Ema votive offerings, Fushimi Inari shrine, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Small torii votive offerings, Fushimi Inari shrine, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Small torii votive offerings, Fushimi Inari shrine, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Heart-shaped ema votive offerings, Kamigamo shrine, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Small torii votive offerings, Fushimi Inari shrine, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Votives (Ema prayer tablets) at Toshogu Shrine in Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Votive offerings in Our Lady of Bonfim church, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, South America

Votives (Ema prayer tablets), with prayers and wishes for success at Kitano Tenmangu Temple, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Votives (Ema prayer tablets), with prayers and wishes for success at Kitano Tenmangu Temple, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Votives (Ema prayer tablets), with prayers and wishes for success at Kitano Tenmangu Temple, Kyoto, Japan, Asia

Terracotta horses, each a votive offering to village guardian deity, Ayyanar, at the Solai Andavar shrine, Palathur, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Terracotta horses, each a votive offering to village guardian deity, Ayyanar, at the Solai Andavar shrine, Palathur, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Wax body parts votive offerings at the Lourdes Grotto in the Convent of the Concepcionistas, a 1925 scale reproduction of the French grotto. Viveiro, Lugo Province, Galicia, Spain, Europe Galicia, Spain, Europe

Replica of the grotto at the Lady of the Lourdes shrine in the Convent of the Concepcionistas. Viveiro, Lugo, Galicia, Spain, Europe

Candles in a church

Offerings from pilgrims who receive the blessings of Bahubali by local priests on Indragiri hill in Sravanabelagola, Karnataka, India, Asia

Votive offering, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, West Indies, Central America