832-378678 - Mass event at Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple, followers holding pictures with Buddha images, Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia *** IMPORTANT: Image must not be used in a negative context with the Dhammakaya temple ***

832-378680 - Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple on Makha Bucha Day or Magha Puja Day, Theravada Buddhists, monks sitting around the Chedi Mahadhammakaya Cetiya, Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia *** IMPORTANT: Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple on Makha Bucha Day or Magha Puja Day, Theravada Buddhists, monks sitting around the Chedi Mahadhammakaya Cetiya, Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani, Bangkok, Thailand ***

832-378710 - Buddhist monks at the Shwe Taung Pagoda, Bigboon Pilgrims' procession, Dhammakaya Foundation, Dawei, Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar, Asia

832-378708 - Buddhist monks in the Azarni Road, Bigboon Pilgrims' procession, Dhammakaya Foundation, aerial, Dawei, Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar, Asia

832-378692 - Monk lights candle, meditation, Wat Phra Dhammakaya Temple, Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia

832-378711 - Pilgrims' procession to the Shwe Taung Zar Pagoda, day of meditation, Dhammakaya Foundation, Buddhist monks, Dawei, Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar, Asia

832-378694 - Monks sitting in a row meditating, Wat Phra Dhammakaya Temple, Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia

832-378681 - Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple on Makha Bucha Day or Magha Puja Day, Theravada Buddhists, monks sitting around the Chedi Mahadhammakaya Cetiya, Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia *** IMPORTANT: Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple on Makha Bucha Day or Magha Puja Day, Theravada Buddhists, monks sitting around the Chedi Mahadhammakaya Cetiya, Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani, Bangkok, Thailand ***

832-378691 - Monks sitting in rows praying and meditating by candlelight, Wat Phra Dhammakaya Temple, Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia

832-378683 - Monks next to pine forest, reflection, Thudong or Dhutanga, Wat Phra Dhammakaya, Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia

832-378695 - Monks sitting in a row meditating, Wat Phra Dhammakaya Temple, Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia

1178-2972 - Candles burning in a menorah

1178-2895 - Silhouette of a church steeple

1178-2973 - Lighting a menorah

1178-2890 - Silhouette of church steeple

1178-2974 - Lighting a menorah

832-373060 - Sadhu, holy man with turban and necklaces, Muktinath, Mustang, Nepal

832-371015 - Festively decorated "Plaette" boat, Corpus Christi maritime procession, Hallstatt, Hallstaetter See Lake, Salzkammergut region, Upper Austria, Austria, Europe

832-369212 - Young Buddhist monk with a red umbrella, Settawya Pagoda, Mingun, Burma, Myanmar, South East Asia

832-370854 - Bar Mitzvah, beginning of Jewish adulthood for boys, Wailing Wall, old town of Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

832-369160 - Penitents, Nazarenos, in their typical hooded robes during the festivities of Semana Santa, Holy Week, procession, Good Friday, Alicante, Costa Blanca, Spain, Europe

832-369161 - Penitents, Nazarenos, in their typical hooded robes during the festivities of Semana Santa, Holy Week, procession, Good Friday, Alicante, Costa Blanca, Spain, Europe

832-373042 - Theravada Buddhism, That Luang Festival, Tak Bat, novice, monks receive alms, Laotian believer with sash and alms bowl, pilgrims giving alms, orange robes, Vientiane, Laos, Southeast Asia, Asia

832-369448 - Praying devout men, ceremonial midday prayer in the Cao Dai temple, Tay Ninh, Vietnam, Asia

832-372436 - Devout Sikh with a blue turban at Amrit Sagar, Ocean of Nectar, Golden Temple, Amritsar, Punjab, North India, India, Asia

832-369116 - Jewish boy at the bar mitzvah ceremony, Jewish confirmation, in front of the Wailing Wall, Israel, Middle East, Orient

832-368751 - A local priest is pouring milk on the feet of the gigantic statue of Gomateshwara in Sravanabelagola, Karnataka, India, Asia

832-370846 - Bar Mitzvar, Jewish coming of age ritual, Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Arab Quarter, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

832-370847 - Bar Mitzvar, Jewish coming of age ritual, Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Arab Quarter, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

832-373036 - Buddhist monk in front of a big bell, Mingun near Mandalay, Birma, Burma, South Asia

