Sacred Structures in Asia

Vibrant Buddhist stupas, prayer flags, and ornate architecture depicting sacred spaces in Nepal and Bhutan, surrounded by natural beauty.

Bhutan, Dochu La. Ornately decorated stupas sit atop the pass, high above valleys below.

Buddhist dagoba in villsge in Nepal

Bhutan, Dochu La. Ornately decorated stupas sit atop the pass, high above valleys below.

Entrance to Tengboche Monastery, Nepal.

Prayer flags with stupa at the Taktsang Monastery, Paro, Paro District, Paro Valley, Bhutan

Painting of the guru Rinpoche on the way to the Tango monastery in Thimpu Bhutan

Ruins of Victory Fort Tsemo on the cliff of Namgyal hill and colorful Buddhist prayer flags with Buddhism mantra written on them. Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Ruins of Tsemo Victory Fort on the cliff of Namgyal hill and Lungta - colorful Buddhist prayer flags

Tengpoche monastery, Sagarmatha National Park, Khumbu, Nepal, Asia

Tibetan Buddhis stupa, chorten, in the mountains of Reting Monastery, Mount Gangi Rarwa, Himalayas, Lhundrup district, central Tibet, Tibet, China, Asia

Tenzing Norgye memorial stupa.Sagarmatha National Park, Khumbu Himal, Nepal, Asia.

Memorial Chorten, Thimphu, Bhutan

stupa, small Buddhist temple, Namche Bazar, Sagarmatha National Park, Khumbu Himal, Nepal, Asia.

Stupas (chorten) in Lo-Manthang village, Kingdom of Mustang, Himalayas, Nepal, Asia

Old lady next to prayermill with Chorten of Geling in background, Nepal

Monks on their way up to the Tiger Nest Taktshang Goempa monastery, Bhutan, Asia

The entrance to Pindaya Cave in Myanmar (Burma). The interior of the cave temple contains over 8000 Buddha images the earliest are thought to date from around 1750.

Asia, Bhutan. Stupa compound in the capital of Thimphu.

Tengboche Buddhist Monastery, Sagarmatha National Park, Khumbu Himal, Nepal, Asia

Tengboche Buddhist monastery.Sagarmatha National Park, Khumbu Himal, Nepal, Asia.

Shanti Stupa at Leh, Ladakh region, state of Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

Buddhist monastery in Yunnan Province, China.

Tibetan monastery, Manali, Himachal Pradesh, India Copyright: xMadhusudanxTawde/DinodiaxPhotox

Stupa with Buddhist prayer flags in front of snowy mountain, Langtang Valley Trek, Himalayas, Nepal, Asia

Monks in the courtyard of Thikse Monastery, Ladakh, India.

Labrang Monastery in Xiahe, China

Low angle view of a temple in Paro Festival, Paro, Bhutan

Asia, Bhutan, Haa Village, Prayer wheel in the village of Haa.

Tashilhunpo monastery, Shigatse, Tibet, Asia

Shrine entrance Chame Nepal Copyright: xJagannathxRaul/DinodiaxPhotox

View of the ethereal Dochula Chorten stupas rise in crisp white and gold, a lone figure offering scale amid the misty heights, Hungtso, Bhutan.

White stupa closed to Lamjura La (3530m), Goyam, Solukhumbu District, Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal, Asia

Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, Kathmandu, Benchen Monastery, Buddhist monks

View over crowds of spectators to the main courtyard during a masked dance by Buddhist monks at Gangtey Tsechu at Gangte Goemba, Gangte, Phobjikha Val...

Novitiate monks in a discussion with two elders at Rinpung Dzong; Paro Valley, Bhutan

India, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, giant Buddha statue at Likkir Monastery

Garze, China - 18 November 2025: View of the vibrant, tiered monastery complex, framed by a stone pathway where figures stroll, sit, and rest, under a cool sky.

