Forest Shrines and Crosses

Images of various shrines and crosses nestled in serene forest settings, showcasing natural beauty and the intersection of nature and spirituality.

Buddhist shrine, Cardamom Mountains, Koh Kong Province. Cambodia

calvary with station of the cross in autumn

Shinto stone lantern known as 'ishidoro' at the entrance to the walk to the summit of Mt Maruyama near central Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.

Wooden large church cross in the forested area of wooden large church cross in the forested area

Wayside shrine in Upper Bavaria

Trunk with inscription in the forest, Sand in Taufers, Valley Tauferer Ahrntal, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

Jew. Friedhof Prague The old Jewish cemetery in the Josefstadt of Prague existed from 1439 to 1787 with around 12,000 gravestones in several layers of earth.

Buddhist shrine, Cardamom Mountains, Koh Kong Province. Cambodia

Prayer drums of datsan - Palace of the goddess Yanzhima on a clear summer day, Barguzinskaya Valley, Buryatia, Russia. Prayer drums of datsan - Palace of the goddess Yanzhima on a clear summer day, Barguzinskaya Valley, Buryatia, Russia.

spirituelle Andachtsstelle auf einer Alpenwiese mit Kruzifix unter zwei Baeumen, Oesterreich Spiritual place of devotion on an alpine meadow with a crucifix under two trees, Austria BLWS721156 *** spiritual devotional place at a Alpine meadow with Crucifix at Two Trees, Austria Spiritual Place of Devotion ON to Alpine Meadow With a Crucifix Under Two trees, Austria BLWS721156 Copyright: xblickwinkel/McPHOTO/E.xStiglitzx

calvary with station of the cross in autumn

Desperation street cross at accident site

Lord of Mainz, stone Christ figure, grown in a willow beech, near Guetenbach, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Wooden cross in nature. Christian symbol. La Roche sur Foron.. France.

Bali, Indonesia. Pura Batu Karu, one of the largest temples in Bali, is outside Denpasar and offers a quiet, secluded place to worship.

Stone cross

Jewish cemetery (1954) (1955) in Mala near Thrissur or Trichur, Kerala, India, Asia. Burial Ground, Gravesite, Graveyard, Asia

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Gravesite Of Boxing Great Muhammad Ali May 28, 2022-Louisville, KY: Gravesite of boxing legend Muhammad Ali Copyright: xZoonar.com/WalterxGxArcexSrxGrindstonexMediaxGroup/ASPxIncx 21147295

Gosforth Viking Cross. Artist: Unknown

Japan, Honshu, Tochigi Prefecture, Nikko, Unesco Site, Narabi Juzo temple guardian statues

Station of the Passion of Christ, Way of the Cross on the Kulm, Eastern Styria, Styria, Austria, Europe

The Elias Cemetery in Dresden is considered to be the city's most culturally and historically significant cemetery. The burial site in the Pirnaische Vorstadt district, which has been closed since 1876 for traffic and security reasons, has been a listed building since 1924

Cruz votiva en el bosque, subida a la iglesia de madera, Ulucz, valle del rio San, voivodato de la Pequena Polonia, Carpatos, Polonia

wayside cross Heilig-Jahr-Kreuz Heppenheim Bergstraße Hessen, Hesse Germany

Cemetery Sankt Marien and Sankt Nikolai, Berlin, Germany 1020925627

Grief accident site. Shaped tree with a wooden cross, as a mourning stall.

Wayside shrine in Upper Bavaria

Ganesh idol near well trodden path Village Dhoam near city Vai, District Satara, Maharashtra, India India Copyright: xMahendraxPatil/DinodiaxPhotox

Austria, Tyrol, Alpbach valley, wayside shrine on a hiking trail.

Torii Gate of the Futarasan jinja shrine in Nikko city, Japan

Birch cross, memorial cross for Heinz-Josef Grosse at the former German-German border, death strip, Kolonnenweg, Lochplattenweg, Gruenes Band, Grenzweg, Werratal, Border Museum Schifflersgrund, Asbach-Sickenberg, Eichsfeld County, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

Church bell in tree, detail, backlight, sun as star, Klosger Agios Ioannis, Rodopou Peninsula, West Crete, Chania Province, Crete, Greece, Europe

Monastery of Agios Ioannis, chapel, church bell hanging in tree, backlight, sun as star, west coast of Rodopou peninsula, west Crete, island of Crete, Greece, Europe

hamlet Birkenstein, Pilgrimage chapel of the Assumption of Mary Fischbachau Oberbayern, Chiemsee Alpenland, Bayern, Bavaria Germany

Japan, Nara. Hase-dera Temple

Authentic Native Indian Village, Saint-Marie among the Hurons, Midland, Ontario, Canada, North America

Stone towers Stone towers. Two pyramid of meditation zen stones on mountains landscape Copyright: xZoonar.com/TANYA_Rx 2957954

Narabi Jizo statues landmark in Kanmangafuchi abyss, Nikko, Japan. Narabi Jizo statues, Nikko, Japan

Italy, Liguria, San Michele di Pagana, old tree cemetery

Lithuania, Curonian Spit, Juordkrante. Fairytale Lithuanian wood carvings on Witches Hill (Raganu Kalnas).

Travel Alentejo interesting places Landscape in Oriental Garden Bacalhoa Buddha Eden Park with Monk stone figures in Portugal

Denmark, Jutland, Aalborg-Lindholm, Lindholm Hoje, Viking Burial Ground

Votive aedicula on a tree Votive aedicula devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary on a tree near the medieval countryside church of Campanile, located in the village of Santa Maria in Fabriago in Emilia Romagna region in northern Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/GoneWithTheWindx 6225015

North America, USA, South Dakota, Deadwood, Mt. Moriah Cemetery. IMAGE RESTRICTED: Not available to US land tour operators.

Buddhist statues in the temple tuibet

Dehesa Dehesa, Our Lady of Grace of Divor, Évora, Alentejo, Portugal

Sacred spring in honor of the icon Life-giving spring near the village of Zaozerie, Uglich district, Yaroslavl region, Russia.

Buddhist prayer cloth hanging in the Montana forest

A cemetery in the indigenous Cree First Nation town of Stanley Mission, on the banks of the Churchill River, northern Saskatchewan, Canada.

Wayside shrine: the Assumption of Mary into Heaven/Triumphant Christ, from 1756, Ahaus-Wüllen, Münsterland

Crucifix, wayside cross, 'Marterl',

Stone cross

Grave with putto and angel in Betzigau, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Old bell in buddha temple.

Jizo (Bodhisattva) statues in Kanmangafuchi Abyss in Nikko, Japan

Voodoo scultpures in the Unesco site Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove, Osun State, Nigeria, Africa

Aerial silks performer practicing outdoors under a wooden bridge surrounded by lush greenery, USA

Devotional site in the cemetery forest (silent forest) near Klais, Elmau, Krün, Germany, Bavaria, Upper Bavaria

Totem pole in Beacon Hill Park. Victoria, BC. Canada.

Station of the Passion of Christ, Way of the Cross on the Kulm, Eastern Styria, Styria, Austria, Europe

Sweden, Lake Vattern Area, Rok, Rokstenen, Sweden's most famous rune stone, 9th century

Wayside shrine dedicated to Saint Expedit, Reunion

All-souls day in a graveyard

First Nations culture, deserted kwakwaka´wakw Kwakiutl village Fallen totem pole, British Columbia, Canada

Tuvkhun Monastery

Vehicle numbers of pilgrims pinned to a tree in this sacred town, popular with all religions, Kataragama, South East, Sri Lanka, Asia

Old clothes hanging from the Chene a clous, nail tree of Herchies, healing oak for curing skin diseases near Jurbise, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium, Europe

Votive tablets, Maria helped, Grotto of Mary in the forest, Maria Vesperbild pilgrimage site, Ziemetshausen, Guenzburg, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Religion christianity cross near road and first winter snow on autumn colourful maple foliage (Carpathian, Ukraine)

Chapel Marienkapelle on Mountain Wilzenberg in Mountain Range Redhaar Mountains Schmallenberg Sauerland North Rhine-Westphalia, North Rhine Germany

Votive tablets, Maria helped, Grotto of Mary in the forest, Maria Vesperbild pilgrimage site, Ziemetshausen, Guenzburg, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

statue in the cave of Blessed Ramon Llull, puig de Randa, Algaida, mallorca, balearic islands, spain, europe.

