Monastic and Religious Landscapes

Scenic images featuring monks, prayer flags, and historical monasteries under dynamic skies, evoking a sense of spirituality and tradition.

View of an ancient rock carving of Buddha, etched in textured stone under a bright sky, a spiritual relic of the past, Skardu, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan.

Tibet, rocks on the Drepung Monastery, monks

Woman approaching Buddhist chorten / stupa covered in prayer flags, under stormy sky. Ganden Thubchen Choekhorling Monastery, Litang, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China. October 2016. Editorial use only.

Cross on top of Menhir Men Marz in the sunlight, Brittany, France, Europe

Asia, Mongolia, Kara Korum. Ovoo religion monument

Turkey, Trabzon. Sumela Monastery (aka St. Maria, Mount Mela or Black Virgin). Historic 12th century monastery. Walls covered with 18th century frescoes.

Pilgrim walking to Lalibela

An old, ancient, medieval cross on a tombstone. Signs, symbols of Christian culture.. Medieval cross on a tombstone

part of the huge ancient buddha statue of Wat Lokayasutharam

Cairns, prayer flags, and stone markers at Base Camp memorial for Everest climbers, Nepal.

View of an ancient rock carving of Buddha, etched in textured stone under a bright sky, a spiritual relic of the past, Skardu, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan.

Kyaiktiya pagoda. Kyaiktiyo pagoda. Golden rock. Myanmar. Kyaiktiya pagoda. Kyaiktiyo pagoda. Golden rock. Myanmar. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PavelxSytilinxxxxxVolgograd,xRussia.x 21988134

Daibutsu or ’Giant Buddha’ is a Japanese term often used informally for a large statue of Buddha, Time lapse Giant Buddha with milky way moving in sky at night, Mae Tha District, Lampang Province.. Daibutsu in fog

Cairns, prayer flags, and stone markers at Base Camp memorial for Everest climbers, Nepal.

China, Sichuan, Emeishan City, Fog shrouding Buddhist temple at summit of Mount Emei

Mongolia, Steppeland. Image of a Buddha carved onto a rock face in the Steppeland.

Mongolian Ovoo with blue and yellow prayer scarves and stupa on the Ongi river, Oemnoegov Aimak, Mongolia, Asia

Mani Stone Prayer wall, Buddhist Stupa and Prayer Flags, Ghat village, Sagarmatha National Park, Solukhumbu district, Khumbu region, eastern Nepal, Asia.

Flags Fluttering In The Wind Over A Muslim Cemetery In Jalrez, Vardak Province, Afghanistan

Man pointing at rock carvings, Unesco site Bir Hima Rock Petroglyphs and Inscriptions, Najran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Ceremony with a shaman at the statue of Jesus at La Cumbre Pass, Death Road, Camino de la Muerte, La Paz Department, Bolivia, South America

The path to the Asheton Maryam Monastery. Lalibela. Ethiopia.

Asia, India, Ladakh, Padum. Three chorten mark the trail to the monastery at Padum, Zanskar Valley, India.

Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia

A Lone Buddhist Engrossed In Prayers At A Monastery In Leh, Ladakh, Jammu Kashmir, India.

Tibetan prayer stones with mountains and blue sky. Nepal.

Wayside cross, Sella, Seiseralm, Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy

Local cemetery below the Buddhist monastery of Thikse, Ladakh, North West India

Prayer wheels and flags, Melamchi Ghyang Gompa (Tibetan Buddhist monastery)

part of the huge ancient buddha statue of Wat Lokayasutharam

Armenia, Noravank Church in Noravank Canyon

The Cristo Pensante (Thinking Christ) on the summit of mount Castellazzo near Rolle pass, Trentino, Italy

The large wooden cross at the top of Capu di a Veta behind the citadel town of Calvi in the Balagne region of Corsica

Asia, Mongolia, Gobi Desert, Gobi Gurvansaikhan NP. Ancient carved statue

Man meditating in mountains

Pilgrim monks watching the scenery with binoculars at pagoda on the golden rock, Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, Kyaikto, Mon State, Myanmar

Young woman practicing yoga on top of misty mountain, Bali, Indonesia

Peru, Near Cusco, Ollantaytambo, 'God Tunupa (Viracocha) On Pinkuylluna Mountain, Ollantaytambo, Sacred Valley Of The Incas.'

Africa, Ethiopia; Lalibela. Chorus of Christian priests during timkat (epiphany) festival

Small Hindu temple on the mountain near the sea. Gokarna, India

Church on snowy hill in evening

Stone turtle of the ancient capital of Mongolia, guardian turtle at Erdene Zuu Khiid monastery, Karakorum, Kharkhorin, Oevoerkhangai Aimak, Mongolia, Asia

Christian procession in the town of Annaya in northern Lebanon from the hermitage to the monastery of Saint Maroun. (Photo by: Antoine Mekary/Godong/UIG)

summit Schönfeldspitze in mountain range Steinernes Meer, summit cross showing Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus a wooden Pietí Steinernes Meer Pinzgau Salzburg Austria

Mani stone, engraved buddhist mantra

Indigenous Statue In Nk'mip Desert Culture Centre; Osoyoos, British Columbia, Canada

Asia, South Korea, Busan, Seokbulsa Temple

Virgin Mary in Rocamadour Statue of Virgin Mary in French Rocamadour Copyright: xZoonar.com/IvonnexWierinkx 11794038

Detail eines Zauns, um das buddhistische Kloster auf dem Berg Doi Inthanon zu schützen. Der Stacheldraht schließt sich. Drawn Drahtzaun unter dem blauen Himmel. Detail of a fence to protect the Buddhist monastery on the mountain Doi Inthanon.The barbed wire close up. Drawn wire fence under the blue sky. LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/MilanxVasicekx 12717351

Colombia, Sierra Nevada De Santa Marta, Kogi Tribe, Kogi Religious Centre Of Mamarongo. View Of Nuhue / Temple Roof With Potsherds In The Rack At Apex. In Background High Peaks Of The Sierra Nevada

Ram figure, pagan shrine, animistic altar, Tsdo village, Darial Gorge, High Caucasus, Stefantsminda district, Mtskheta-Mtianeti region, Georgia, Asia

Indian totem pole with Kurzras ski area in the background, Oetztal mountain range, Schnalstal valley, Vinschgau, South Tyrol, Italy

Tibet, Kora around Sera monastery, stones, stacked

Tombstone made of wood in this old abandoned cemetery

Portugal, Madeira Island. Ribeira da Janela, statue of the Virgin

CODZ POOP O PALACIO DE LAS MASCARAS- DETALLE DE LOS MASCARONES DE CHAC DIOS DE LA LLUVIA - S IX. Location: CODZ POOP-PALACIO MASCARAS. KABAH. CIUDAD DE MEXICO. CHAC DIOS MAYA. CHAC MOOL DIOS MAYA.

buddha head in the mountains of the Himalayas. Login to Shambhala.

Meoto_Iwa Wedded Rocks, two rocks considered to be male and female, joined in matrimony by shimenawa sacred ropes, renewed in a special festival each ...

The famous stone cross marking the Grand Cru vineyards Romanee Conti and Richebourg, Vosne, Bourgogne

Indonesia, Sulawesi, Toraja Wooden Funeral Effgies Or Tau Tau Set Into Cliff Outside The Family Tomb Or Liang Torepresent The Spirit Of The Deceased.

