Temples & Pagodas

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Selling incense at the Black Lady Pagoda, Tay Ninh.
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The Goddess Long Mau, Protector of Mothers and Newborns, at the Thien Hau Pagoda, Cholon.
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Inside the Ngoc Son Temple, on an island in the Hoan Kiem lake, Hanoi. It seems I am not the only one who likes ChocoPies.
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A home shrine of the Mahayana Buddhist variety.
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Incense at a Chinese pagoda in Cholon, Saigon.
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At the Ha Chuong Hoi Quan Pagoda, a Chinese pagoda in Cholon. The air was really thick with incense smoke.
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Funeral service
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Funeral service
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At the Ha Chuong Hoi Quan Pagoda, Cholon.
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Relief at the Vinh Nghiem Pagoda, Saigon.
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Vinh Nghiem Pagoda, Saigon.
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Giac Lam Pagoda, Saigon.
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Jade Emporer Pagoda - The Court
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Jade Emporer Pagoda - pouring the oil.
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Jade Emporer Pagoda - again - This time on the NEX-5N.

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Jade Emporer Pagoda - again - This time on the NEX-5N.

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Dai Giac Pagoda

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Jade Emporer Pagoda - during Tet.

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Jade Emporer Pagoda

Jade Emporer Pagoda

Jade Emporer Pagoda

Jade Emporer Pagoda

Jade Emporer Pagoda

Jade Emporer Pagoda

Giac Lam Pagoda

Giac Lam Pagoda

Giac Lam Pagoda
Giac Lam Pagoda
Giac Lam Pagoda
Giac Lam Pagoda

Giac Lam Pagoda

Giac Lam Pagoda

Ha Chuong Hoi Quan Pagoda

Cao Dai Temple, Tay Ninh

Cao Dai Temple, Tay Ninh

Cao Dai Temple, Tay Ninh

Cao Dai Temple, Tay Ninh

The Black Lady, of the Black Lady Pagoda, Tay Ninh.

Ngoc Son Temple, Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi.

Black Lady Pagoda, Tay Ninh

Ngoc Son Temple, Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi.
Huong Tich Cave, Perfume Pagoda complex.

Huong Tich Cave, Perfume Pagoda complex.

Huong Tich Cave, Perfume Pagoda complex.

Huong Tich Cave, Perfume Pagoda complex.

Thien Tru Pagoda in the Perfume Pagoda complex

Thien Tru Pagoda in the Perfume Pagoda complex

Thien Tru Pagoda in the Perfume Pagoda complex

Hell's Cave, a temple in one of the Marble Mountains

Hell's Cave, a temple in one of the Marble Mountains
At the Jade Emporer Pagoda

At the Jade Emporer Pagoda

At the Giac Lam Pagoda
At the Giac Lam Pagoda

Ha Chuong Hoi Quan Pagoda

Ha Chuong Hoi Quan Pagoda
Chua Ba Thien Hau Pagoda

Chua Ba Thien Hau Pagoda

Chua Ba Thien Hau Pagoda

Quan Am Pagoda, Cholon

Chua Ba Thien Hau Pagoda

In the depths of Hell's Cave

In the depths of Hell's Cave

In the depths of Hell's Cave
At the Dai Giac Pagoda
At the Dai Giac Pagoda

The 9 headed serpent. Suoi Tien.

Jade Emporer Pagoda - Tet 2013

Long Thanh Pagoda, on the western edge of HCMC.

Jade Emporer Pagoda - Tet 2013

Giac Lam Pagoda

Giac Lam Pagoda

Buddha Tooth Relic Temple - Singapore

Thian Hock Keng Temple - Singapore

New Year's Day 2014 at the Jade Emporer Temple

This place is just so photogenic.

Ha Chuong Hoi Quan Pagoda, Cholon.
A popular character in Chinese mythology.
Bach Ma (White Horse) Temple. Hanoi.
Ba Chua Kho temple near Hanoi: In addition to golden ornaments, you can buy bundles of small denomination notes. Obviously quantity is more important than actual monetary value.
Ba Chua Kho temple near Hanoi. On the path in. Sticky rice (rice cooker in the forground) and fruit are also appreciated.
Ba Chua Kho temple near Hanoi. On the path in you can buy all sorts of sparkling ornaments to offer to the dieties represented there for their financial favors over the coming year.
Ba Chua Kho temple near Hanoi. Offerings are placed in front of a number of shrines.
Ba Chua Kho temple near Hanoi. One of the dieties represented likes beer and cigarettes rather than sparkly gold decorations. This girl seems to think he could do with some fruit as well.
At the White Horse Temple in the Old Quarter of Hanoi.
A shrine at the White Horse Temple in the Old Quarter of Hanoi. In the context of modern Vietnam, the laptop is not out of place in this scene.
A Cao Dai temple.

A cooked chicken on a bed of sticky rice - an offering to bring good luck to a bride and groom at their wedding.

Incense

Black Lady Pagoda near Tay Ninh.

Cham temple at My Son