Pha That Luang, symbol of the Laos sovereignty, Buddhist religion and the city of Vientiane, Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

View of sunset over Lake Yaxha from Temple 216, Yaxha, Guatemala, Central America

View of sunset over Lake Yaxha from Temple 216, Yaxha, Guatemala, Central America

View of sunset over Lake Yaxha from Temple 216, Yaxha, Guatemala, Central America

Buddhist flags in temple trees, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

T wo of 216 smiling sandstone faces at 12th century Bayon, King Jayavarman VII's last temple in Angkor Thom, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Towers and three of the 216 smiling sandstone faces at 12th century Bayon temple in Angkor Thom walled city, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

West inner gallery towers and seven of the 216 carved faces at Bayon temple in Angkor Thom walled city, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

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

Tower with two of the 216 smiling sandstone faces at 12th century Bayon temple in Angkor Thom walled city, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

West inner gallery towers and four of the 216 carved faces at Bayon temple in Angkor Thom walled city, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Two of 216 smiling sandstone faces at 12th century Bayon, King Jayavarman VII's last temple in Angkor Thom, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

One of 216 smiling sandstone faces at 12th century Bayon, King Jayavarman VII's last temple in Angkor Thom, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

One of 216 smiling sandstone faces at 12th century Bayon, King Jayavarman VII's last temple in Angkor Thom, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Monk lighting joss sticks during ceremony in a Buddhist temple, Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia