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Women at the Lakshmi Puja Festival celebrating Lakshmi, the Hindu Goddess of Wealth and Beauty, India
Novice Buddhist monk kneeling beneath the Phra Atchana Buddha statue, Wat Si Chum, Sukhothai, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sukhothai Province, Thailand, Asia
Two novice Buddhist monks with offerings, and Buddha head, Wat Phra Mahathat, Ayuthaya Historical Park, Ayuthaya (Ayutthaya), UNESCO World Heritage Site, central Thailand, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
Stall selling fruit and flower garlands for temple offerings, Little India, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
Main altar with Buddha statue and monk, Truc Lam Buddhist temple, Dalat, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Novice monk with offering of flowers, and Buddha head in Wat Phra Mahathat, Ayuthaya (Ayutthaya) Historical Park, Ayuthaya (Ayutthaya), UNESCO World Heritage Site, central Thailand, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
Akash Deep Puja, sky lantern festival on the Ganges (Ganga) River bank, Varanasi (Benares) Uttar Pradesh State, India
The sacred Phra Buddha Chinnarat Buddha in the temple of Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat Woramahawihan (Wat Yai) in Phitsanulok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
Fresco depicting food offerings to the Buddha in Wat Ampharam, Hua Hin, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
A shop selling Buddhist offerings for the temples, hell bank notes and other forms of joss paper, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Piles of rice harvested throughout the valley in October in the courtyard of Rato Machendranath temple in Patan, a pagoda with three tiers, close to Kathmandu, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nepal, Asia
Devotees paying obeisance to the 'Tuesday' buddha at the Shwedagon pagoda complex in Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia
Offerings during a festival at Shwedagon Pagoda (Golden Pagoda), Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia
Close-up of incense sticks burning, Wat Si Muang (Simuong) Buddhist temple, Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
A snack seller offering stuffed banana leaf, onion and nut snacks on a train to Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia
A boy places offerings to the Buddha, Shwedagon Paya (Shwe Dagon pagoda), Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia
Plates of Moroccan salad, traditional first course in restaurants, Marrakesh (Marrakech), Morocco, North Africa, Africa
Schoolchildren in classroom, offering traditional Kikuyu welcome by waving hands as if offering flowers, Karunga Primary School, Rift Valley, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
Angkor Wat, UNESCO World Heritage Site, a Hindu-Buddhist temple complex near Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Pharaoh Seti I on right, Goddess Hathor on left, Bas Relief, Tomb of Seti I, KV17, Valley of the Kings, Ancient Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luxor, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
Good luck ribbons for offering at the Kek Lok Si Temple, Crane Hill, Georgetown, Pulau Penang, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
Four-faced towers in Prasat Bayon, Angkor Thom, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Mali tribesman offering puja gift to temple pundit after shaving his child's head at the festival of Shivraatri, Koraput, Odisha, India, Asia
Offerings floating along river during Loi Krathong festival, Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
Sri Lankan Buddhist visitors at Dhamakh Stupa at Sarnath ruins near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India
Indian Hindu woman selling ceremonial flowers and offerings during Festival of Shivaratri in holy city of Varanasi, India
Lighted candles offering Buddhist prayers at Dharmarajika Stupa at Sarnath near Varanasi, Northern India
Ullambana ceremony, when food is offered to the ancestors during the annual Ghost Festival, Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, Chinatown, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
A line of women at a ceremony for the ordination of Buddhist monks, Bagan (Pagan), Myanmar (Burma), Asia
Buddhist visitors applying gold leaf as traditional offering at Dhamakh Stupa at Sarnath ruins near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India
Buddhist prayer flags at Mulagandhakuti Vihara Temple at Sarnath near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India
Buddhist worshipper placing incense sticks on joss stick pot, Taoist temple, Phuoc An Hoi Quan Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Ceremony in Ancenstral Hall, Buddha Tooth Relic Temple in Chinatown, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
Traditional bronze figure of Buddha with red scarf and fresh flowers, Daisho In temple, Miyajima, Honshu, Japan, Asia
Close up of a traditional stone figure with prayer bracelets, Daisho In temple, Miyajima, Honshu, Japan, Asia
Butter lamp offerings to the Bagmati River flowing next to Brahmayani Temple. Newar Village Women wears "Haku Patasi" to the Temple. (Haku Patasi is garb worn by Newari woman). Bhaktapur, Nepal
N month of november 7 days before full moon a sacred ceremony is held in various monasteries throughout himalayas by traditional healers known as amchis. They bring their precious herbs, minerals special animal glands to be blessed. A selected amount of herbs is placed in a copper vessel placed on monastery alter. 7 days amchis go through an elaborate potenization of these medicines through prayer other practices. Seen here is of amchis holding a dorje (sacred object used cutting through obscurations) which is lined from a vessel containing various herbs sitting on monastery alter to heart chakra. Chang tang nyee, ladakh, indi