Sacred Collection (page 10)

Sacred Bridge, Nikko, Japan

Temple of the Sacred Tooth, Kandy, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic (Sri Dalada Maligawa), a Buddhist temple in the city of Kandy, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), It is located in the royal palace complex which houses the relic of the tooth of

Well of Knowledge, Benares (Varanasi), India
Well of Knowledge, Benares (Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1890s

Sacred Cow, Nepal
Honouring - and feeding - a sacred cow outside a temple in Nepal. Date: circa 1995

Hindu Vel Festival
Hinduism in Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) : The transfer of a god in a Sacred Car from one Hindu temple to another during the Vel Festival. Date: 1930s

Mata Hari in Profile
MATA HARI (= Eye of Dawn) (Margarete Gertrude Zelle) wearing her bejewelled headdress and costume for the sacred Brahmic Dagger Dance. Date: 1876 - 1917

Mark Anthony Meilan
MARK ANTHONY MEILAN Churchman, writer and translator, Sacred biography Date: CIRCA 1800

Jan Leusden
JAN LEUSDEN Dutch scholar, professor of philosophy and sacred languages. Date: 1624 - 1699

Shinto Kasuga Grand Shrine, Nara, Japan - Old Tree formed of seven interwoven different varieties. Date: circa 1904

Shinto Kasuga Shrine at Nara, Japan - The Deer Park
The Deer Park at the Shinto Kasuga Shrine at Nara, Japan. In the Deer Park, deer are able to roam freely and are believed to be sacred messengers of the Shinto gods that inhabit the shrine

An Autobus - destination Lourdes, France. Date: circa 1930s

The Holy Isle, Arran, Firth of Clyde, Scotland. The island has a long history as a sacred site, with a spring or Holy well held to have healing properties

Kyoto, Japan - Kimozuji Dera Temple Complex - Sacred stones - Memorial to the suicide (by drowning) of Saigo and Gessho. Date: circa 1905

India - Varanasi - Dashasomedh Ghat
India - Benares - Dashashwamedh Ghat - the main ghat in Varanasi on the Ganges River. It is located close to " Vishwanath Temple" Date: circa 1904

A group of Tibetan Musicians. Date: circa 1904

Japan - The Nikko Temples and Daibutsu Buddha at Kamakura. The inset photographs sit on a beautiful decorative background featuring deer. Date: circa 1910

Karnak Temple Complex, Egypt - Great Temple of Amun Re and the Sacred Lake. Date: circa 1930s

Karnak Temple Complex, Egypt - The Sacred Scarab Date: circa 1930s

Torii (Shinto gate) at the Atago Hill at Shiba, Tokyo, Japan
Torii (gate) at the Shinto Shrine at Atago Hill, Tokyo, Japan. A torii is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine

Path to the Shinto Kasuga Shrine at Nara, Japan - Deer Park
The path to the Shinto Kasuga Shrine at Nara, Japan passes through a Deer Park. In the Deer Park, deer are able to roam freely

Japan - Sacred Bridge, Nikko
Red lacquer Shinkyo (Sacred Bridge), Nikko. Photograph shows the red lacquered Shinkyo (sacred bridge) spanning the Daiya River - part of the Futarasan Shrine complex. Date: circa 1910

St Charles Square, W1, London - Convent of the Sacred Heart Date: 1915

Iran - Qom - Lady Fatima Ma-Sumah (Mosque)
Iran - Qom - The spectacular Lady Fatima Ma-Sumah Mosque. Date: circa 1920

Processional Way - Ming Tombs, Beijing
Processional Way with Animal Statues - Ming Tombs, Beijing. Photograph prior to complete French restoration of the site in the late 1920s. Date: circa 1920s

Stone Elephant, Ming Tombs, Beijing
Kneeling Stone Elephant, Sacred Way, The Ming Dynasty Tombs - located some 42 kilometers north-northwest of central Beijing, within the suburban Changping District of Beijing municipality

Kneeling Stone Elephant, Ming Tombs, Beijing
Kneeling Stone Elephant, Sacred Way, The Ming Dynasty Tombs - located some 42 kilometers north-northwest of central Beijing, within the suburban Changping District of Beijing municipality

Sanliurfa, Turkey - Mosque
Mosque at Sanliurfa (often simply known as Urfa in daily language), formerly cited as Edessa in in Aramaic, Riha in Kurdish, and Urhay in Armenian) is a city in south-eastern Turkey

The Kaaba, Mecca, Saudi Arabia - The holiest site in the Islamic World and a place of pilgrimage attracting many millions of Muslims each year from all over the world

Nymphaea nelumbo, sacred Egyptian bean
Illustration from The Temple of Flora by Robert John Thornton (1768?-1837). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Azidirachta indica, neem tree
Watercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge (1858-1949). From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Natural History Museum in 1952. Hindus use these leaves to bury their dead

Sacred stone worshipped by the Mashonas
Located about two miles East of Ganyana River, September 1870. Sketch 51 from a collection of original sketches by Thomas Baines, (1859-1871)

Nelumbo nucifera, sacred lotus
A drawing by Paul Hermann from the collection of five volumes of specimens and drawings from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 1672-1677. (Vol. 5 Page 286)

Todiramphus sanctus, sacred kingfisher
Watercolour 160 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Sacred Kingfisher

Painted figure
A brightly painted figure from the temple in Ariyalur, India

Book of the Moghul. Ms. 8300. 17th c. Hindu sacred ceremony practised during an eclipse of the Sun and the Moon. Hindu art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Venice. Biblioteca nazionale marciana (St)

INDONESIA. CENTRAL JAVA. Prambanan. Prambanan Complex, Hindu sacred place built in 10th c. and destroyed in 1549 by an earthquake. Hindu art

SPAIN. CATALONIA. GERONA. L Escala. Emp�;. Greek city or Neapolis. Sacred enclosure of the Temple of Asklepios (2nd c. BC). Greek art. Architecture

Raphael (1483-1520). The Mass of Bolsena. 1515. VATICAN CITY. Vatican Palaces. Stanza di Eliodoro. Representation of the miracle that took place in 1283 in Bolsena

Paul, the Apostle, Saint (10? - 67?). Apostle of Jesuchrist. Saint Paul threatened by the Jews in Jerusalem. Engraving

Title page of Bible, that is, sacred books of
" Title page of " Bible, that is, sacred books of the Old and the New Testament", a revised version of the Spanish Bible published in Basel in 1569 by Casiodoro de Reina

GREECE. CENTRAL GREECE. PHOCIS. Delphi. Sacred Way. Greek art. Architecture

Basilica of the Sacred Heart. 1876-1910. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Montmartre. Basilica of the Sacred Heart, in Monmartre quarter. Architecture

COELLO, Claudio (1642-1693). The Adoration of the Sacred Form. 1685-1690. SPAIN. San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Baroque art. Oil on canvas

Bangkok Wat Phra - cow - Thailand - Grounds of Wat Phra - Emerald Buddha Temple sacred porcelain cow Date: 1952

Sacred Turtle pool - Rangoon - Sacred Turtle pool Date: 1952

Shwedagon Sacred Pool - Rangoon - filled with stagnant green water, being dribbled into eyes, ears, and mouth from dipped fingers. Date: 1952

Nikko sacred bridge - Japan - Sacred bridge on way to Kirifuri Falls Date: 1952

Sacred Tree of Buddha
SACRED TREE OF BUDDHA in Sri Lanka. Date: 5th century BCE

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