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Making a prayer offering with lotus flowers at a Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka, Asia
Bas Relief of Boats, Tomb of Seti I, KV17, Valley of the Kings, Ancient Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luxor, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
Image of Nefertari on left and God Thoth, Paintings and Relief, Tomb of Nefertari, QV66, Valley of the Queens, Ancient Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luxor, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
Buddha statues, Ayuthaya, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
Reclining Buddha, Ayuthaya, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
Terracotta horses, each a votive offering to village guardian deity, Ayyanar, at the Solai Andavar shrine, Palathur, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia
Buddhist shrine, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia
Buddha statue in grotto, Tanzhe Temple, Beijing, China, Asia
Flowers for offering at a Hindu temple, New Delhi, India, Asia
Water lily and Reclining Buddha, Ayuthaya, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
View of offerings being made at Ulun Danu Beratan temple on Lake Bratan at sunrise, Bali, Indonesia, South East Asia, Asia
Vishnu shrines with offering placed, Tiruchirappali, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia
Vishnu shrines with offering placed, Tiruchirappali, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia
Hindu devotees taking part in the sacred ceremony of evening aati, adoration of the holy River Ganges, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia
Little shrine in a volcanic landscape and autumnal colors, Osorezan Bodaiji Temple, Mutsu, Aomori prefecture, Honshu, Japan, Asia
Buddha Park, Xieng Khuan, Vientiane, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
China altar with candles in a temple in a village in yunnan province
Flowers for offering at a Hindu temple, New Delhi, India, Asia
Vishnu shrines with offering placed, Tiruchirappali, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia
Sukhothai Traimit, solid gold Buddha, 15 feet high and weighing 5.5 tons, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
Written offering and wishes in a Shinto temple in Tokyo, Japan, Asia
Big Buddha, Koh Samui, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
Gold Buddha with money offering in hand, Bagan, Central Myanmar, Myanmar
A suchil, a religious offering, Botanical Gardens, San Miguel de Allende (San Miguel), Guanajuato State, Mexico, North America
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Detail of statue with offering of marigold flowers in the Emerald Buddha Temple in Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
Young Buddhists have their heads shaved as an offering to Buddha, Angkor Wat temple, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Aisa
Temple priest before the image of the ten armed warrior goddess Durga, Durga Puja Festival, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia
Water offering at Tuesday Corner statue, Shwedagon Paya, Yangon (Rangoon), Myanmar (Burma), Asia
Indian Hindu pilgrims bathing in The Ganges River at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India
Indian Hindu pilgrims bathing in The Ganges River at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India
Buddhist visitors applying gold leaf as traditional offering at Dhamakh Stupa at Sarnath ruins near Varanasi, Benares, Northern India
Candle offering for Wesak celebrating Buddha's birthday, awakening and Nirvana, Great Buddhist Temple (Grande Pagode de Vincennes), Paris, France, Europe
Voodoo ritual performed in Ouidah, Benin, West Africa, Africa
Local man making an offering in a Buddhist temple, Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Local man making an offering in a Buddhist temple, Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Hawan (offering to fire god) at Karbi Anglong District Brahma Dharma Jyoti Mondir, Langhin Manikpur, Assam, India, Asia
A line of women at a ceremony for the ordination of Buddhist monks, Bagan (Pagan), Myanmar (Burma), Asia
Buddhist monks on morning alms round in Western Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Local woman making an offering in a Buddhist temple, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Local woman making an offering in a Buddhist temple, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Lighted candles offering Buddhist prayers at Dharmarajika Stupa at Sarnath near Varanasi, Northern India
Hawan (offering to fire god) at Karbi Anglong District Brahma Dharma Jyoti Mondir, Langhin Manikpur, Assam, India, Asia
Priest celebrating the River Ganges, Aarti by offering incense, Dashashwamedh Ghat, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia
Offerings of kagami-mochi (mirror rice cakes) at the Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo, Japan, Asia
Great vow shrine, Fo Guang Shan temple, the biggest Buddhist temple in Europe, Bussy St. George, Seine et Marne, France, Europe
A lady gives her daily offering in Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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
Priests celebrating the River Ganges, Aarti by offering incense, Dashashwamedh Ghat, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia
Offerings in Khanh Anh temple, Evry, Essonne, Ile-de-France, France, Europe
Buddhist monk near Swayambhunath offering to bless people at a roadside altar, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
Buddhist monks on morning alms round in Western Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Betel offering to a revered nun, Wat Rakang, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
Buddhist monks on morning alms round in Western Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Statues of the Buddha, Angkor Wat, dating from between 1113 and 1150 AD, Angkor, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
