Guyana, Demerara-Mahaica Region, Georgetown, Lotus flower, Nelumbo nucifera, in the Botanical Gardens. The lotus flower comes originally from India and is considered sacred to the Hindus and Buddhists...

Guyana, Demerara-Mahaica Region, Georgetown, Lotus flower bud, Nelumbo nucifera, in the Botanical Gardens. The lotus flower comes originally from India and is considered sacred to the Hindus and Buddh...

Guyana, Demerara-Mahaica Region, Georgetown, Lotus flower bud and seed pod, Nelumbo nucifera, in the Botanical Gardens. The lotus flower comes originally from India and is considered sacred to the Hin...

Vendors sell flowers on the steps of the Church of Santo Tomas in Chichicastenango, Guatemala. The church was built about 1545 on the steps of a Mayan pyramid.

Guatemala, El Quiche Department, Chichicastenango, Vendors sell flowers on the steps of the Church of Santo Tomas. The church was built about 1545 A.D. on the platform of a Mayan pyramid.

A Tibetan woman turns the prayer wheels at the Drepung Buddhist Monastery near Lhasa, Tibet.

Tibetan children playing on the street by their mother's soup stand in a neighborhood in Lhasa, Tibet.

An older Tibetan woman spins her prayer wheel while holding her mala rosary beads in Lhasa, Tibet.

An older Tibetan woman visits with her friend in Lhasa, Tibet.

Guatemala, Temple V, a ruin in the archeological site of the ancient Mayan culture in Tikal National Park, Sacrificial altar in the foreground, UNESCO World Heritage site, Temple V was built around 70...

Guatemala, Temple V, a ruin in the archeological site of the ancient Mayan culture in Tikal National Park, UNESCO World Heritage site, Temple V was built around 700 AD in the Late Classic Period and i...

Guatemala, Mayan civilization ruins at Tikal National Park, Guatemala, a UNESCO World Heritage site, Plaza of the Seven Temples.