Buddha Statues and Ruins

Dramatic images of ancient Buddha statues amid nature, reflecting the historical and spiritual significance of Buddhist sites in Southeast Asia.

Ancient statue of Buddha on hillside of Feilaifeng (Flying Peak), Lingyin Temple, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

Yungang Grottoes, early Buddhist cave temples, Unesco World Heritage Site, Shanxi, China, Asia

Traditional Cambodian apsara dancer, temples of Angkor Wat, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Buddhist young monk in red robe praying standing in a temple, Bagan, Myanmar, Asia

Statue of divinities carved out the rock of a cave, Hase dera, Kamakura, Japan

Tantric Deities Hevajra and Nairatmya in Ritual Embrace (yab-yum)

The Yungang Grottoes, ancient Buddhist temple grottoes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Shanxi, China, Asia

Laos, Luang Prabang. Pak Ou. Tham Ting caves. Small damaged statues.

Asia, Laos, Monk standing by the door of Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham, Buddhist temple constructed by King Anurut at the foot of Mt. Phousi in 1796. Popularly known as Wat Mai.

Buddhist monks in front of the giant standing statue of the Buddha dating from the 5th century, Aukana, Sri Lanka, Asia

Row of Arhat statues, Bai Dinh Buddhist Temple Complex, near Ninh Binh, Vietnam

Head of a Buddha statue, enclosed by the roots of a strangler fig (Ficus sp.), Wat Phra Mahathat, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ayutthaya Historical Park, Ayutthaya, Ayutthaya province, Central Thailand, Thailand, Asia

Torso of headless statueBuddha in Ayutthaya, Thailand

Buddha head statue in bodhi tree (Ficus religiosa) roots, Wat Mahathat, Ayutthaya, Thailand, Asia

Buddha statue in Buddhist pagoda; Bagan, Burma/ Myanmar

Ayutthaya, Thailand. Sandstone head of Buddha, at Wat Phra Mahathat, Ayutthaya Historical Park, near Bangkok

khandoba temple, jejuri, pune, Maharashtra, India, Asia Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

ESCULTURAS DE MAITREYA Y ARJUNA EN LA RUTA DE LAS CARAS DE BUENDIA - 2007. Author: JORGE JUAN MALDONADO (1962-) y EULOGIO REGUILLO. Location: RUTA DE LAS CARAS. Buendía. CUENCA. SPAIN. MAITREYA BUDA. ARJUNA O ARYUNA.

CAMBODGE - DES TEMPLESTemple bouddhique à Battambang au Cambodge.CAMBODIA - TEMPLESBuddhist Temple in Battambang in Cambodia.

Statues Of Jain Gods Gwalior Madhya Pradesh India

The ruins of Bagan (also spelled Pagan) cover an area of 16 square miles (41 km2). The majority of its buildings were built between the 11th and 13th centuries, during the time Bagan was the capital of the First Burmese Empire. It was not until King Pyinbya moved the capital to Bagan in 874 CE that it became a major city. However, in Burmese tradition, the capital shifted with each reign, and thus Bagan was once again abandoned until the reign of King Anawrahta who, in 1057, conquered the Mon capital of Thaton, and brought back the Tripitaka Pali scriptures, Buddhist monks and craftsmen to help transform Bagan into a religious and cultural centre. With the help of a monk from Lower Burma, Anawrahta made Theravada Buddhism the state religion. Construction of the Gawdawpalin Pagoda began during the reign of King Narapatisithu (1173-1210) and was completed during the reign of Htilominlo (1210-34). Gawdawpalin Temple is the second tallest temple in Bagan and is similar in layout to Thatby

Statue of Lord Hanuman and Broken Pillar in the Campus of Devrani Jethani Temple, Tala, Amerikapa, Chhattisgarh, India. Statue of Lord Hanuman and Broken Pillar in the Campus of Devrani Jethani Temple, Tala, Amerikapa, Chhattisgarh, India. Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 21295974

Root of the tree absorbing the ruins Wat Bang Kung Within the temple,Temple in Thailand

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Thailand; Serpent detail of Buddha statue

Ayutthaya Wat Yai Chai-mongkol

Halebid Temple. Statue Of Shiva's Escort, Nandi The Bull, Karnataka, India

Wat Phra Mahathat ruins in Ayuthaya historic park, Thailand. Back view of Buddha stute.