832-369115 - Jewish boy at the bar mitzvah ceremony, Jewish confirmation, in front of the Wailing Wall, Israel, Middle East, Orient

832-372401 - Sikh guard, Golden Temple, Amritsar, Punjab, North India, India, Asia

832-367466 - Portrait of a holy man sadhu with a white beard and painted forehead Kathmandu Nepal

832-368851 - Sadhu with decoration, participant in the archaic Shivratri procession, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

832-369648 - Pilgrim making a milk sacrifice, Hindu festival Thaipusam, Batu Caves limestone caves and temples, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

832-370853 - Torah scroll standing on the table for the bar mitzvah, beginning of Jewish adulthood for boys, Wailing Wall, old town of Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

832-368753 - Local priest is doing his prayers in front of the gigantic statue of Gomateshwara, Sravanabelagola, Karnataka, India, Asia

832-369211 - Settawya Pagoda, young Buddhist monk with a red umbrella, Mingun, Burma, Myanmar, South East Asia

832-373034 - Young buddhist monk ringing the bell, Wat Sirimungkhun, Luang Prabang, Laos, Southeast Asia

832-370849 - Bar Mitzvah, Jewish coming of age ritual, Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Arab Quarter, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

832-370850 - Praying Jew in the underground part of the Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Arab Quarter, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

832-368640 - Tibetan pilgrims throwing prayer notes into the air, ceremony at Namtso Lake, Heavenly Lake, Tibetan, China, Asia

832-374152 - Sadhu, holy man, Pashupatinath, Kathmandu, Nepal

832-373045 - Balinese Hinduism, devout young man carrying a silver sacrificial bowl with gifts on his head, Pura Ulun Danu Batur temple, Batur village, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

832-370856 - Bar Mitzvah celebration at the Western or Wailing Wall in the direction of the Jewish Quarter, boy is carrying the Torah scroll with the help of his father, Muslim Quarter, Old City, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

832-368750 - Jain pilgrims are reciting religious texts at the feet of the gigantic statue of Gomateshwara in Sravanabelagola, Karnataka, India, Asia

832-368809 - Physically disabled Sadhu, holy man, at one of the ghats of the historic city of Varanasi, India, Asia

832-372437 - Devout Sikh with a blue turban at Amrit Sagar, Ocean of Nectar, Golden Temple, Amritsar, Punjab, North India, India, Asia

832-369377 - Shaolin Monk

832-370805 - Yamabushi follower, mountain ascetics, Buddhist sect, priest invoking the deity at the fire, Iwakura, Japan, East Asia, Asia

832-368752 - A group of Jain pilgrims doing a special pooja in front of the gigantic statue to receive the blessings of Bahubali by the local priests, Gomateshwara in Sravanabelagola, Karnataka, India, Asia

832-368262 - Monk wearing an orange robe, Wat Suan Dok, Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, Thailand, Asia

832-368848 - Sadhus preparing their hair for Shivratri, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

832-368749 - Jain pilgrim is reciting religious texts at the feet of the gigantic statue of Gomateshwara in Sravanabelagola, Karnataka, India, Asia

832-367468 - Holy man sadhu colourfully painted Pashupatinath Kathmandu Nepal

832-372371 - Decorated elephants and Hindu priests, Pooram festival, Thrissur, Kerala, South India, India, Asia

832-368754 - Jain pilgrim is praying at the feet of the gigantic statue of Gomateshwara in Sravanabelagola, Karnataka, India, Asia

832-370851 - Bar Mitzvar, Jewish coming of age ritual, public reading from the books of the Prophets, Haftarah, Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Old City of Jerusalem, Arab Quarter, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

832-368852 - Participants in the archaic Shivratri procession, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

832-368853 - Ash-smeared face of a Shiva sadhu, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

832-369651 - Pilgrim with spiritual piercing, Hindu festival Thaipusam, Batu Caves limestone caves and temples, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

832-372425 - Monk blowing conch shell, Deskit or Diskit Monastery, Gompa, Hunder, Nubra Valley, Ladakh, Indian Himalayas, Jammu and Kashmir, North India, India, Asia

832-368639 - Pilgrim and Tibetan monks refilling the brass bow with yak butter, Samye Monastery, Tibet, China, Asia

832-370710 - Novice Buddhist monks at a dawn ceremony in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Asia

832-368658 - Armenian orthodox priest, monk with main cathedral at Echmiadzin, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Armenia, Asia

