| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| China |
State / Province : Jiangsu
City / Town : Suzhou
District : Bao'en Temple
|
 |
Stone Buddha.
|
2009 |
| China |
State / Province : Jiangsu
City / Town : Suzhou
Site / Event : Silk Museum
|
 |
Qing Dynasty silk Trantric Buddhist quilt.
|
2009 |
| China |
State / Province : Shandong
Region : Tai Shan
|
 |
Temple buildings. Tai Shan is sacred to Taoists, Confucians and Buddhists.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Beijing Municipality
City / Town : Beijing
Site / Event : Lama Temple
|
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The Lama Temple is a Tibetan Buddhist temple.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Beijing Municipality
City / Town : Beijing
Site / Event : Lama Temple
|
 |
Pilgrims and tourists at the Tibetan Buddhist temple.
|
2009 |
| China |
State / Province : Beijing Municipality
City / Town : Beijing
Site / Event : Lama Temple
|
 |
Buddhist shrine.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Beijing Municipality
City / Town : Beijing
Site / Event : Lama temple
|
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Buddha images.
|
2009 |
| China |
State / Province : Beijing Municipality
City / Town : Beijing
District : Summer Palace
|
 |
The Tower of Buddhist Incense overlooking park and lake.
|
2009 |
| China |
State / Province : Beijing Municipality
City / Town : Beijing
District : Summer Palace
Site / Event : Temple of Wisdom
|
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The octagonal Tower of Buddhist Incense pagoda.
|
2009 |
| China |
State / Province : Beijing Municipality
City / Town : Beijing
District : Summer Palace
Site / Event : Temple of Wisdom
|
 |
The hilltop Buddhist temple.
|
2009 |
| China |
State / Province : Beijing Municipality
City / Town : Beijing
District : Summer Palace
Site / Event : Temple of Wisdom
|
 |
Glazed temple wall with Buddhas.
|
2009 |
| China |
State / Province : Shanxi
City / Town : Datong
District : Yungang Caves
|
 |
The Yungang Caves are Buddhist and date from the 5th century.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Shanxi
City / Town : Datong
District : Yungang Caves
|
 |
Two Buddha images.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Shanxi
City / Town : Datong
District : Yungang Caves
|
 |
17m high Buddha in Cave 6.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Shanxi
City / Town : Datong
District : Yungang Caves
|
 |
Carved wall with images of the Buddha.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Shanxi
City / Town : Datong
District : Yungang Caves
Site / Event : Great Buddha
|
 |
The Great Buddha is 16m high.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Shanxi
City / Town : Datong
District : Yungang Caves
Site / Event : Great Buddha
|
 |
The Buddha figure is delicately decorated.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Shaanxi
City / Town : Xian
Site / Event : Shaanxi Museum
|
 |
Buddhist statue with Indian swastika 4th century (Jin Dynasties).
|
2009 |
| China |
State / Province : Shaanxi
City / Town : Famen Temple
Site / Event : Modern Temple
|
 |
Famen Temple contains some relics of the Buddha and a collection of treasures discovered in 1981.
|
2009 |
| China |
State / Province : Shaanxi
City / Town : Famen Temple
Site / Event : Modern Temple
|
 |
The Temple resembles a praying pilgrim and is Buddhist.
|
2009 |
| China |
State / Province : Shaanxi
City / Town : Famen Temple
Site / Event : Museum
|
 |
Buddhist staff.
|
2009 |
| China |
State / Province : Shaanxi
City / Town : Famen Temple
Site / Event : Original Temple
|
 |
Two Buddhist monks.
|
2009 |
| China |
State / Province : Hong Kong
City / Town : Lantau Island
District : Ngong Ping
|
 |
The 24m high Tian Tan Buddha from the cable car.
|
2012 |
| China |
State / Province : Hong Kong
City / Town : Lantau Island
District : Ngong Ping
|
 |
The setting of the Tian Tan Buddha.
|
2012 |
| China |
State / Province : Hong Kong
City / Town : Lantau Island
Site / Event : Tian Tan Buddha
|
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The steps leading up to the Tian Tan Buddha at Ngong Ping.
|
2012 |
| China |
State / Province : Hong Kong
City / Town : Lantau Island
Site / Event : Tian Tan Buddha
|
 |
View of the hills from the steps of the Buddha.
|
2012 |
| China |
State / Province : Hong Kong
City / Town : Lantau Island
Site / Event : Tian Tan Buddha
|
 |
Pilgrims at the Buddha.
|
2012 |
| China |
State / Province : Hong Kong
City / Town : Lantau Island
Site / Event : Tian Tan Buddha
|
 |
The Buddha close up.