Buddha statues in the Pak Ou Cave

Set-taw-ya-Pagoda, Mingun, Myanmar, Burma, Asia

Buddha Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang , Henan Province

Dancer in the costume of the Apsara (dancer) at the Khmer temple, Bayon, Angkor Thom, Siem Riep, Cambodia, Asia

Little monk clay doll decorated in garden, stock photo

Dazu rock carvings, china

A Buddha head peers out from a tree; Ayutthaya, Thailand

the Buddha Cliff of Khao Chee Chan at the illage of Sattahip near the city of Pattaya in the Provinz Chonburi in Thailand. Thailand, Pattaya, November, 2017. THAILAND PATTAYA BUDDHA CLIFF KHAO CHEE CHAN

Two lions in the entrance area of the Maha Aung Mye Bonzan Kyaung temple in Myanmar

Statue inside Prambanan Temple, Kecamatan Prambanan, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta, Java Tengah, Java, Indonesia, Asia

Path to the Daisho-in Temple, adorned with 500 Rakan Statues in knitted hats, Miyajima Island, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

Head of Buddha statue entwined in tree roots at Wat Mahathat. Ayutthaya, Amazing Thailand.

Devotee Worshipping Bahubali Statue,Sravanbelagola, Banglore, Karnataka, India

Stone face at Bayon Temple at Angkor Wat,Cambodia

Stone budhha sideview in front of two stupas at Borobudur near Yogyakarta in Indonesia.

Monkey at Phra Prang Sam Yot Buddhist Temple, Lopburi, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia, Southeast Asia

Twelve signs of the zodiac, stone figures, Haedong Yonggungsa Temple, Busan, Gyeongsangnam-do Province

Cambodia: A deva (benevolent deity or angel) guardian on the balustrade leading to the South Gate at dawn, Angkor Thom (2015)

Priest coming out of Vishwanath Temple , Varanasi , Uttar Pradesh, India Copyright: xJagdishxAgarwal/DinodiaxPhotox

Carved stone Buddhas, carved from the rock, Longmen Grottoes and Caves, Luoyang, Henan Province, China

Buddhist Monk standing in Saddan Cave, Hpa-An, Kayin state, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Tantric Deities Hevajra and Nairatmya in Ritual Embrace (yab-yum)

Many Buddha statue in Myanmar temple

A picture of the Reclining Buddha at the Wat Lokkayasutha Temple

Buddha head embedded in twisted tree roots,Thailand,Asia

Monk looking at the "cloud girls" petroglyphs at Lion Rock, frescoes, murals, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sigiriya, Sigirija, Zentralprovinz, Sri Lanka, Asia

Asia, South Korea, Busan, Seokbulsa Temple

High angle view of the statues of warriors, Terra Cotta Soldiers, Xi'an, China

Tourists at Dazu rock carvings of Buddha of Mercy at Mount Baoding, Chongqing, China

Religious relics sold by street vendor

Buddha head in fig tree at Wat Mahathat, Ayutthaya historical park, Thailand.

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Alabaster statues inside the Chua Bai Dinh pagoda, currently a construction site, to become one of the largest pagodas of Southeast Asia, near Ninh Bi...

Ganesh temple, bastar, chhattisgarh, india, asia Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Large carved face at Bukit Kasih, a volcanic tourist park with fumarole fields, a world peace themed tower and worship houses of five major religions, Bukit Kasih, Minahasa, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

KHM - SOCIÉTÉ - TOURISME AUX TEMPLES DE ANGKORAvant de devenir une attraction touristique, la cité dAngkor fut la capitale de lempire Khmer du IXème au XVème siècle. A son apogée, elle comptait un million dhabitant. Btie sur un système hydraulique unique, cest lorsque la cité perd le contrôle de leau que la civilisation connu son déclin.Même si des explorateurs lavait déjà remarquée, les Français revendique en 1860 la « découverte dAngkor », et cela connait un retentissement mondial.Aujourdhui, la beauté légendaire du site attire deux millions de visiteurs par an et ça ne cesse daugmenter. Ce symbole de la civilisation Khmer est omniprésent au Cambodge, drapeau du pays, bières nationales, enseignes, paquets de cigarette.La cité est devenue un véritable parc dattraction ou les rites ancestraux ne servent plus quà donné du contenu aux selfies.KHM - SOCIETY - TOURISM AT THE TEMPLES OF ANGKORBefore becoming a tourist attraction, the city of Angkor was the capital of the K

Ganesha statue, made of stone, with a beautiful mountain garden in background

China, Xi'an, Terracota soldiers at Qin Shi Huang's Tomb

Sri Lanaka - Reclining Buddha, Gal Vihare.