832-368748 - Jain pilgrim is praying at the feet of the gigantic statue of Gomateshwara in Sravanabelagola, Karnataka, India, Asia

832-369450 - Women in prayer in a Buddhist temple, Vietnam, Asia

832-369371 - Sadhu in front of Sri Chamundeshvari Temple, Chamundi Hill, Mysore, Karnataka, India, South Asia

832-370855 - Bar Mitzvah, beginning of Jewish adulthood for boys, Wailing Wall, old town of Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

832-368850 - Naked participants in the archaic Shivratri procession, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

832-368642 - Tibetan pilgrim hanging prayer flags for the upcoming ceremony on Namtso Lake, Heavenly Lake, Tibetan, China, Asia

832-369650 - Pilgrim with spiritual piercings starting his walk, Hindu festival Thaipusam, Batu Caves limestone caves and temples, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

832-372355 - Two monks with red and orange robes, participants of the Global Buddhist Congregation 2011, Buddhist dignitaries from various Buddhist traditions and schools are photographed in front of national flags in Nehru Park, Gandhi Smitri, New Delhi, India, Asia

832-368849 - Naked participants in the archaic Shivratri procession, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

832-372362 - Tibetan Buddhism, religious masked Cham dance, at the important Kumbum Monastery, Gelug or Gelug-pa yellow hat sect, Ta'er Monastery, Huangzhong, Xinning, Qinghai, formerly Amdo, Tibet, China, Asia

832-374153 - Sadhu, holy man, Pashupatinath, Kathmandu, Nepal

832-349022 - Buddhist monks walking over an old teak bridge at sunset, Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia

832-350879 - Morning service Inside the Muenster Freiburg Baden Wuerttemberg Germany

832-349031 - Monks crossing the U Bein Bridge at sunset, old wooden teak bridge, Mandalay, Myanmar, Southeast Asia

832-344485 - Lu Signuri di li fasci, Holy Week, Easter Procession, Pietraperzia, Sicily, Italy, Europe

832-308840 - Interior of Kaiser Wilhelm Gedaechtniskirche, Memorial Church, Berlin, Germany, Europe

832-306873 - Commemorative cemetery for monks and nuns murdered in WWII, Alexishafen, Madang, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia

832-295505 - Pilgrims at the Holy Well, Sergiyev Posad, Moscow Oblast, Russia

832-288560 - Interior, Madonna delle Lacrime Church, pilgrimage site in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy

832-288639 - Votive image from the Ostermiething Parish, Upper Austria, from 1785, to be spared from bad weather, Maria Geburt Pilgrimage Church, Maria Eck near Siegsdorf village, Chiemgau, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

832-288638 - Votive image from 1745 for the saving from a terminal illness, Kirchwald Pilgrimage Church near, Nussdorf, Bavarian Inntal, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

832-288640 - Votive image of 1818 from the Friedolfing Parish which was surprised by a thunderstorm in Maria Eck, Maria Geburt Pilgrimage Church, Maria Eck near Siegsdorf village, Chiemgau, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

832-287202 - Jew praying at the Western Wall, Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

832-287203 - Western Wall, Wailing Wall and forecourt of the historic temple in the historic centre of Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

832-274791 - Tibetan pilgrims at kora around Kumbum Pelkor Chode Monastery Gyantse Tibet China

832-274532 - Entrance to the main temple of the Cao Dai sect, Tay Ninh, Vietnam, Asia

832-274913 - Colourful dressed women necropolis Shah-i-Zinda Samarkand Uzbekistan

832-274914 - Colourful dressed women necropolis Shah-i-Zinda Samarkand Uzbekistan

832-363300 - Old-style mennonites in Paraguay, boy with typical horse cart in front of a gas station

832-271945 - Western Wall aka Wailing Wall, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

832-270522 - Members of the Dominican Sisters of Mary join a campaign rally for John McCain and Sarah Palin, Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA

832-270521 - Members of the Dominican Sisters of Mary join a campaign rally for John McCain and Sarah Palin, Sterling Heights, Michigan, USA

832-263739 - Buddhist monks, Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Rangun, Burma, Myanmar, south-east Asia

832-257654 - Coach during Leonhardifahrt, the feast day of Saint Leonard of Noblac, Kreuth, Tegernsee Valley, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

832-250605 - Settawya Pagoda, young Buddhist monk with a red umbrella, Mingun, Burma, Myanmar, South East Asia