Temples

Displaying religious art made almost exclusively in modern styles helps set this Buddhist temple apart from the myriad others in Bangkok.

A seemingly out-of-place temple built on the spot where a mystic had a profound spiritual experience.

An enormous white temple that honors the birthplace of a Hindu goddess.

A quartet of temple guardian statues that allegedly cry at night for being forbidden from wrestling.

The eerie, tragic setting of one of Japan’s most popular ghost stories.

This compact temple is filled with garlands of colorful balls that represent restrained monkeys.

Showcasing some of the best-preserved temples of the Champa Kingdom.

First established in 741, this is one of the oldest Taoist temples in China.

Hidden among Rawalpindi’s modern buildings are the remains of dilapidated Hindu temples.

A stunning little chapel built on a rock in the Mediterranean Sea on the Greek island of Leros.

In a shopping arcade, a modernized temple deeply tied to feudal Japan’s prominent warlords.

In the former treasury of a popular temple, a rare sculptural depiction of Kannon’s diverse avatars.

This surreal thumbs-up monument commemorates a shiatsu legend.

A single block in this stone staircase to the temple is mysteriously always wet.

Here lies Hattori Hanzō, a samurai who is remembered as a legendary ninja in today’s popular culture.

Feast your eyes on the centuries-old statues of the judges of hell.