The Buddhas of Bamiyan were two 6th century monumental statues of standing buddhas carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamiyan valley in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan, situated 230 km (143 miles) northwest of Kabul at an altitude of 2,500 meters (8,202 ft). Built in 507 CE, the larger in 554 CE, the statues represented the classic blended style of Gandhara art. The main bodies were hewn directly from the sandstone cliffs, but details were modeled in mud mixed with straw, coated with stucco. This coating, practically all of which was worn away long ago, was painted to enhance the expressions of the faces, hands and folds of the robes; the larger one was painted carmine red and the smaller one was painted multiple colors. The lower parts of the statues' arms were constructed from the same mud-straw mix while supported on wooden armatures. It is believed that the upper parts of their faces were made from great wooden masks or casts. The rows of holes that can be seen in p

Beautiful photo of Ayutthaya taken in thailand Beautiful photo picture taken in thailand, Southeast Asia Copyright: xZoonar.com/albertoxgiacomazzix 12443412

Handicraft, statues kept on road for sale, India Copyright: xBxPxMaiti/DinodiaxPhotox

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Japan - Kamakura. Great bronze Amida Buddha (Daibutsu), 1252 AD

China, Shanxi Province, Near Datong City, Yungang Caves (W.H.)

Naked devotee seeking blessings statue Bhagwan Gomateshwara Bahubali Mahamasthakabhisheka Shravanabelagola Hassan Karnataka Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

Buddhist caves of Dazu, World Heritage Site, a buddhist monk started to do carvings in the rock in the 11th century, Mahayana buddhism, tourists, Dazu, Chongqing, People's Republic of China

Xi'An, China - 26 November 2025: View of the Terracotta Army's silent ranks, a sea of weathered clay figures emerging from the earth in Xi'An, Shaanxi.

Löwenskulptur Löwenskulptur in Angkor Thom in Kambodscha Copyright: xZoonar.com/AndreasxEdelmannx 21579215

Bas relief figures known as ëArjunaís Penanceí, depicting the epic-hero in a state of self-inflicted punishment to please the god Shiva, 7th century, at the World Heritage Site of Marmalapuram, south of Chennai (Madras), India.

Tibetan Mani Stones in front of Chorten or Stupas at the holy pilgrimage site of Thirtapuri, Mount Kailash, Ngari Province, western Tibet, Tibet, China, Asia

Xi'An, China - 26 November 2025: View of the silent terracotta army stands in formation, a testament to ancient craftsmanship, bathed in the soft light of the earth.

Rows of ancient terracotta warriors in an excavation site, standing in formation. Shaanxi Province, China

Heiligtum der Wahrheit, Pattaya, Thailand, Asia

Largest Buddha in the world, Leshan, Sichuan, China, Asia

Ayutthaya Buddha Head statue with trapped in Bodhi Tree roots at Wat Maha That (Ayutthaya). Ayutthaya historical park Thailand

China, Xi'an, Qin Shi Huang Di Mausoleum with Terracotta warriors.

View of silent terracotta warriors stand shoulder-to-shoulder in Xi'an, their weathered faces evoking centuries of history, Xi'An, Shaanxi, China.

India, Varanasi, Sarnath temple, archaeological site, pilgrims

Hunderds of small statues commemorating stillborn and micarried children in a Temple in Kamakura, Japan.

A young man meditates in ancient Incan ruins outside Cuzco, Peru

Homeless woman in a hammock attached to an elephant carving in a central temple in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

The Dafo of Le Shan (Great Buddha) carved into the cliff face of Lingyun Hill at the confluence of the Min Dadu and Qingi rivers. The 230ft high statue was built in AD713 by the monk Haitong.

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