|
2012 |
| China |
State / Province : Hong Kong
City / Town : Lantau Island
Site / Event : Tian Tan Buddha
|
 |
A group of visitors to the Buddha.
|
2012 |
| China |
State / Province : Hong Kong
City / Town : Lantau Island
Site / Event : Tian Tan Buddha
|
 |
The Buddha is surrounded by six bodhisattvas each weighing two tonnes.
|
2012 |
| China |
State / Province : Hong Kong
City / Town : Lantau Island
Site / Event : Tian Tan Buddha
|
 |
View of the giant Buddha from the complex at Ngong Ping.
|
2012 |
| China |
State / Province : Hong Kong
City / Town : Lantau Island
Site / Event : Po Lin Monastery
|
 |
The Tian Tan Buddha fom the Po Lin Monastery.
|
2012 |
| Croatia |
City / Town : Zagreb
Site / Event : Mimara Museum
|
 |
Qing Dynasty head of the Buddha.
|
2014 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Larnaca
Site / Event : Pierides Museum
|
 |
Archaic style pot with swasticas, a Buddhist symbol from Asia.
|
2023 |
| India |
State / Province : Capital Territory
City / Town : Delhi
District : Red Fort
|
 |
Buddhist monk by the fort wall.
|
1995 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
District : Sarnath
|
 |
Sarnath, a suburb of varanasi, is one of the four holiest Buddhists sites in India.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Uttar Pradesh
City / Town : Varanasi
District : Sarnath
|
 |
Sarnath is considered the place where the Buddha gave his first sermon.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Rajasthan
City / Town : Mount Abu
Site / Event : Dilwara Temples
|
 |
Jainism is a religion from India that was contemporary with Buddhism.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Himachal Pradesh
City / Town : Manali
|
 |
Buddhist painting.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Himachal Pradesh
City / Town : Manali
|
 |
Painting showing Buddhist mythology.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Jammu and Kashmir
Region : Zoji La
|
 |
The Zoji La Pass separates lush Muslim Kashmir from barren Buddhist Ladakh.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Jammu and Kashmir
Region : Ladakh
City / Town : Leh
Site / Event : Leh Palace
|
 |
Ladakh is a strongly Buddhist region.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Jammu and Kashmir
Region : Ladakh
City / Town : Leh
|
 |
Buddhist monk.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Jammu and Kashmir
Region : Ladakh
City / Town : Leh
|
 |
Buddhist stupas dot the valley.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Jammu and Kashmir
Region : Ladakh
Site / Event : Thikse
|
 |
Thikse Gompa is a spectacular Buddhist monastery in the Indus Valley at 3600m.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Jammu and Kashmir
Region : Ladakh
Site / Event : Thikse
|
 |
Buddhist wall paintings.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Jammu and Kashmir
Region : Ladakh
Site / Event : Thikse
|
 |
Head of the Maitreya Buddha.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Jammu and Kashmir
Region : Ladakh
District : Indus Valley
|
 |
Buddhist rock carving.
|
1983 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Bhubaneshwar
|
 |
Buddhism and Hinduism have both ruled the city.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Bhubaneshwar
Site / Event : Lingaraj Temple
|
 |
The carving of a lion crushing an elephant represents Hinduism crushing Buddhism.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Bhubaneshwar
Site / Event : Mukteswar Temple
|
 |
A Buddhist style arched gateway.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Bhubaneshwar
Site / Event : Brahmeswar Temple
|
 |
The lion crushing the elephant is a symbol of Hinduism overcoming Buddhism.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Dhauli
|
 |
Dhauli was once a border region for the Buddhist empire of Ashoka.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Dhauli
|
 |
The Peace Pagoda tops Dhauligiri Hill and is Buddhist.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Konarak
Site / Event : Temple of the Sun
|
 |
The lion crushing an elephant is a common Orissa theme signiifying the resurgence of Hinduism over Buddhism.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Orissa
City / Town : Konarak
Site / Event : Temple of the Sun
|
 |
Lion crushing an elephant, a symbol of Hinduism replacing Buddhism.
