Tenth century stone pagoda in Kaiyuan Temple, Quanzhou, Fujian, China

Women in traditional dress visiting temples and shrines during the cherry blossom (sakura) season and festivals, Kyoto, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Osaka Castle, Osaka, Japan

The Endless Red Gates of Kyoto's Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Kiyomizu-dera Buddhist Temple, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Worshippers at the great golden stupa, Shwedagon Paya (Shwe Dagon Pagoda), Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma)

Golden spires, Shwedagon Paya (Shwe Dagon Pagoda), Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma)

Students visiting the Tamukeyama Hachiman Shrine, Fallow deer, Nara, Japan

Enryakuji Temple of Mount Hiei, sacred mountain, near Kyoto, Honshu, Japan

Enryakuji Temple of Mount Hiei, sacred mountain, near Kyoto, Honshu, Japan

View of Oyama Shrine Shinmon Gate illuminated at dusk, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan

View of Higashi Hongan-ji Temple, Shimogyo Ward, Higashishiokoji Kamadonocho, Kyoto, Honshu, Japan

Church of St. Francis, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Porto, Norte, Portugal, Europe

View of Nishikubo Hachiman Shinto Shrine and high rise buildings, 5 Chome, Toranomon, Minato City, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan

View of Golden Temple (Kinkaku-ji) (Temple of the Golden Pavilion), UNESCO, Kyoto, Honshu, Japan

Pilgrims and tourists in Praza da Obradoiro by Baroque style cathedral, Catedral de Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain

Women in traditional dress visiting temples and shrines during the cherry blossom (sakura) season and festivals, Kyoto, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Young tourists in Alameda Park view Roman Catholic cathedral, Catedral de Santiago de Compostela, cityscape, Galicia, Spain

Young tourists in Alameda Park view Roman Catholic cathedral, Catedral de Santiago de Compostela, cityscape, Galicia, Spain

India. Kokkamamngalam syro-malabar catholic church, one of the 8 said to have been founded by saint thomas.Shrine Showing the broken thomas cross, which was said to bleed when a woman farmer cut it with her sycle. In the footsteps of saint thomas: visiting the eight churches founded by the apostle in kerala after he arrived in 52 ad

India. Boats at the pontifical mar thoma shrine at azhicode. Kerala. In the footsteps of saint thomas: visiting the eight churches founded by the apostle in kerala after he arrived in 52 ad

India. Saint marys port church, one of the eight founded by thomas after 52 ad, kollom, kerala. Thomas shrine with his relic. In the footsteps of saint thomas: visiting the eight churches founded by the apostle in kerala after he arrived in 52 ad

India. Saint marys port church, one of the eight founded by thomas after 52 ad, kollom, kerala. Thomas shrine with his relic. In the footsteps of saint thomas: visiting the eight churches founded by the apostle in kerala after he arrived in 52 ad

Shrine of El Maximon in Santiago De Atitlan, Guatemala. Maximon saint/devil is one of the strongest remnants of the Mayan faith

Buildings at Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, (Rangoon), Myanmar, (Burma)

Daigoji, Kyoto, Japan

Higashi-ji, Kyoto, Japan

Two monks in front of gilded Chedi, housed a Buddha relic of the Wat Saket on the Golden Mount, Bangkok, Thailand

Japanese women in kimonos visiting the Kamigamo shrine in Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Female tourist ringing the bell of a japanese shrine, Kyoto japan

Female worshiper praying beside a shrine, Meenakshi Temple, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

Asian woman sitting on temple walls, Mingun, Saigang, Myanmar