1350-1769 - Widows on line for collecting their daily food ration offered by an ashram in compensation for their prayers , Vrindavan, Mathura district, India
746-89804 - View of Scala, a small town near Ravello, The view is offered by one of the balconies of the garden in the Villa Cimbrone, Ravello, Amalfi Coast, Campania, Italy, Europe
698-3487 - Carriage rides offered outside Seville Cathedral and the General Archive of the Indies building, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Seville, Andalusia, Spain, Europe
809-6892 - Ullambana ceremony, when food is offered to the ancestors during the annual Ghost Festival, Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, Chinatown, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
832-230326 - Cider or apple wine express, tram as a tourist attraction, in which alcoholic beverages are offered, Sachsenhausen, Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, Europe
238-6292 - Red drinks offered to a Pig shrine, the Pig is the astrological symbol of the year a past queen was born, Bangkok, Thailand. Southeast Asia, Asia
1196-219 - Nepal. Ritual, sonam/boom. Lobsangs cremation. Humla. traveler reached of journey! In freedom of infinite he is free from sorrow, fetters that bound thrown away, burning fever of life is no more,oesays dharmapada. Lobsang having spent whole life preparing moment of death, finds liberation on february 14, 1986. Extensive ritual follows cremation-traditionally a forty nine period, sonam lama rattles damaru. A small ritual drum to have origin in - shamanism. damaru, used as a tantric device to summon gods ward evil spirits, once made from human skull bone dreid human skin as a reminder of impermanence of body. Boom lama blows a kangling, a human thigh-bone horn. kangling is used in exorcism is capable of gods demons. Traditionally, best bones a kangling come from brahmans, particularly sixteen-year- brahman girls-or from tigers. On makeshift altar rest chhome, votive lamps filled with butter, cups of water, grains, tormas, holy food made of barley meal decorated with medallions of butter offered to gods. Alone, boom lama continues prayers of deceased
1196-182 - Vultures, drigung. bodies what we most attached to, says of monks. Thats offering ones body carries greatest merit. believe that should benefit other beings at every stage of ones life. After completion of powa ceremony, corpse is traditionally offered to great vultures lammergeiers that frequent charnel grounds. Vultures descend on flayed corpse. Offering bodies to birds is same as reciting mantras. It brings merit benefit to dead person as well as to family friends bring here. While cutting up corpse i to keep a pure compassionate mind. would feel if someone felt cutting up your body. -tomdenla. Tibet
700-10414 - Thailand, Ayutthaya (Near Bangkok) Was The Siam Capital, Wat Yai Chai Mongkol Temple (Rebuilt In 1982), Close-Up On A Buddha Statue Gilted With Gold Leaves Offered By Believers
700-10387 - Thailand, Bangkok, Grand Palace And Wat Phra Keo (Emerald Buddha Temple), Close-Up On A Buddha Statue Gilted With Gold Leaves Offered By Believers