1350-3246 - Young boy of the Shan people from Burma about to become a novice monk during a ceremony at Wat Khun Thwong Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
1350-3743 - Monks working on Zen Garden at Yochi-in temple in Koyasan (Mount K?ya), a huge temple settlement in Wakayama Prefecture to the south of Osaka
1350-3744 - Monk working on Zen Garden at Yochi-in temple in Koyasan (Mount K?ya), a huge temple settlement in Wakayama Prefecture to the south of Osaka
805-562 - A devout Joranda monk gathers his uncut hair to coil it on top of his head, surrounded by other monks, Joranda, Dhenkanal, Orissa, India, Asia
805-557 - Monk, follower of Mahima Dharma sect, wearing orange loincloth carrying brass pots of water into the temple at sunset, Joranda, Orissa, India, Asia
805-558 - Joranda monks performing obeisance in prayer at temple containing a dhuni, an eternal butter lamp, at dusk, Joranda, Dhenkanal, Orissa, India, Asia
805-224 - Monk, Dankhinbat Hindu monastery, Majuli Island, largest freshwater riverine island in the world, in the Brahmaputra River, Assam, India, Asia
1116-49660 - Encounters with Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi) (endemic and endangered) are few and far between. Here a monk seal shares a patch of sand with a Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), also an endangered species, off Maui, Maui, Hawaii, United States of America
1113-104597 - Hiker having a look at a watch, on the way to Schreckhorn hut, Lower Grindelwald glacier, Eiger and Moench in the background, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
1113-103594 - duel and training between two Shaolin monks, Shaolin Monastery, known for Shaolin boxing, Taoist Buddhist mountain, Song Shan, Henan province, China, Asia