Buddhist monks queuing for a meal at Mahagandayon Monastery, where some 2000 monks are fed daily, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), Southewast Asia

Buddhist monks queuing for a meal at Mahagandayon Monastery, where some 2000 monks are fed daily, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), Southewast Asia

Portrait of a bald old lady at Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Smiling Bonda tribeswoman wearing traditional beads and earrings, with shaven head and blue shawl, Onukadelli, Odisha, India, Asia

Nuns praying before eating their meals, Sakyadhita Thilashin Nunnery School, Sagaing, near Mandalay, Myanmar, (Burma)

Nuns queuing for a meal, Sakyadhita Thilashin Nunnery School, Sagaing, near Mandalay, Myanmar, (Burma)

A young nun studying, Sakyadhita Thilashin Nunnery School, Sagaing, near Mandalay, Myanmar, (Burma)

Nuns queuing for a meal, Sakyadhita Thilashin Nunnery School, Sagaing, near Mandalay, Myanmar, (Burma)

Nuns praying before eating, Sakyadhita Thilashin Nunnery School, Sagaing, near Mandalay, Myanmar, (Burma)

Nuns eating their meals, Sakyadhita Thilashin Nunnery School, Sagaing, near Mandalay, Myanmar, (Burma)

A young nun at the Sakyadhita Thilashin Nunnery School, Sagaing, near Mandalay, Myanmar, (Burma)

Students reading at the nunnery Chullichan Nunnery School, convent Rizong west of Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Shaolin monk with symbolic burn marks on his shaven head, Shaolin Monastery, known for Shaolin boxing, Taoist Buddhist mountain, Song Shan, Henan province, China

Young buddhistic monk in a temple in the Kampot province, Cambodia, Asia

Young buddhistic monk with a mobile phone in a temple in the Kam, Cambodia, Asia

Jun-Juns, young monks playing cricket on a polo yard underneath Royal Palace, Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Monks at Angkor Wat Temple, Unesco World Cultural Heritage, Angkor, Cambodia

Keshdan ceremony, baby has hair shaved off which is later sacrificed in the temple in front of the Hindu temple fo Jagannath, Puri, Orissa, India, Asia

Shaving the head as part of a religious ritual, performed at Sangam, the confluence of the holy rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati, in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Novice monks during the morning bath with a shaving of the head in the Shwe Yaunghwe Kyaung Monastery, near Nyaungshwe, Shan State, Inle Lake, Myanmar, Asia

Man's hands, man shaves, touches shaving foam, Germany, Europe