China, Qinghai Province, Tongren, Wutun si temple at Gomar Lamasery

Hemis festival celebration at Hemis Gompa, Hemis, Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India Copyright: xJatinxAcharya/DinodiaxPhotox

Asia, India, Spiti, Kunzum La Pass, Spitital, Kunzum Pass, Spiti, India, Asia

Khamsum Yuelley Nmagyal Chorten, Kingdom of Bhutan

China, Sichuan, Tagong, Tibetan woman in Tagong Monastery

Dochu la prayer flag, Bhutan

Paro-Festival Bhutan

Gangotri Temple(XVIII). Gangotri.Uttarkashi. Himalaya Garhwal. Uttar Pradesh.India.Asia.

Colorful Buddhist stupa in Langtang Valley, Nepal, set against a rugged mountainside with dry brown slopes and dramatic sky near Kyanjin Gompa

Rock painting of Guru Rinpoche en route to Tango Monastery. On the window ledges of the building sit small sculpture stupa images (tsha tsha) made of clay containing ashes of the cremated dead

Monastery and prayer flags in snow above Paro Valley, Bhutan

Buddhist Monastery And Prayer Flags, Above The Paro Valley, Bhutan

Tibet, Kora around Sera monastery

Buddhist monastery, Gaya, Bihar, India Copyright: xDebasishxBanerjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Tagong Temple and mountains, Kangding, Sichuan, China

India, Ladakh, Likir Gompa, buddhist monastery

Namche Gompa Monastery, Namche Bazaar, Solu Khumbu Region, Nepal, Himalayas, Asia

Colorful Asian funeral ceremony by river

Buddhist religious stupas, Dochula, Bhutan

Hemis Festival, Hemis Monastery, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

Aerial view of Global Peace Prayer Festival where monks from all over the world came to pray for peace, Thimphu, Thimphu, Bhutan.

Druk Sangak Choling Gompa in Ghum near Darjeeling.

Nepal, Mustang, Tsarang Gompa, 'Tibetan Buddhist Monk Looking Out From Monastery Terrace, Shielding His Eyes From The Sun.'

Labrang Monastery is one of the six great monasteries of the Geluk (Yellow Hat) school of Tibetan Buddhism. Its formal name is Gandan Shaydrup Dargay Tashi Gyaysu Khyilway Ling, commonly known as Labrang Tashi Khyil, or simply Labrang. The monastery was founded in 1709 by the first Jamyang Zhaypa, Ngawang Tsondru. It is Tibetan Buddhism's most important monastery town outside the Tibetan Autonomous Region.

Worshipper Ganga temple Gangotri Uttarakhand India Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

IVOLGINSKY DATSAN, BURYATIA, SIBERIA, RUSSIA - MARCH 24, 2018: monastery is the Buddhist Temple located near Ulan-Ude city. IVOLGINSKY DATSAN, BURYATIA, SIBERIA, RUSSIA - MARCH 24, 2018: monastery is the Buddhist Temple located near Ulan-Ude city.

Labrang Monastery is one of the six great monasteries of the Geluk (Yellow Hat) school of Tibetan Buddhism. Its formal name is Gandan Shaydrup Dargay Tashi Gyaysu Khyilway Ling, commonly known as Labrang Tashi Khyil, or simply Labrang. The monastery was founded in 1709 by the first Jamyang Zhaypa, Ngawang Tsondru. It is Tibetan Buddhism's most important monastery town outside the Tibetan Autonomous Region.

China, Gansu, Labrang Monastery

Tibetan monastery in Manali town, Himalaya, India

Nepal, Mustang, Tsarang, Head Monk Looking Out From Terrace Of Temple Painted With Coloured Stripes.

Yushu pagoda

Young monks, Hemis monastery, Hemis, near Leh, Indus Valley, Ladakh

Giant gold plated statue of a seated Buddha at Likir Monastery above the Indus Valley, in the Himalayan Mountains of Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir; Likir, Ladakh, India

Nepal, Himalaya, Mustang, Charang. A decorative chorten, or Buddhist shrine, marks the southern entrance to Charang village.

