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.

Gangtey village, Bhutan - 20 September 2025: View of a young monk in vibrant red robes dashes across the courtyard of Gangtey Monastery, its reflection shimmering on the wet stone.

Statue of buddha in village braka, Nepal, Asia Copyright: xJagannathxRaul/DinodiaxPhotox

ZHANGYE, CHINA - CIRCA MAY 2017 Matisi monastery

Prayer wheel, Buddhist Monastery and Prayer Flags, Ghat village, Sagarmatha National Park, Solukhumbu district, Khumbu region, eastern Nepal, Asia.

Buddhist monastery, Jingang Si, Kanding, Sichuan, China, Asia

Cham dance (Mask dance), Leh, Ladakh, India, Asia

Mongolia, Buddhist lama at Gandantegchinlen Monastery

Lively blue Gompa near the Thupsung monastery Dhargye Ling, Dirang, West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Lively blue Gompa near the Thupsung monastery Dhargye Ling, Dirang, West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh, India.

Praying wheels, Memorial Chorten, Thimphu, Bhutan

Tibetan Buddhist Monastery; Shangri la, Zhongdian, Yunnan, China

The Buddha Park of Ravangla is located on the way to Ralong Monastery at the foothills of Maenam Wildlife Sanctuary in South Sikkim, India

Buddhist gompa with prayer flags. Tabo monastry, Tabo, Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India. Buddhist gompa in India

Canada, Nova Scotia, Cabot Trail, Pleasant Bay, Gampo Abbey, Tibertan Buddhist Monastery, memorial stupa

Tso Pema, Himachal Pradesh, India, Asia

China, Yunnan Province, Northwestern Yunnan, Shangri-La, Songzanlin Monastery. Prayer flags draping chortans near the monastery.

Young monks walking around Thiksey Monastery

Litang Monastery, in the entrance near to the Stupa, many stones carved with the symbols of the mantra Om Mani Padme Hum, West of Sichuan province; Li...

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People in religious event, Paro, Bhutan

Asia, China, Yunnan Province, Zhongdian Co., Prayer flags decorate stupa

BHUTAN. Thimphu Tsechu Fest BHUTAN. Thimphu Tsechu Fest Copyright: xZoonar.com/MarcoxBriviox 23148109

Chang La Baba temple, Chang La Pass, Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India Copyright: xJatinxAcharya/DinodiaxPhotox

Buddhist stupa in Muktinath valley, Kingdom of Mustang, Himalayas, Nepal, Asia

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

Prayer flags. Swayambunath Temple

SHIGATSE, CHINA - CIRCA MAY 2017 Inside Tashilhunpo Monastery.

Prayer wheels, Sakya Monastery, Tibet, China, Asia

Phobjikha, Bhutan - 21 September 2025: View of monks processing along a dirt path near trees and mountains, their bright orange robes contrasting with the landscape.

carving and painting on Shanti Stupa 12540 feet built by Nishidatsu Fuji guruji of japan in August 83, leh, ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, india Copyright: xSunilxKapadia/DinodiaxPhotox

Golden prayer wheels; Lo Manthang, Upper Mustang Valley, Nepal

Nepal, Mustang, traditional village

The Buddha Park of Ravangla, also known as Tathagata Tsal, is situated near Rabong in South Sikkim district, Sikkim, India

A series of hydro-powered prayer wheels turned by water, en route to Tango Monastery, with little clay tsha tsha images carefully balanced on the window ledges.

Labrang Monastery in Xiahe, China

Tibet. Celebration With Huge Painted Buddha.

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

Nepal, Everest Region, Khumbu Valley. Tengboche Buddhist monastery is last major religous site before Everest Base Camp.

Mani Stones and prayer flags.

A colourful temple of lord Ganesh with monsoon clouds Munnar Kerala India Asia Copyright: xSunilxKapadia/DinodiaxPhotox

Tibet, Drepung Monastery, religious, prayer mills

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

India, Ladakh, Hemis Gompa, Pilgrims Wait To See Holy Thangka Of Padmasambhava Revealed Once In Twelve Years During The Hemis Festival To Celebrate The Birth Of The Founder Of Tibetan Buddhism.

Reflection of monk entering the lake temple for puja at dawn, Dungarpur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Pigrim with praying wheel before the Potala in Lhasa, Unesco world heritage site, Lhasa, Tibet, Asia

Tibetan Buddhism, seated Tibetan monks in red robes attending a ceremony in preparation of the sky burial of a body lying on a wooden stretcher, Drigung Monastery, Drigung Til, Lhundrup district, central Tibet, Tibet, Himalayas, Tibet, China, Asia

Monks, courtyard, Tshurpu Convent near Lhasa, Tibet

Tourists, painted rocks at the Drepung monastery near Lhasa, Tibet, Asia

Lakshman Jula, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India, Asia

Colourfully painted Buddhist stupa, Tsarang, Kingdom of Mustang, Nepal, Asia

India, Uttar Pradesh, Garhwal Region, Pilgrims In The Snow At Kedarnath Temple One Of The Sources Of The Ganges

Yaks in front of teahouse, Nepal.

