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Statues of Peace and Faith

A collection of large religious statues, including Buddha and Christ figures, set against blue skies. The mood is serene and reflective, showcasing diverse cultural symbols.

Statue of Christ statue overlooking ther city of Havana Cuba

Assisi village in Umbria region, Italy. Statue of St. Francis. The town is famous for the most important Italian St. Francis Basilica (Basilica di San Francesco)

Worshipers and standing Buddha at Phat Dung Temple, Hue, Vietnam

General Gyebaek statue before the Buso mountain fortress in the Busosan Park, Buyeu, South Korea

Close up of Buddhist statue at cemetary in Omihachiman in Japan

monument of King Ramkhamhaeng the Great in Sukhothai

Gandhi statue in Ram Bagh Park in Amritsar.

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Che Guevara Memorial where he is buried, Santa Clara, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Statue of Mahatma Gandhi, Bombay Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xSatishxParashar/DinodiaxPhotox

Crescent moon behind statue of Damdin Suekhbaatar on Genghis Khan Square or Suekhbaatar Square in the capital Ulaanbaatar, Ulan Bator, Mongolia, Asia

Vietnam, Hue, Khai Dinh Tomb,

India, Varanasi, Sarnath temple

Peru, Colca Canyon, Madrigal, Statue of Mayta Capac, the Inca who conquered the Colca Valley

Viking statue, Gimli, Manitoba, Canada

Asia, South Korea, Jeju Island, statue at Sanbanggulsa Temple

Big shizo statue in front of fire red autumnal leaves at beautiful Japanese temple surrounded by autumn colors, Osorezan Bodaiji Temple, Mutsu, Aomori prefecture, Honshu, Japan, Asia

The Indianapolis Indiana Temple is a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) located at the southwest corner of West 116th Street and Spring Mill Road in Carmel, Indiana, north of Indianapolis

West Africa, Benin, Abomey. Boys in uniform pose by monument of King Glele of Dahomey near the Royal Palace of Abomey.

Grand Bassin Hindu Temple Mauritius.. Grand Bassin Hindu Temple Mauritius

St Thomas Statue, Palayoor, Thrissur, Kerala, India, Asia Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Spain, Galicia. Pilgrim statues point the way to Santiago just outside Palas de Rei.

Buddha statue at the Linh Ung Pagoda, Danang, Vietnam, Asia

black monk statue in the south of Thailand

Exclusion zone, in the uninhabitable 30-kilometre zone around the Chernobyl power plant and the workers' settlement of Pripyat, memorial for the victims of the nuclear accident in front of the accident reactor, Ukraine, Europe

Statue of Virgin Mary of Quito, El Panecillo Hill, Quito, Ecuador

Vietnam, Hue, Khai Dinh Tomb,

A statue of Christ the King stands on a world globe pedestal atop a hill overlooking the city of Dili, Timor-Leste, in August 2010.

Vietnam, Hue, Khai Dinh Tomb,

Turkmenistan, Mary, a golden statue of deceased former president Saparmurat Niazov in Mary, attesting his cult of personality

Inscription on Stone Granite at Hironji Japanese temple, Sarnath, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India Copyright: xNitinxKelvalkar/DinodiaxPhotox

Bronze statue of young Shivaji and his mother jijamata in jijamata garden, Bombay now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xSatishxParashar/DinodiaxPhotox

Mangbaedan Memorial Altar (DMZ), Demilitarized Zone, Imjingak, South Korea, Asia

Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea. North Korea, Pyongyang, Mansu Hill. Statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il at the Mansudae Grand Monument.

Wat Phra Chetuphon monastery King Rama one Chakri dynasty 16th century biggest temple in Thailand ; Chinese stone sculpture Lan Than Nai Tvarapala Chinese Rock giants at Sheltered Gate ; Thailand ; South East Asia

Memorial, Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation monument in 2nd December Park at Snuol, Province Kratie, Cambodia, Asia

Truc Lam Phoung Nam Zen monastery. Can Tho. Vietnam.

China, Beijing, Changping District. Ming Tombs, Bronze statue of Yongle Emperor.

