine on a sunny day, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan

Meteora, ancient Great Meteoron Holy Monastery, UNESCO, Kalabaka, Greece

Meteora, ancient holy Monastery of Varlaam seen from Great Meteoron, UNESCO, Kalabaka, Greece

View of sign at the entrance to Ozaki Shrine on a sunny day, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan

The hilltop Digambara Jain Temple stands above the Udayagiri and Khandagiri complex of caves dating back to over 100 years BCE, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, Asia

Byzantine church of Agia Paraskevi, Yeroskipou, east of Paphos, Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Europe

Sisevo Monastery, Macedonia, Europe

Church of St. Francis, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Porto, Norte, Portugal, Europe

Wells Cathedral, a 12th century Anglican cathedral dedicated to St. Andrew the Apostle, seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, Wells, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Temple of Ramesses III, Medinat Habu, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Temple of Kom Ombo, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Matriz de Santa Maria de Valega church interior, Ovar, Aveiro, Portugal, Europe

View of Kaminarimon Gate, entrance to Senso-ji Temple at night, Asakusa, Taito City, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan

View of Torii Gate at Fushimi Inari Shrine at dusk, Fukakusa Yabunouchicho, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto, Honshu, Japan

View of the Ozaki Shrine on a sunny day, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan

View of the Ozaki Shrine on a sunny day, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan

Saint Andrew Gothic Church,13th century, Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy

Words (fate brings visitors to Kaiyuan) on a red wall in Kaiyuan Temple, first established 738AD, Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province, China

Wat Phra Singh, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Wat Rong Khun, the famous White Temple, Chiang Rai, Thailand

Ranakpur Jain temple (Chaturmukha Dharana Vihara), Ranakpur, Rajasthan, India

The Red Chapel (Haw Tai Pha Sai-Nyaat) (Chapel of the Reclining Buddha), Buddhist temple of Wat Xieng Thong, Luang Prabang, Laos

Wat That Luang at Luang Prabang, Laos

Bust of Jeronim de Rada, 1814-1903, most influencial Albanian writer of the 19th century, with the Namazgjah Mosque in the background, Tirana, Albania, Europe

View of Holy Ortodox Church of the Assumption, Potos, Thassos, Aegean Sea, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

A view of the Russian Orthodox Solovetsky Monastery founded in 1436 by two monks on Bolshoy Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Onega Bay, Arkhangel Oblast, Russia, Arctic, Europe

Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, which contains the two holiest sites in Christianity

Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem

Buddhist monks in front of seated Buddha in Vatadage building, The Quadrangle, ancient city of Polonnaruwa, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

San Nicolo Cathedral, Noto, UNESCO, Noto Valley, Sicily, Italy

Church of the Third Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Igreja da Ordem Terceira de Nossa Senhora do Monte do Carmo), Faro, Algarve, Portugal

Crypt, Lecce Cathedral, Cathedral of Maria Santissima Assunta and Sant'Oronzo, Lecce, Salento, Apulia, Italy

Lecce Cathedral (Cathedral of Maria Santissima Assunta and Sant'Oronzo), Lecce, Salento, Apulia, Italy

Frescoes, Basilica of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Galatina, Lecce, Salento, Apulia, Italy

Horse milk is sprinkled into the four directions, as offerings to the nature spirits of the area, the sadak, or ?owners Of the earth.? Sometimes vodka is used instead, or as well. Milk is sacred to the mongol shamans, who believe that life on earth is descended from beings who originally came here on winged horses. Here two young female shamans make the offering in a ritual manner. Countryside mongols make this offering every morning on waking up; they usually also offer smoke, that the wind carries around the world as a prayer for harmony and prosperity. 13th century national park, tov province, mongolia. 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time

Horse milk is sprinkled into the four directions, as offerings to the nature spirits of the area, the sadak, or ?owners Of the earth.? Sometimes vodka is used instead, or as well. Milk is sacred to the mongol shamans, who believe that life on earth is descended from beings who originally came here on winged horses. Here two young female shamans make the offering in a ritual manner. Countryside mongols make this offering every morning on waking up; they usually also offer smoke, that the wind carries around the world as a prayer for harmony and prosperity. 13th century national park, tov province, mongolia. 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time

Monks offer butter lamps. Bodgaya, india. Monks offer butter lamps in front of 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

Horse milk is sprinkled into the four directions, as offerings to the nature spirits of the area, the sadak, or ?owners Of the earth.? Sometimes vodka is used instead, or as well. Milk is sacred to the mongol shamans, who believe that life on earth is descended from beings who originally came here on winged horses. Here two young female shamans make the offering in a ritual manner. Countryside mongols make this offering every morning on waking up; they usually also offer smoke, that the wind carries around the world as a prayer for harmony and prosperity. 13th century national park, tov province, mongolia. 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time

Horse milk is sprinkled into the four directions, as offerings to the nature spirits of the area, the sadak, or ?owners Of the earth.? Sometimes vodka is used instead, or as well. Milk is sacred to the mongol shamans, who believe that life on earth is descended from beings who originally came here on winged horses. Here two young female shamans make the offering in a ritual manner. Countryside mongols make this offering every morning on waking up; they usually also offer smoke, that the wind carries around the world as a prayer for harmony and prosperity. 13th century national park, tov province, mongolia. 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time

Horse milk is sprinkled into the four directions, as offerings to the nature spirits of the area, the sadak, or ?owners Of the earth.? Sometimes vodka is used instead, or as well. Milk is sacred to the mongol shamans, who believe that life on earth is descended from beings who originally came here on winged horses. Here two young female shamans make the offering in a ritual manner. Countryside mongols make this offering every morning on waking up; they usually also offer smoke, that the wind carries around the world as a prayer for harmony and prosperity. 13th century national park, tov province, mongolia. 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time

Horse milk is sprinkled into the four directions, as offerings to the nature spirits of the area, the sadak, or ?owners Of the earth.? Sometimes vodka is used instead, or as well. Milk is sacred to the mongol shamans, who believe that life on earth is descended from beings who originally came here on winged horses. Here two young female shamans make the offering in a ritual manner. Countryside mongols make this offering every morning on waking up; they usually also offer smoke, that the wind carries around the world as a prayer for harmony and prosperity. 13th century national park, tov province, mongolia. 13th century national park comprises chinggis khan's giant statue museum and live museum "town from 13 century". The ancient nomadic mini kingdom is located in the distance of 130 km east of ulaanbaatar in area of erdene zuu of tov province. It takes 2 hours driving on paved road. In the live 13th century kingdom one will see and experience the authentic lifestyle of mongols, who were lived in powerful mongol empire?s Period. This place gives you a same feeling that famous traveler marco polo and william rubruck felt once upon time

Monks offer butter lamps. Bodgaya, india. Monks offer butter lamps in front of mahabodhi temple marks site of buddhas 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

Monks offer butter lamps. Kalachakra initiation, bodhgaya. India. Monks attending kalachakra initiation at mahaboudhi temple in bodhgaya, india. mahabodhi temple marks site of buddhas 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

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

Budhist lamas in prayer, 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

Usa, South West, Arizona & Utah, Navajo Reservation Of Monument Valley, The Three Sisters Red Rocks Peaks (Navajo Holy Place)

Usa, South West, Arizona & Utah, Navajo Reservation Of Monument Valley, Aerial Of The Totem Pole (Holy Navajo Place),