Colorful ornate Buddhist stupa, eroded landscape at the back, Charang, Mustang District, Nepal, Asia

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, Tibet, Drepung Monastery, Parade Toward The Thangka And Onlookers At A Silken Thangka Buddhist Ceremony For The Cycle Of Life

Dugem Selassie rock-cut church; Dugem, Tigray Region, Ethiopia

India, Sikkim, Pelling. The C17th Pemayangtse Monastery. Sikkim's most important monastery belonging to Nyingma school of Buddhism.

Buddhist monastery in village in Nepal

Tibetan Buddhism, main congregation hall of Reting Monastery, Mount Gangi Rarwa, Himalayas, Lhundrup County, central Tibet, Tibet, China, Asia

Hong Kong. Tian Tan Buddha, the giant seated Buddha. He is surrounded by his representing gods or immortals.

Bolivia, La Paz, Amarete, Nino Corrine. Fiesta De La Cruz. Countrywide Festival Held On May 3Rd. Musicians And Dancers Outside Hilltop Church.

India, Rajasthan, General, Women And Children Walking Beside Water Reservoir Tank Twenty Miles North Of Udaipur. Hindu Shrine On Hill Top Beyond.

China, Tibet, Lhasa, Potala Palace On The Hillside With Row Of Pilgrims Prostrating Themselves In The Foreground.

Open Shiva Temple, Village Deori, Kalwari, Tirthan Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India, Asia India Copyright: xJagdishxAgarwal/DinodiaxPhotox -

"Om Mani Padme Hum", the mantra of Avalokiteswara, the Buddha of Compassion, Leh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, Asia

A crowd enjoying their time on the steps of an ancient temple, Kathmandu Valley. Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

Nepal, Everest Region, Khumbu Valley. The Everest Base Camp Trek is marked by religous buddhist holy stones.

Taung Kalat is part of Mount Popa. Mount Popa is a volcano 1518 metres (4981 feet) above sea level and is home to Burma's 37 Mahagiri Nats, or spirits. It is located in central Burma. Nats are spirits worshipped in Burma in conjunction with Buddhism. They are divided between the 37 Great Nats and all the rest (i.e., spirits of trees, water, etc). Almost all of the 37 Great Nats were human beings who met violent deaths.

Zaragoza October 12, 2014 Offering of Flowers to the Virgin of Pilar Photo Fabián Simón archdc.

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

Discarded prayer flags from monasteries are put out in Barkhor Square for people to take home; Lhasa, Tibet, China

Tashilhunpo monastery, Xigaze town, Tibet, China, Asia

Ella, Sri Lanka, August 5, 2018: Two golden Buddha statues on top of Little Adam's Peak, Asia

Gangotri temple Uttarakhand India Asia Copyright: xManoejxPaateel/DinodiaxPhotox

Crowd Bhutan

Devotees and prayers in front of a Hindu temple with religious people and pigeons, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia Copyright: CasparxSchlageter 1372-244 Editorial Use Only

A CREMATION in progress at the 13th century TEMPLE COMPLEX in the village of PANAUTI - KATHAMANDU VALLEY, NEPAL

Chamkar Town, Bhutan - 23 September 2025: View of monks walking towards Souly Import House, its white walls and dark wooden beams contrasting with the maroon robes of the monks.

Tapestry of Potala Palace,Tibet,China

Pakistan, Brum, Kalash festival

Lalibela, pilgrims camp at the traditional round huts, typical Tukul houses, Ethiopia, Africa

Young monks on rooftop of Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal

Colourfully decorated cemetery, Jujuy, Argentina, South America

peoples stepping down, shankaracharya temple, srinagar, kashmir, India, Asia Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Crowds wait for the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama spent four days of August in Leh, Ladakh. Ladakh is a Buddhist enclave in northern India. © James Spars...

Tibetan Buddhism, countless visitors of the Shoton or Shodon Festival with the unrolling of the huge thangka, a silk painting depicting Buddha, Drepung Monastery, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

Festival of Our Lady of the Virgin of Corona, at Ermita de Corona, Valle de Valdeon, Picos de Europa, Spain

Ivolginsk Buddhist Datsan, with main temple (1940s), Ivolga, Russia. Brumfield photograph collection. Buddhist temples,Russia Federation,2000. , Russia Federation,Republic of Buriatiia,Ivolga.

Kedarnath ancient Color Colors devotee devotees exterior Hindu Hinduism historical Horizontal India landmark landmarks North old architecture Outdoor people pilgrim pilgrims Place Places place-of-pilgrimage religion religious Temple Temples tourist attraction tourists travel destination DPA-AUM AUM-404485 Copyright: xHemangixNakwe/DinodiaxPhotox

Syrian Christian house in Dakshinachitra Madras Chennai Tamil Nadu India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Asia, India, Ladakh, Thikse. Buddhist monks pose before whitewashed stone buildings at Thikse Gompa, Ladakh, India. (Editorial Usage Only)

Hemkund, Sahib Gurudwara, Uttaranchal, india Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

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

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

Street religious procession, Procissao de Senhor der Infernos, Furnas, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal, April 1964.

Maori women dancing at tribal gathering in front of the Wharenui meeting house at the Marae in New Zealand

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