Giant stone statue of Farang Guard, Wat Pho, Bangkok, Thailand

Imperial guardian lion, Taoist temple, Nghia An Hoi Quan pagoda, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Guardian lion and snakehead Naga, Preah Tineang Tevea Vinichhay Throne Hall in the Royal Palace, City Centre, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Guardian figure, Banteay Srei Temple, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Japanese Jizo statue on Miyajima Island, Hiroshima Prefecture, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Stone gate guardian (dvarapala) of Sewu Temple Compound, 8th century Buddhist temple located at the north of Prambanan Temple Compounds, UNESCO World Heritage Site, region of Yogyakarta, Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Stone gate guardian (dvarapala) of Sewu Temple Compound, 8th century Buddhist temple located at the north of Prambanan Temple Compounds, UNESCO World Heritage Site, region of Yogyakarta, Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Stone gate guardian (dvarapala) of Sewu Temple Compound, 8th century Buddhist temple located at the north of Prambanan Temple Compounds, UNESCO World Heritage Site, region of Yogyakarta, Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Stone gate guardian (dvarapala) of Sewu Temple Compound, 8th century Buddhist temple located at the north of Prambanan Temple Compound, UNESCO World Heritage Site, region of Yogyakarta, Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Stone gate guardian (dvarapala) of Sewu Temple Compound, 8th century Buddhist temple located at the north of Prambanan Temple Compounds, UNESCO World Heritage Site, region of Yogyakarta, Java island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Candi Sewu, part of Prambanan, a 9th-century Hindu temple compound. Stone guardian statue. Java. Indonesia.

Spring cherry blossoms and Jizo statues, guardian deities of children, Zojoji Temple, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Bayon, the late 12th century state temple of king Jayavarman VII, UNESCO World Heritage Site, standing in the middle of Angkor Thom, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

The bridge to Angkor Thom, lined on both sides with figurines ending in a corbelled arch entryway, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

One of four guardian lions, Dhauligiri Shanti Stupa (Dhauli Peace Pagoda), completed in 1972 with the collaboration of Nippon Buddha Sangha, atop Dhauli Hills on site of ancient temple, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, Asia

Guardian statue at Thuparama Dagoba, Mahavihara (The Great Monastery), Anuradhapura, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

A carved dvarapala entrance guardian stone at the 12th century Preah Khan (Prah Khan) Buddhist temple complex, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Chinese Guardian Lion, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Stone guardian lion statue at the Audience Hall at Parakramabahu's Royal Palace, Polonnaruwa, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

Guardian statue carving at Sri Maha Bodhi in the Mahavihara (The Great Monastery), Anuradhapura, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

Guardian statue carving at Sri Maha Bodhi in the Mahavihara (The Great Monastery), Anuradhapura, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

Stone guardian statue, Vatadage (Circular Relic House), Polonnaruwa Quadrangle, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

Line of guardian statues, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Mythological demon statue at Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, (Rangoon), Myanmar, (Burma)

Religious statues at Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, (Rangoon), Myanmar, (Burma)

Entrance to Huyen Khong cave, protective deities, guardian figures, Marble Mountains, Ngu Hanh Son, Thuy Son, Da Nang, Vietnam, Asia

Stone guardhouse on the walls of an old colonial-style fort on the seafront of Salvado in Bahia, Brasil

Guardian statues at Angkor Thom temple, South Gate, Temples of Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia

Clock and sculpture of Pilgrimage church Sonntagberg

Japan, Tokyo, Asakusa, Senso-ji Temple, Buddha statue.

Ankor Wat, a 12th century historic Khmer temple and UNESCO world heritage site. Busts and statues of deities and guardian figures along a path to a stupa and entrance arch, Angkor Wat, Cambodia