Monks and Temples of Asia

Images of monks in various settings—temples and terraces—depicting serene landscapes, traditional attire, and vibrant colors of sacred sites in Nepal, India, and Mongolia.

Holy Man shrine, Skoura oasis, Ouarzazate, Morocco

Nepal, Mustang, Monk Standing On Painted Terrace Of TsarangS Temple.

Lhato painted red, seat of angry guardian spirits, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

Samaria the altar on Mount Ebal

Prayer scarves at the Erdene Zuu monastery complex in Kharakhorum (Karakorum), Mongolia, Mongolias largest monastery, (UNESCO World Heritage Site).

Myanmar, February 18, 2021: Tribes living in isolated areas of Myanmar. Myanmar, February 18, 2021: Tribes living in isolated areas of Myanmar. High quality photo Copyright: xZoonar.com/AntonxYulikovx 20174437

Ethiopia, Lalibela, Unesco World Heritage Site, Church Carved Into Rock, Local People

India a monastery in the mountains of Himachal Pradesh

Israel, West Bank, Jerico, Temptation Mount, Qurantul Monastery

The Zuni Indians of New Mexico

Holy Man shrine, Skoura oasis, Ouarzazate, Morocco

Stormy skies over prayer flags on mountain pass. Tibet, China.

Cross at edge of Masaya Volcano,Masaya Volcano National Park, Masaya, Nicaragua, Central America

Megalithic dolmens or muniyaras at kovilkadavu Kerala India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Tibetan prayer stones with mountains and blue sky. Nepal.

Peru, Ica Administrative Division, Nazca, Nazca Cemetery And Mummified Remains.

Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Tongo. Fetish objects on altar under tree.

Rock with Orthodox rock church Petros and Paulos Melehayzengi, with wooden ladder as access, Tsaeda Amba Mountains, Tigray, Ethiopia, Africa

Namibia, Kaokoveld, Kaokoland. A young Himba shepherd stands beside his shelter near the Hartmann Mountains.

The central meeting place, mora, of an old Konso village set in dramatic scenery in southwest Ethiopia. The oldest villages date back 500 to 600 years and are fortified with huge dry-stone walls. The Konso people are very industrious farmers, cultivating poor soil on terraces, which are buttressed with stones and rock.

Heap of yak skulls and horns, Buddhist place of prayer and meditation, Korzok, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

Sacred Wakas, statues erected by the Konso tribe to honor heros and past elders, near a village in Ethiopia's Omo region, in Africa.

Saqsaywaman, Cusco, Peru. A view of the Christ Statue as seen from Saqsaywoman. (Editorial Use Only)

Church Located High On The Gheralta Plateau; Tigray Region, Ethiopia

China, Tibet-Sichuan, Monastery with Buddhist school in Yalang Sacred Mountain

The ceremonial site at the Hill of the Jaguar, an important Zapotec religious site, near the former mining village of Lachatao, in the Sierra Juarez mountain range, near Oaxaca, southern Mexico.

masai people on way to pray on oldonyo lengai (mountain of god) natron region, tanzania

Christian cross in ancient monastery Khor Virap near Turkish-Armenian border in front of Ararat mountain

Colombia, Sierra Nevada De Santa Marta, Kogi Tribe, 'Kasiquial, A Ritual Meeting Centre For Kogi Mamas / Priests. Sacred Potsherds In Rack At Apex Of Conical Thatched Roof Indicate This Is A Nuhue / Temple.'

Nepal, Mustang, monastery

Peru, Chauchilla, cemetery

Rupestrian churches of the Soganli Valley. Saint Barbara Church. Its interiors are decorated with frescoes depicting scenes of Saints and the life of Christ. Cappadocia, Turkey.

Buddhist monks on rooftop at Thikse Monastery looking over Indus Valley, Gompa , near Leh , Ladakh , India

War Memorial stones , Tawang 12000 feet , Arunachal Pradesh , India

Oman, Dhofar Region, Mirbat. Tomb of Bin Ali, Muslim Saint and Islamic Gravestones

Holy Land

Namibia, Opuwo. Close-up of a Himba mud and thatch hut.

Peru, Yungay, Campo Santo of Yungay and Huascaran Peaks, statue of Christ

Buddhist monk on a mobile phone by the Larviran Temple at the Erdene Zuu Monastery, Karakorum (Kharkhorin), Övörkhangai Province, Mongolia

Bethlehem, Christmas Day 1898, West Bank, Israel

Ongot Grave (Neolithic Grave) In Tuul River Valley With Carved Grave Stones, Carved By People Of Turkic Origin About 1200 - 1400 Years Ago, Hustai National Park, Mongolia

A pilgrim on the way up to the Jain temple at the summits of the Shatrunjaya Hill

SAN JOSE CON EL NIÑO - S XVIII. Author: JUAN DE MIRANDA (1723-1805). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. TENERIFE. TENERIFFA. SPAIN. INFANT JESUS. SAN JOSE ESPOSO DE LA VIRGEN MARIA.

Nepal, Mustang, Nomads, 'Tibetan Nomad Encampment On The High Plateau, Woman And Child Looking Out From Entrance Of Tent With Light Covering Of Snow On Mountainside Behind.'

Tibetan Buddhist, Zutul Puk Gompa monastery, pilgrimage route around the sacred Mount Kailash, writing on rock, Gang Rinpoche, Kora, Ngari, Gang-Tise Mountains, Trans-Himalaya, Himalayan, West Tibet, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, Asia

The way of Saint James Alto del Perdon top with steel sculpture of pilgrims at Navarra

Palestine, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Jericho, The Greek Orthodox Monastery of the Temptation on the Mount of Temptation, the traditional site of the Temptation of Christ, near at Jericho in the Occupied Territory of the West Bank. The earliest monastery here was built by the Byzantines in the 6th Century A.D. Monks have lived in the caves below the monastery for centuries.

Hindu temple (Pura Luhur Poten) at the foot of Mount Bromo, Java island, Indonesia

Myanmar, Mingun, Mandalay Division, Buddhist nun in front of old Buddhist temple ruined by earthquake

Janikura, traditionelles Rundhüttendorf der Gonja an der Damongo-Sawla-Raod im Central Gonja District in der Northern Region im Norden von Ghana in Westafrika *** Janikura, Traditional Round hut village the Gonja to the Damongo Sawla raod at Central Gonja District in the Northern Region at North from Ghana in West Africa

Africa, Ethiopia. Metal cross above the rock-hewn underground Adadie Marum (White Mother of Jesus Christ) Ethiopian Orthodox Church in southern Ethiopia.

Monks at the Vat Phou Temple in Champasak, Laos, Asia

Ritual hitching posts in the Buryat steppe on the way to the Barguzin Datsan The Face of the Goddess Yanzhima. Ritual hitching posts in the Buryat steppe on the way to the Barguzin Datsan The Face of the Goddess Yanzhima.

Jesus Baptism Site John Baptist Bethany Beyond Jordan. Actual baptism site of Jesus. Jordan River Moved and Ruins are of Byzantine Churches marking spot of baptism. Rediscovered late 1990's and early 2000.

Anaktuvuk Pass, at 2,200 feet elevation on the divide between the Anaktuvuk and John Rivers in the central Brooks Range, is the last remaining settlement of the Nunamiut (inland northern Inupiat Eskimo). This image was created from a scanned negative. Subjects: Villagess; History; Alaska. . 1998 - 2011.

A Buddha statue on a hill above the Ongi River near the Ongiin Khiid monastery in central Mongolia.

Owoo A so -called owoo, a bunch of artificially created piles, which is decorated with all kinds of ritual things, such as prayer flags and offerings such as milk and dishes, copyright: xzoonar.com/frankxwagnerx 22214289

TIBETANS PLOW the land with YAKS inspired by the large STUPAS in their village - CENTRAL TIBET

Near Fez, nomadic life with a tent, hanging laundry and goats in a barren mountain landscape, Northern Morocco, Morocco, Africa

A group of monks in red robes hiking on the edge of the Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

A veiled woman in a sari standing at the painted entrance to her yard, Thar Desert, Rajasthan, North India, India, Asia

A large Mahafaly burial ground. When respected and wealthy men of the Mahafaly community die, they will have the highlights of their lives perpetuated in colourful paintings adorning their tombs. Sculpted wooden posts, called aloalo, are set upright on a tomb.