|
1988 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Shravanabelagola
Site / Event : Chandagiri Hill
|
 |
Chandagiri Hill contains Buddhist structures.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Shravanabelagola
Site / Event : Chandagiri Hill
|
 |
Buddhist column.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Shravanabelagola
Site / Event : Chandagiri Hill
|
 |
Chandragupta Temple was built in 3rd century BCE by the Buddhist emperor, Ashoka.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Shravanabelagola
Site / Event : Chandagiri Hill
|
 |
Buddhist carvings on the Chandragupta Temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Karnataka
City / Town : Belur
Site / Event : Chennakeshava Temple
|
 |
The theme of Hinduism triumphing over Buddhism is very common.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Lonavla
Site / Event : Bhaja Caves
|
 |
The Bhaja Caves are Buddhist and date from 200 BCE.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Lonavla
Site / Event : Bhaja Caves
|
 |
A solid stupa, a representation of the Buddha.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Aurangabad
District : Aurangabad Caves
|
 |
The caves are Buddhist and were built between the 6th and 8th centuries AD.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Aurangabad
District : Aurangabad Caves
Site / Event : Cave 2
|
 |
A Buddha in Cave 2.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Aurangabad
District : Aurangabad Caves
Site / Event : Cave 3
|
 |
Buddha surrounded by disciples in Cave 3.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Aurangabad
District : Aurangabad Caves
Site / Event : Cave 5
|
 |
Bodhisatta (a near Buddha) surrounded by eight fears: fire, the sword of the enemy, chains, shipwreck, lions, snakes, mad elephants and death (Cave 5).
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ajunta
|
 |
Ajunta is 29 Buddhist cave temples set along the outside of a horse shoe shaped gorge and constructed between 200 BCE and 650.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ajunta
Site / Event : Cave 1
|
 |
Carving the Buddha in human form.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ajunta
Site / Event : Cave 1
|
 |
The Ajunta caves are famed for their murals. Desciples of the Buddha.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ajunta
Site / Event : Cave 6
|
 |
The interior of Cave 6 with a seated Buddha.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ajunta
Site / Event : Cave 7
|
 |
A wall of Buddhas.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ajunta
Site / Event : Cave 9
|
 |
The 3m high stupa in Cave 9 is a non-human represenation of the Buddha.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ajunta
Site / Event : Cave 17
|
 |
The Buddha returns home to beg from his wife and son.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ajunta
Site / Event : Cave 17
|
 |
Prince Simhala's expedition to Sri Lanka to spread Buddhism.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ajunta
Site / Event : Cave 19
|
 |
A dagoba with three umbrellas and a Buddha.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ajunta
Site / Event : Cave 19
|
 |
The Buddha collecting alms from his wife and son.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ajunta
Site / Event : Cave 19
|
 |
Multiple carvings of the Buddha.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ajunta
Site / Event : Cave 26
|
 |
Reclining Buddha.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ajunta
Site / Event : Cave 26
|
 |
Mara looking glum having failed to tempt the Buddha away from his teachings.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
|
 |
The Ellora caves date from 600 to 1000. The are a mix of Buddhist, Hindu and Jain and are famed for their sculptures.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
|
 |
There are 34 temples: 12 are Buddhist, 17 are Hindu and 5 are Jain.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
|
 |
Cave 1 is the oldest of the Buddhist caves and consists of a large hall with cells for the monks.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
|
 |
Cave 6 has a carving of Sarasvati, the Hindu goddess of learning, even though it is a Buddhist cave.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Cave 2
|
 |
Cave 2 is an incomplete Buddhist temple.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Cave 2
|
 |
Buddhist figures.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Cave 10
|
 |
Cave 10 is an elaborately carved Buddhist chapel.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Cave 10
|
 |
Carvings of Buddhist figures in a chapel.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
Site / Event : Cave 10
|
 |
Stories about the Buddha.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
|
 |
The three storey Buddhist Cave 11.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Maharashtra
City / Town : Ellora
|
 |
The intricately carved Cave 9 is above the simpler Cave 8. Both are Buddhist.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Sanchi
|
 |
Sanchi is a 91m high hill containing the oldest Buddhist structures in India. The structures date from the 3rd century BCE and the site was founded by the Emperor Ashoka.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Sanchi
District : Great Stupa
Site / Event : North Gateway
|
 |
The birth of Buddha, represented by a lotus flower. The carvings at Sanchi were produced at a time when the Buddha was not represented physically.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Sanchi
District : Great Stupa
Site / Event : North Gateway
|
 |
Carving of the Buddha (represented by a wheel) giving his first sermon. The gateways have the best Buddhist carvings in India.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Sanchi
District : Great Stupa
Site / Event : North Gateway
|
 |
Celebrating the Buddha's life.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Sanchi
District : Great Stupa
Site / Event : North Gateway
|
 |
The death of the Buddha on the rear of the gateway.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Sanchi
District : Great Stupa
Site / Event : South Gateway
|
 |
Carving of the Buddha (represented by a bo tree) with his disciples.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Sanchi
District : Great Stupa
Site / Event : South Gateway
|
 |
Sanchi has the best Buddhist carvings in India.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Sanchi
District : Great Stupa
Site / Event : East Gateway
|
 |
Buddha reaching Nirvana (enlightenment).
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Sanchi
District : Great Stupa
Site / Event : East Gateway
|
 |
The death of Buddha, represented by a stupa.
|
1989 |
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