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Group of Buddhist monks praying at Wat Doi Suthep Temple, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Man praying in copy of the Grotto of Massabielle, St. Philip Church (Huyen Sy Church), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Chedi Chiang Lom at Wat Chiang Man Buddhist temple complex, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Mass for the setting up of Mgr Aupetit in Sainte Genevieve de Nanterre Cathedral, Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, France, Europe

Pilgrims at religious festival, Buddhist festival (Tsechu), Trashi Chhoe Dzong, Thimphu, Bhutan, Asia

Icon painting at Notre Dame du Bec Benedictine Abbey, Le Bec Hellouin, Eure, Normandy, France, Europe

Monks in mourning parade for the late King Sihanouk outside Royal Palace, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Monk, Wat Ho Siang, Luang Prabang, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Buddhist ceremony, Magha Puja, Wat Velouvanaram, Bussy Saint Georges, Seine et Marne, France, Europe

Monks in mourning parade for the late King Sihanouk outside Royal Palace, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Sukhot celebration in the sukha of the Eastern Parkway Lubavitch Synagogue in Brooklyn, New York, United States of America, North America

Exhibition of the new bells in the nave, on the 850th anniversary, Notre-Dame de Paris, Paris, France, Europe

Old man leaving a mosque in the old Medina, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Fez, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

The King's Mosque, one of the oldest religious buildings in Albania, dating from 1492, Elbassan, Albania, Europe

Orthodox Lelov Jews at the Synagogue in Hebron, religious site known to Jews and Muslims as the Tomb of the Patriarchs, Hebron, Palestinian Authority, Middle East

Sang sang rimpoche uses the dorje, a sacred ritual object to make the first decisive cut into the sand mandala on the last day of the mani rimdu festival. chiwang monastery, solu khumbu, nepal. solu khumbu, nepal

Aside from a life of simplicity focus on divine, many sadhus engage in a diverse array of practices both internal external in order to attain higher states of awareness consciousness. This sadhu chosen hatha yoga shows results--a well-disciplined, strong body--while holding kukkuta asana, or cock posture. India

Tens of thousands of buddhist pilgrims from around the world traveled to bodhgaya, a town in northern india, to hear exiled tibetan spiritual leader hh dalai lama give the kalachakra-religious teachings. Pilgrim take rickshaw to the main temple in bodhgaya. Kalachakra initiation in bodhgaya, bihar, india

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

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