Chapel on the mount near Kykkos monastery in Cyprus

Image of Buddha painted on rock, Drepung Monastery, one of the great three Gelug university monasteries of Tibet, Lhasa, Tibet, China

White crosses at the Iqaluit Cemetery on Nipisa Street in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada

Reclining Buddha statue in Wat Lokaya Sutharam temple, Ayutthaya, Thailand

Sunday Mass is celebrated at the rock_hewn church of Bet Giyorgis St. George, in Lalibela, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ethiopia, Africa

A Samburu warrior plays a homemade flute overlooking Poi, a prominent rock feature in the Ndoto Mountains of Samburuland. The Samburu of Northern Kenya are a semi-nomadic pastoral community.

Buddha image carved into cliff side, Yushu, Qinghai, China, Asia

Prayer stones along the Kailash Kora pilgrimage trail, Western Tibet, Tibet, Asia

Ethiopia, Lalibela, Bet Giyorgis. A tourist gazes at the rock-hewn church of Bet Giyorgis. (MR)

Attics and symbolic graves in a traditional village

Sacred place at Ancient monastery Noravank in the mountains in Amaghu valley, Armenia. Was founded in 1205.

Chile, Elqui Valley, Alcoguaz, village church.

Request for children, Seitdshemaletdin pilgrimage site, Anau ruins, Turkmenistan, Anau, Turkmenistan, Asia

The Hindu god Ganesha watches over the crater of Gunung Bromo, Java Island, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Part of idgaha Muslims pray or namaz on special day on small hill at Junnar village district Pune Maharashtra India Copyright: xSatishxParashar/DinodiaxPhotox

Ethiopia - Surma village. tribe of south west Ethiopia, outside the town of Kibish.

Mount Tabor Oak by the tomb of Rabbi Aba Halafta

Sultanate of Oman, Ash Sharqiyah, Wahiba Sands, bedouin woman with leather mask selling handicraft

Thailand, Wat Phra Acha Tong, Novice Buddhist Monks From The Golden Horse Forest Monastery Leading Ponies And Carrying Alms Bowls. The Novice Monks Ride Out Daily To Preach And Collect Alms.

Mali, Dogon Country. Children gather at the entrance to Bongo tunnel which is a natural rock formation near Sangha, an attractive Dogon village built among rocks on top of the Bandiagara escarpment.

The way of Saint James Alto del Perdon top with steel sculpture of pilgrims at Navarra

White crosses at the Iqaluit Municipal Cemetery in Apex, Nunavut, Canada

Rock churches in Lalibela, the rock church of St George, Bete Kiddus Georiys, Bete Ghiorgis Church, Ethiopia, Africa

Nazareth Village reconstructive open air museum reinacting life during time of Jesus, Nazareth, Israel

Ethiopian Orthodox Christian priest; Lalibela, Ethiopia

Cemetery in San Pedro de Atacama, Atacama Desert, Antofagasta Region, Chile, South America

A person meditates in ancient Incan ruins outside Cuzco, Peru

A Shaolin nun studies ancient manuscript sitting under trees

Aerial view of Rock temple at Girnar hill, Gujarat, India Copyright: xAjitxParekh/DinodiaxPhotox

A layman of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church walks close to the rock-hewn church of Debretsion, which stands on top of a massif with the spectacular Gheralta Mountains of Northern Ethiopia rising 8,000 feet in the distance.

Praying stones on the Kailash Kora, Western Tibet, Asia

Bolivia, Los Lipez, San Juan, church, cemetery,

Little Adam s Peak in Ella, Sri Lanka Ella, Sri Lanka - August 5, 2018: Two golden Buddha statues on top of Little Adam s Peak. Copyright: xZoonar.com/OliverxFörstnerx 13571758

The Dogon Pope, highest arou of the Dogon tribe in Dogon country, Mali. (MR)

Jewish cemetery, Leilaschi, Georgia, Western Asia, Asia

A traditional homestead of a large Samburu family. The Samburu are semi-nomadic pastoralists who live in northern Kenya.

Buryat shaman totem bull Buryat shaman totem bull, Barguzin valley,Buryatia, Russia. Copyright: xZoonar.com/MYCHKOx 9539760

Orthodox priest admiring Gheralta Mountains from the entrance of Abuna Yemata Guh church, Tigray Region, Ethiopia, Africa

Cemetery on the mountain Jebel Arruda, in the back the Asad reservoir of the Euphrates, Syria, Asia

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