Pingtung, Taiwan, Asia,

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Christian monument, Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan, Asia

H.H. Rajendra Sir Swai Man Singh II ruler of Jaipur 1922 to 1949, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Statues of thai kings on the square in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Iceland, Reykjavik, Hallgrimskikja church

Statue Of Mahatma Gandhi And Local Village Girl Made By Artist Harish B Talim, Mahatma Gandhi Circle, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Old Goa, Velha Goa, India Copyright: xMadhusudanxTawde/DinodiaxPhotox

The iconic statue of revered Vietnamese king Le Thai To who lived from 974 - 1028 next to Hoan Kiem Lake in central Hanoi, Vietnam. The park around the statue is a popular place for families to visit and children to play in the cool of the evening.

Greece: Athenagoras I (1886 - 1972), was the 268th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, forecourt of Trimatiri Cathedral, Chania, Crete. Athenagoras I, born Aristocles Matthaiou Spyrou, was the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of North and South America from 1930 to 1948 and the 268th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1948 to 1972.

Santiago, Chile - 07 December 2024: View of the Immaculate Conception statue atop San Cristobal Hill, with its white marble contrasting against the vibrant blue sky and gathering crowds.

Memorial of Alia Moldagulova and Manshuk Mametova at Sniper Monument, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Inca cosmological trilogy statue, anaconda, Puma and condor, with Priest. Machu Picchu village, Peru

A statue of MK Gandhi at Gandhi Smriti, New Delhi, India, Asia

THAILAND PRACHUAP HUA HIN WAT HUAY MONGKOL The Wat Huay Mongkol with a monument of the Monk Luang Pu Thuat near the City of Hua Hin in the Province of Prachuap Khiri Khan in Thailand, Thailand, Hua Hin, December, 2023 Copyright: xZoonar.com/URSx 21277916

The companions of Manas. Memorial Place Manas Ordo near Talas in the Tien Shan mountains. Manas, a mystical as well as a historic person is considered as the founding father of historic, Kyrgyzstan

Terra cotta warriors at the tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang Ti (259 - 210 BC), Shaanxi Province, China.

Statue of the Virgin Mary Virgen del Panecillo at the Mirador de Panecillo, Quito, Pichincha Province, Ecuador, South America

Micronesia, Mariana Islands, US Territory of Guam, Inarajan. Statue of Chief Gadao, legendary Chamorro chief of the village of Inarajan in southern Guam.

National Aboriginal Veterans Monument at Confederation Park in Ottawa, Canada.

Mahatma Gandhi statue, Miraj, Maharashtra, India, Asia Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Statue commemorating gandhi dandi salt march, navsari, gujarat, india, asia Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

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

Verteidigungsministerium in Bangkok. Huldigung für den thailändischen König Maha Vajiralongkorn, Rama X.. // 28.11.2024: Bangkok, Thailand, Asien *** Ministry of Defense in Bangkok Homage to the Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn, Rama X 28 11 2024 Bangkok, Thailand, Asia

Greece: Anagnostes Skalides (1818 - 1901), a leader in the 1866 Great Cretan Revolution, 1866 Square, Chania (Hania), Crete. The Great Cretan Revolution (1866 - 1869), also known as the Cretan Revolt, was an uprising against the Ottoman Empire's control in Crete.

Wutai Shan, Xiantong Temple, Shanxi Province, China, Asia

Chile, Santiago, Cerro Santa Lucia, Statue Of The Indian,

Monument to Phraya Surin Phakdi Si Narong Changwang, Surin, Surin Province, Isaan, Isaan, Thailand, Asia

Statue of Jose Rizal in front of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Puerto Princesa, the island's capital, Palawan Island, Philippines, Asia

Buddha statue situated in middle of Hussain Sagar lake in Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh India Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

The Buddhist temple with giant Buddha statue in the garden at Foz do iguacu, Brazil, South America

Spain, Canary Islands, La Palma Island, Santa Cruz de la Palma, Monumento de Enanos, monument to dancing dwarves of the Bajada Festival

Statue of archangel Gabriel in Croatian shrine Vepric Statue of archangel Gabriel in Croatian shrine Vepric Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20761827

Memorial to the victims of the Holodomor in Dobroslav, Ukraine

Statue of Mao, advertisements behind, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Statue of shivaji maharaj at panchavati circle, Maharashtra, India, Asia Copyright: xSatishxParashar/DinodiaxPhotox

Statue of spiritual leader Swami Vivekanand ; Salt lake ; Calcutta now Kolkata ; West Bengal ; India

Pope Francis celebrates the mass for the Jubilee of the Armed Forces at St. Peters square in the Vatican on February 9, 2025.