Asia, Bhutan, Thimphu, Autumn Tsechu festival at Trashi Chhoe Dzong

Buddhist Yellow Cap Monastery Rizong or Rhizong or Yuma Changchubling, Ladakh, India, Asia

Top of the pass, Yunnan Province, China

Costumed dancers at religious festivity with many visitors, Paro Tshechu, Bhutan

Man turning the large prayer wheel in the town centre of Mongar, Mongar, Mongar District, Bhutan, Asia

Golden roofs and chorten of a Tibetan monastery in the grassland of Tagong in front of Mount Zhara Lhatse, Yala Snow Mountain, 5820m, Lhakang Monastery, Lhakang Gompa, Tagong, Garze, Sichuan, China, Asia

Bhutan, Thimphu. Buddha Dordenma statue. Golden statues around one of the largest Buddha statues in the world with a view of Kuensel Phodrang Nature Park and Thimphu Valley below.

Holy Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu at Badrinath, Uttarakhand, India, Asia

NEPAL, KATHMANDU, December 2023, People at Baghmati River Cremation Ceremony Ghat, Pashupatinath Temple NEPAL, KATHMANDU, December 2023, People at Baghmati River Cremation Ceremony Ghat, Pashupatinath Temple Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 21701255

Tibetan Buddhism, monastery on the mountain slope, rocks, Chiu Gompa, snow-covered sacred Mount Kailash, south side with channel, Gang-Tise-Mountains, Trans-Himalaya, Himalayas, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China, Asia

Asia, Bhutan, Bumthang. Robed monks in front of Jampery Lhakhang temple.

Choerten, Spituk Monastery, Ladakh, Choerten, Buddhist Shrine, Stupa, India, Asia

Low angle view of prayer flags on houses in a town, Muktinath, Annapurna Range, Himalayas, Nepal

Chants hanging on the way in Bhutan.

China, Qinghai, General, Young monk carrying water up to a temple in two buckets on a pole over his shoulder.

Mast with prayer flags at Palcho Monastery, Gyangze, Tibet, China, Asia

Thimphu, Bhutan - 28 September 2025: View of vibrant traditional Bhutanese clothing ascends the ornate steps of a temple, a rich display of culture and devotion.

Tibetan Buddhist woman worshiping and praying Buddha Maitreya statue in Likir gompa (monastery), Ladakh, India. Tibetan Buddhist woman worshiping Buddha, Ladakh

Garphu Monastery, Garphu, Kingdom of Mustang, Himalayas, Nepal, Asia

India, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, chortens and prayer flags near the Dali Lama's Ladakh residence.

China, Tibet, Labrang monastery

Buddhist religious stupas, Dochula, Bhutan

Templo de Kedarnath, Himalaya Garhwal, Uttarakhand,Uttar Pradesh,India.

Khampas watch the Monlam Chenmo masked dances from the roof, Katok Dorjeden Monastery - Kham, (Tibet), Sichuan, China

KORZOK, INDIA, SEPTEMBER 15, 2012: Children Buddhist monks throwing paper planes in Korzok village, Ladakh, India, Asia

Hanuman temple near Mussoorie, Uttaranchal Uttarakhand, India 2009 Copyright: xPhotochromy/DinodiaxPhotox

A bright Buddhist statue on a Sunny day in the village of Braka, Nepal.

TOLING, CHINA - CIRCA MAY 2017 Temple in Guge kingdom

Temple of Ganga, Gangotri, uttaranchal, india Copyright: xJagannathxRaul/DinodiaxPhotox

Monk, Dzong, Bhutan, Himalaya, Asia

SKULL MASK DANCER, representing non-attachment, and used as comic relief, AT THE TIKSE Monastery Masked Dances - LADAKH, INDIA

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