Priest holding the hand cross on rocks outside Abuna Yemata Guh church, Gheralta Mountains, Tigray Region, Ethiopia, Africa

SPAIN - Ripollés (district) - Catalonia - GERONA. Beget, "Cristo en Majestad" interior Iglesia de Sant Cristófol, románica, altar (Ripollès)

USA, ALASKA, KODIAK IS., KARLUK, OLD RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

India, Sikkim, Tashiding Gompa, buddhist monastery, prayer flags

Tibetans Scattering The Prayer Pieces Of Paper Under The Wind; Qinghai Province, Tibet

Statue of the Virgin Mary near the hospice Fonteinte at the Great Saint Bernard Pass, Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard in the Italian Alps, Italy, Europe

Orthodox chapel, hikers, mother and children, Naxos, Cyclades, Greece, Europe

USA, New Mexico, Sante Fe. One of the stations of the cross at Santuario de Chimayo, New Mexico.

NEPAL, KATHMANDU, BOUDHNATH, TIBETAN STUPA (TEMPLE) IN FOG, PRAYER FLAGS

Sundial Hill Medicine Wheel in south eastern Alberta. The Sundial Hill Medicine Wheel is a religious site constructed by indigenous people of the plan

The Christian cross on the top of Tarnica Peak 1346m. Bieszczady Mountains The Christian cross on the top of Tarnica Peak 1346m. Bieszczady Mountains, Poland Copyright: xZoonar.com/RadekxKucharskix 3618674

Tibetan sky burial at Denke Monastery outside Tagong.

Grave crosses, cemetery, Aldein, South Tyrol, Alto Adige, Italy

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Haedong yonggungsa temple in busan, South Korea.

Performance celebrating Inti Raymi Festival with rainbow over Sacsayhuaman Ruins, Cuzco, Peru

First Nations person dressed in Ravens mask preforms a ceremony.

Wooden cross in the Karwendel mountains in Bavaria Germany

Church bells with boat and water in background

One Ancient Buddha Statue One Ancient Buddha Statue Near The Ocean Copyright: xZoonar.com/albertoxgiacomazzix 20815658

Statues in the forest at the Hermitage of St. Francis (Eremo delle Carceri) in a forest gorge at the Monte Subasio, above Assisi, Umbria, Italy.

Pilgrim on the Kora pilgrimage and descending Mount Kailash; Tibetan Autonomous Region, Tibet

Europe, Faroe Islands. View of the mythic statue of Kopakonan in the village of Mikladalur to the island of Kalsoy.

Transfiguration of Sotiros Christos Chapel, Oia Village, Santorini (Thira) Island, Cyclades, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

South America, Peru, Groups of dancers returning from the snows of Qollor Rit'i make another pilgrimage, to the highland chapel of Tayankani, before returning to their distant villages.

Buddhist prayer cloth

Iron sculpture of a group of pilgrims, Alto del Perdon, Sierra del Perdon, near Pamplona, Camino Frances, Way of St. James, Camino de Santiago, pilgrims way, UNESCO World Heritage, European Cultural Route, province of Navarra, Northern Spain, Spain, Europe

Praying by statue of the virgin mary

Chile, Aysen, Villa Cerro Castillo, Cueva los Manos. Pictographs from the Tehuelche people.

Transfiguration of Sotiros Christos Chapel, Oia Village, Santorini Thira Island, Cyclades, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe Copyright: KarolxKozlowski 1245-3543

Pre-Inca cemetery, Peru.

Buddhist Prayer Stones by the side of the Dudh Koshi river, Phakding village, Sagarmatha National Park, Solukhumbu district, Khumbu region, eastern Nepal, Asia.

The Christ the King statue is a Catholic monument on Madeira island, Portugal

Mani ston in Namche Bazar, religious inscription

Virgin mother figure on the Goeschenalp, Canton Uri, Switzerland, Europe

Buddhist stupas in the village of Bhandar - SOLU TREK, NEPAL

God Tunupa (Viracocha) on Pinkuylluna Mountain, Ollantaytambo, Sacred Valley of the Incas, near Cusco, Peru

Lemo cliff tombs, Toraja area, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Lemo cliff tombs, Toraja area, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Fira. Traditional Greek church.. View of the Greek Christian church with a cross in the town Fira. Santorini. Greece.

Forty-metre high statue of Genghis Khan, made of stainless steel, Tsonjin Boldog, Mongolia, Asia

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