Place of the 1944 apparition, bonate sotto, Italy

Old tree with wayside shrine, Bullau picture

Aboriginal Carver, James Harry and Supporters presents his new totem to the audience. Shot from the stage's perspective at PCT, Port Moody, BC Canada

Statue of the Madonna, carpet of flowers with golden crown of the Virgin Mary, grotto of the Virgin Mary in the forest, pilgrimage place Maria Vesperbild, Ziemetshausen, Guenzburg, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Jewish Cemetery. Monte San Savino. Tuscany. Italy

Wayside shrine at the natural monument

Spiritual cairns at the coast of Croatia, ocean

Buddhist statues in the temple tuibet

Grave slab with crucified grave slab with crucified copyright: xzoonar.com/martinaxbergx 7873164

The Holy Spring of St. Macarius near the village of Karavaitsevo, Uglich District, Yaroslavl Region, Russia.

Teepee

Sign for the First Congregational Church, Manchester, Vermont, USA

Natural burial, nature and forest cemetery Paxnatura, pilgrimage basilica Maria Himmelfahrt, pilgrimage church Maria Plain, Bergheim near Salzburg, Flachgau, Salzburger Land, Austria, Europe

Unterirdische Catedral de Sal Salzkathedrale in Zipaquira, Kolumbien. Entry tunnel to subterranean cathedral glows with spiritual light in the underground Catedral de Sal Salt Cathedral of Zipaquira, Colombia. Copyright: xZoonar.com/www.artushfoto.eux 22742730

Tchoufou, China Konglin, the necropolis of the Confucius family , 1912 - China - Stéphane Passet (French - Tchoufou , Chine Konglin , la nécropole de la famille de Confucius). Religious personality, Confucianism, cemetery, funeral architecture, park , garden, vegetation , botany, religious architecture, Personality, religion, housing , architecture, nature , environment, China, Beijing, Temple of Confucius, allée preceding the burial of Confucius

Tibetan pilgrim in Norbulingka, part of the 'Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace and a UNESCO World Heritage site, Lhasa, Tibet, China. (Editorial Use Only)

Every year at Easter there are about 5 processions in Lusatia, each with about 200 riders. The Catholic Church continues old Sorbian rites here. Thousands of spectators watch the impressive cavalcades

Russian-orthodox Eklutna Cemetery with its colorful graves and spirit houses, Alaska

Yurt from Mongolia

Shrine

Teenage boy is standing at a ancient japanese gate

Chapel Ermita de Nuestra Senora de la Pena in Barranco de las Penitas near Vega de Rio Palmas, Fuerteventura , Canary Islands

Signposting of the Way of Saint James and Pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago, Mansilla de las Mulas , Autonomous Community of Castile and Leon, Spain.

Datsan of goddess Yanzhima Datsan - Palace of goddess Yanzhima, Barguzin valley,Buryatia, Russia, Copyright: xZoonar.com/MYCHKOx 9539769

Little shrines in Gion, the Geisha quarter, Kyoto, Honshu, Japan, Asia Copyright: MichaelxRunkel 1184-11601

Historic Armenian cemetry, grave, gravestone at Khor Virap monastery, Armenia, Asia

Viena / Wien; tumba de W. A. Mozart en el (cementerio) de Sankt Marxer Friedhof (distrito 3)

Hindu temple, Koti, Himachal Pradesh, India Copyright: xJagdishxAgarwal/DinodiaxPhotox

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