Wat Phra Kaew inside the Royal Palace, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

A Tibetan woman stands next to a large prayer wheel of the temple of Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Dambulla Rock Cave Temple, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Central Province, Sri Lanka, Asia

A Buddhist monk rings a prayer bell during the full moon celebrations, Bodhnath stupa, Bodhnath, Nepal, Asia

Exterior view of a stupa inside the Royal Palace grounds in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Exterior view of a stupa inside the Royal Palace grounds in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Exterior view of a stupa inside the Royal Palace grounds in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Buddha image inside a ruined stupa, Shwe Inn Thein Pagoda, Inle Lake, Shan State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Exterior view of a stupa inside the Royal Palace grounds in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Votive candles, Boudhanath Stupa, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Exterior view of a stupa inside the Royal Palace grounds in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Exterior view of a stupa inside the Royal Palace grounds in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Exterior view of a stupa inside the Royal Palace grounds in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Buddhist Temple, Amarapura, Mandalay, Mandalay Region, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Buddhas in Wat Pho (Wat Po), Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Buddhist Temple, Amarapura, Mandalay, Mandalay Region, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Reclining Buddha of Wat Pho (Wat Po), Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

A Smiling Buddha inside Wat Pho (Wat Po), Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Golden stupa inside Myin Ma Hti Caves, near Kalaw and Aungpan, Myanmar

Corridor off which monks' living quarters were carved in cave 2, Takht-I-Rusam (Rustam's throne), part of a Buddhist stupa-monastery complex dating from the Kushano-Sasanian period 4th-5th century AD, Samangan Province, Afghanistan, Asia

Statues and stupas at Silver Pagoda inside Royal Palace complex, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

sculpture and Chedis inside Wat Pho temple, Bangkok, Thailand

Wat Ratchaburana temple, Ayuthaya, Thailand

Buddhist monastery at the stupa near Bodnath, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Buddha in the Kumbum stupa in the monastery of Gyantse, Tibet, Asia