17-739 - Clay based images of Durga, the warrior goddess, for use in the Durga Puja festival, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

17-1444 - Making clay based image of Durga, the ten armed warrior goddess, for use in the Durga Puja festival, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

17-1214 - Temple priest before the image of the ten armed warrior goddess Durga, Durga Puja Festival, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

17-1211 - Dancing before the image of the ten armed warrior goddess Durga, Durga Puja Festival, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

17-1090 - Lakshmi Puja, festival celebrating Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and beauty, India, Asia

17-1083 - Lakshmi Puja, festival celebrating Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and beauty, India, Asia

724-1977 - Formerly built to re-house the spirit from the ficus tree, donations of phallic symbols have resulted in the shrine being dedicated to fertility, Chao Mae Tuptim (Shrine of the Goddess Tuptim), Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

724-1976 - Formerly built to re-house the spirit from the ficus tree, donations of phallic symbols have resulted in the shrine being dedicated to fertility, Chao Mae Tuptim (Shrine of the Goddess Tuptim), Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

724-1975 - Formerly built to re-house the spirit from the ficus tree, donations of phallic symbols have resulted in the shrine being dedicated to fertility, Chao Mae Tuptim (Shrine of the Goddess Tuptim), Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

724-1974 - Formerly built to re-house the spirit from the ficus tree, donations of phallic symbols have resulted in the shrine being dedicated to fertility, Chao Mae Tuptim (Shrine of the Goddess Tuptim), Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

724-1893 - The standing columns of the temple of the goddess Mut at Jebel Barkal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Karima, Sudan, Africa

312-2820 - Mother and daughter stand in temple doorway at Kumari (living goddess) festival, Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

312-2819 - Girl at Kumari (living goddess) festival, Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

586-1459 - Ornate gopuram with colourful Hindu deities on Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple dedicated to goddess Kali built in Tamil style, Little India, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

312-2740 - Portriat of a young girl, Kumari (Living Goddess festival), Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

586-1437 - Altar in main prayer hall of Taoist temple, with Ma Po Cho sea goddess statue, Thian Hock Keng Temple of Heavenly Happiness built in 1842, dedicated to Matsu Sea Goddess, oldest Chinese temple in the city, Hokkien community, Chinatown, Outram, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

1-40465 - Religious pictures at cattle fair near Dechhu, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

1-38957 - The Lakshimi Narayan Temple, dedicated to the Hindu goddess of wealth, Delhi, India, Asia

1-38949 - The Lakshimi Narayan Temple, dedicated to the Hindu goddess of wealth, Delhi, India, Asia

1-11814 - Statue of Mother Goddess, Mohenjodaro, Karachi Museum, Pakistan, Asia

700-5817 - The Parliament And Athena Statue, Vienna, Austria

700-11813 - Brazil, Salvador De Bahia, Stela Built To Pagan Sea Goddess By The Salvador Fishermen

700-11796 - Brazil, Salvador De Bahia, Low City, Seaside Sanctuary Dedicated To Pagan Goddess Of The Seas Yemanga (Imported From Africa By Slaves)

755-52 - The Nyatapola temple, highest in the valley, with its five storey pagoda roof, at dawn, built in 1702, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Siddhi Lakshmi, Taumadhi Tole square, Bhaktapur, Kathmandu valley, Nepal, Asia

1-11816 - Mother Goddess statue from Mohenjodaro, Indus Valley Civilisation, Karachi Museum, Karachi, Pakistan

17-1086 - Women at the Lakshmi Puja Festival celebrating Lakshmi, the Hindu Goddess of Wealth and Beauty, India

485-4462 - Naiad fountain, Schonbrunn, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Vienna, Austria, Europe

391-5499 - Fukusai-ji Zen Temple, 18m high goddess Kannon on turtle, Nagasaki, Japan

744-32 - Pectoral of the sacred eye flanked by the serpent goddess of the North and the vulture goddess of the South, made from gold cloisonne with glass-paste, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

744-33 - Pectoral decorated with winged scarab, protected by the goddesses Isis and Nephthys, made from gold cloisonne with glass-paste, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

744-38 - Pendant in gold cloisonne depicting Nekhabet, vulture-goddess of the South, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

744-39 - Statue of the goddess Serket protecting the canopic chest or shrine, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

744-46 - One of the double doors of the gilt shrine showing the goddess Isis, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

744-48 - Head of a funerary couch in the form of the goddess Thouries (in the form of a hippopotamus, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

755-11 - Statue of river goddess Jamuna, Mul Chowk courtyard, Durbar Square, Patan, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, Asia

485-5678 - The Eiffel Tower from the Pont Alexandre III (bridge), Paris, France, Europe

645-1647 - Temple doors, Thian Hock Keng Temple, the oldest and most important Hokkien temple in Singapore, known as the Temple of the Goddess of the Sea, Singapore

1-38959 - Lakshimi Narayan Temple, Hindu temple to the goddess of wealth, Delhi, India

645-2078 - Kuanyin, the Goddess of Mercy, Temple Garden in Repulse Bay, Hong Kong, China

645-3334 - Temple doors, Thian Hock Keng Temple, the oldest and most important Hokkien temple in Singapore, known as the Temple of the Goddess of the Sea, Singapore

755-12 - Close-up of the hand of Ganga, a river goddess statue in Mul Cowk courtyard, Durbar Square, Patan, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, Asia

391-5498 - Fukusai-ji Zen Temple, 18m high goddess Kannon on turtle, Nagasaki, Japan

700-9617 - Athena statue in front of the Parliament building, Vienna, Austria

110-20441 - Statue of Archduke Johann, moderniser of Graz, and nymphs at base symbolising Styria's rivers, Hauptplatz, Graz, Styria, Austria, Europe

645-1666 - Temple doors, Thian Hock Keng Temple, the oldest and most important Hokkien temple in Singapore, known as the Temple of the Goddess of the Sea, Singapore, Asia

142-4559 - Statue at the Tin Hau Goddess Temple, Repulse Bay Beach, in Hong Kong, China, Asia

190-4968 - Bubastis (Bastat), the Goddess of Joy, in bronze, Cairo Museum, Cairo, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

741-474 - Statue of Iemaja, sea goddess, Praia dos Artistas, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil, South America

755-53 - The Nyatapola temple, highest in the valley, with its five storey pagoda roof, at dawn, built in 1702, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Siddhi Lakshmi, Taumadhi Tole square, Bhaktapur, Kathmandu valley, Nepal, Asia

17-234 - Durga Puja festival, Varanasi (Benares), Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

755-24 - The constellation of Orion in the sky at dawn above the Hariti Mandir temple, dedicated to the goddess of smallpox, worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists, Swayambhunath, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

126-1214 - Sculpted head of goddess, Temple of Quetzacoatl, Teotihuacan, Mexico, North America