Turkish flag and Memorial statue of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, first President of Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey

Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Sculpture of a Catholic priest interacting with indigenous Mexicans. (Editorial Use Only)

Greece: Vasilios Chalis (1785 - 1846), a Cretan leader in the 1821 Great War of Independence (Greek Revolution), 1866 Square, Chania (Hania), Crete. The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. However, Cretan participation in the revolution was extensive, but it failed to achieve liberation from Turkish rule because of Egyptian intervention on the island.

Golden statue of Magtymguly Pyragy, Mahtumkulu Firaki, Turkmen spiritual leader and philosophical poet, Turkmenistan, Asia

Greenland, Tunulliarfik (aka Erik's Fjord), Qassiarsuk. Home to historic Brattahlid, Erik the Red's Eastern Settlement. Leif Erikson statue. (Large format sizes available).

Buddha statues, Zenko_ji Temple, Nagano, Japan, Asia

THAILAND UTTARADIT STADT PHRAYA PICHAI MONUMENT The Phraya Pichai Broken Sword Monument in the City of Uttaradit in Province Uttaradit in Thailand. Thailand, Uttaradit, November, 27, 2024. LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/URSxFLUEELERx 23189027

Statue of shivaji maharaj on horse at akluj fort Solapur Maharashtra India Copyright: xSatishxParashar/DinodiaxPhotox

Pilgrims paying homage, Indian Ocean, Sacred Hindu Lake of Ganga Talao, Grand Bassin, Mauritius, Africa

Monument to El Che in the village La Higuera where Che Guevara was killed by the Bolivian army, Vallegrande Province, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia, South America

Vietnam, Hue, Three of Nine Deities Cannons, beside Ngan Gate at entrance to Citadel,

THAILAND UTTARADIT STADT PHRAYA PICHAI MONUMENT The Phraya Pichai Broken Sword Monument in the City of Uttaradit in Province Uttaradit in Thailand. Thailand, Uttaradit, November, 27, 2024. LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/URSxFLUEELERx 23188634

Oklahoma, Tulsa. Oral Roberts University. Prayer Hands

Coastal landscape with sculpture of St. James, near Cabo Finisterre, Costa da Morte, Galicia, Spain

jsc2018e050016 - In the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 56 backup crewmember David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency lays flowers at the statue of Yuri Gagarin, the first human to fly in space as his crewmates look on during traditional pre-launch activities May 21. Saint-Jacques, Anne McClain of NASA and Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos are the backups to the prime crew, Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA, Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, who will launch June 6 on the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft from Baikonur for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

People coming to pay respects at the Monument to the Victorious Fatherland Liberation war, Pyongyang, Democratic People´s Republic of Korea DPRK, Nort...

Statue of Mahatma Gandhi collecting salt, Dandi, Gujarat, India, Asia India Copyright: xAjitxParekh/DinodiaxPhotox

Che Guevara Memorial where he is buried, Santa Clara, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Bronze statue of MS Subalakshmi, a leading vocalist at Tirupathi, Andhra Pradesh, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Lulu Dube (with KwaZulu-Natal Premier Zweli Mkhize) daughter of John L Dube unveiling a statue of John Dube at the Ohlange Institute in eNanda (Inanda) near Durban. KwaZulu Natal. South Africa.

Hawaii, Oahu, Honolulu, Iconic King Kamehameha Statue Sign

Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. Anthony. Historic Grenfell Center and museum. Statue of Dr. Grenfell with flags.

Revolutionary Martyrs´ Cemetery, Pyongyang, Democratic People´s Republic of Korea DPRK, North Korea, Asia

Warehouse and chicken coop with a picture of a mouride muslim spiritual leader in Tawafall, Senegal

Statue of shivaji maharaj at panchavati circle, Maharashtra, India, Asia Copyright: xSatishxParashar/DinodiaxPhotox

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