A Chinese man praying and offering incense, Thian Hock Keng Temple, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
Buddhist ceremony for the dead at Bongeunsa temple, Seoul, South Korea, Asia
Offering to the Hindu gods durring the tonsuring (mundan) of a small boy, Saijpur Ras, Gujarat, India, Asia
Buddhist monks on morning alms round in Western Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Ceremony at Hindu Temple, Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh state, India, Asia
A royal Brahmin performing a ceremony, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
Woman giving offerings at a shrine, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
Buddhist monks on morning alms round in Western Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Offering of money, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
Easter Sunday, Lima, Peru, South America
Buddhist monks on morning alms round in Western Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Offerings at Tamil Catholic celebration in Antony, France, Europe
Temple offering, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia
Offerings for Puja in a Hindu temple, Haridwar, India, Asia
Offering of money, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
Woman in temple at Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
Rice offering at the Vincennes Buddhist Pagoda, Paris, France, Europe
Offering and picture of the Dalai Lama, Paris, France, Europe
Coin offering at the Vincennes Buddhist Pagoda, Paris, France, Europe
Fire ritual at chiwang monastery during the mani rimdu festival. these monks circumambulate the pyre after its ignition. one holds a long book wrapped in a felicitous scarf. the purifying fire takes the offering and raises them towards the sky in smoke. the circumambulatory ritual also recalls the way disciples showed respect for the buddhas body. solu khumbu, nepal
Monks offer butter lamps prayer, kalachakra initiation, bodhgaya. India. Monks attending kalachakra initiation at mahaboudhi temple in bodhgaya, india. mahabodhi temple marks site of buddha’s enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked
A brass plate full of offerings to God. Coconut, dried fish, black soya beans, duck eggs, oiled wicks, colour powder, bitten rice, betel nut, hand made rice paper incense, unhusked rice and flowers. Brahmayani Temple, Bhaktapur, Nepal
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
Some religious people reach Brahmayani temple measuring their body length. To do so, a person prostrates on the ground and extends his clasped hands above his head. An assistant puts a few grains of rice at the end of the clasped hands as a marking point. Then, the man steps to this marking point and then prostrates again. Bhaktapur, Nepal
In month of november before full moon a sacred ceremony is held in various monasteries throughout himalayas by traditional healers known as amchis. They call down spiritual deities to bless medicine. Amchis making torma, a ritual food offering. India
In month of november before full moon a sacred ceremony is held in various monasteries throughout himalayas by traditional healers known as amchis. They call down spiritual deities to bless medicine. Amchis making torma, a ritual food offering. India
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
In month of november before full moon a sacred ceremony is held in various monasteries throughout himalayas by traditional healers known as amchis. They call down spiritual deities to bless medicine. Amchis performing puja at potenization ceremony. Amchis performing rituals during potenization ceremony. India
Some religious people reach Brahmayani temple measuring their body length. To do so, a person prostrates on the ground and extends his clasped hands above his head. An assistant puts a few grains of rice at the end of the clasped hands as a marking point. Then, the man steps to this marking point and then prostrates again. Bhaktapur, Nepal
Cambodia woman praying in front of statue in front of a catholic church, at a vietnamese-cambodia community in kampong cham long
Indonesia women carrying food offerings to temple. Hindu ceremony near klungkung on full moon. Bali
The Jade Buddha Temple, Shanghai, China, Asia
Some religious people reach Brahmayani temple measuring their body length. To do so, a person prostrates on the ground and extends his clasped hands above his head. An assistant puts a few grains of rice at the end of the clasped hands as a marking point. Then, the man steps to this marking point and then prostrates again. Bhaktapur, Nepal
Some religious people reach Brahmayani temple measuring their body length. To do so, a person prostrates on the ground and extends his clasped hands above his head. An assistant puts a few grains of rice at the end of the clasped hands as a marking point. Then, the man steps to this marking point and then prostrates again. Bhaktapur, Nepal
Indonesia woman walking along road carrying food offerings to temple, on hedr head, during hindu ceremony near klungkung on full moon. Bali
The Jade Buddha Temple, Shanghai, China, Asia
Indonesia woman walking along road carrying food offerings to temple, on hedr head, during hindu ceremony near klungkung on full moon. Bali
Pilgrim making an offereing at Angkor Wat Temple, feet of statue, Cambodia, Southeast Asia, Asia
Myanmar shwedagon paya (pagoda), yangon (rangoon), women carrying offerings
Indonesia women carrying food offerings to temple. Hindu ceremony near klungkung on full moon. Bali
Monk makes an offering, Neak Pean temple, Angkor, Cambodia, Asia
Girl making offerings at foot of the giant Buddha statue in Wat Intharawihan, Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
School girls make an offering at a Hindu temple in Durbar Square, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
Indonesia woman carrying offerings at hindu ceremony near klungkung on full moon. Bali
Italy, Rome, Candles-Like Electrical Device To Be Lighted Against A Small Offering